Flushing Remonstrance

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The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 petition in colonial New Netherland that boldly defended religious freedom, particularly for Quakers, and is considered an early landmark in the development of religious liberty in America.

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Flushing Remonstrance canonical 4
Flushing Remonstrance of 1657 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights document ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
petition ⓘ
religious liberty document ⓘ
addressedTo Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
addresseePosition Director-General of New Netherland ⓘ
author English-speaking residents of Flushing ⓘ
town magistrates of Flushing ⓘ
colony New Netherland ⓘ
country New Netherland ⓘ
date 1657 ⓘ
describedAs early landmark in American religious liberty ⓘ
precursor to the First Amendment ⓘ
governmentReaction punishment of some signers ⓘ
temporary suppression of dissent in Flushing ⓘ
historicalPeriod Dutch colonial era in North America ⓘ
colonial America ⓘ
influenced American tradition of religious liberty ⓘ
later arguments for freedom of religion in America ⓘ
influencedBy Christian concept of love of neighbor ⓘ
Dutch tradition of religious toleration ⓘ
jurisdiction Dutch West India Company ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisInvoked Dutch principles of toleration ⓘ
charter of Flushing ⓘ
locationOfManuscript New York State Archives ⓘ
mainSubject freedom of conscience ⓘ
opposition to religious persecution ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
toleration of Quakers ⓘ
numberOfSignatories approximately 30 ⓘ
opposes ban on Quaker worship ⓘ
persecution of Quakers ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Flushing ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
present-day Queens, New York City ⓘ
relatedTo First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Quakers ⓘ
Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
freedom of religion in the United States ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
Quakerism ⓘ
signatory Edward Hart ⓘ
Tobias Feake ⓘ
linked to: Robert Feake
signatoryRole sheriff of Flushing ⓘ
town clerk ⓘ
significance challenged governmental authority in matters of religion ⓘ
defended liberty of conscience for all people ⓘ
title Flushing Remonstrance ⓘ
year 1657 ⓘ

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John Bowne → associatedWith → Flushing Remonstrance ⓘ
Flushing → historicalEvent → Flushing Remonstrance ⓘ
Flushing, New Netherland → knownFor → Flushing Remonstrance ⓘ
Flushing, New Netherland → event → Flushing Remonstrance of 1657 ⓘ
linked to: Flushing Remonstrance
Flushing Remonstrance → title → Flushing Remonstrance ⓘ