what were the motives for the restoration colonies?

Question

this one is taking up a lot of my time and im struggling with it. ill give 10 points for best answer and a huge thank you.

this has to do with king charles giving grants to the older colonies, or something like that.

Answer 1

A restoration colony was one of a number of land grants in North America given by King Charles II of England in the latter half of the 17th century, ostensibly as a reward to his supporters in the Stuart Restoration. The grants marked the resumption of English colonization of the Americas after a 30-year hiatus. The two major restoration colonies were the Province of Pennsylvania and the Province of Carolina.

From The American People- Creating a Nation and a Society- Sixth Edition:

In 1663, three years after he was restored to his father's throne, England's Charles II granted a vast territory named Carolina to a group of supporters during his years of exile. Its boundaries extended from Virginia southward to central Florida and westward to the Pacific Ocean. Within this potential empire, eight London-based proprietors, including several involved in Barbados sugar plantations, gained governmental powers and semifeudal rights to the land. The system of governance planned for Carolina had both feudal and modern features. To lure settlers, the proprietors promised religious freedom and offered land free for the asking. But onto this generous land offer they grafted a scheme for a semimedieval government in which they, their deputies, and a few noblemen would monopolize political power. Reacting to a generation of revolutionary turbulence in England, they designed Carolina as a model of social and political stability in which a hereditary aristocracy would check boisterous small landholders.

The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and Connecticut Colony were given their formal charters and Rhode Island even honoured the King with King's Province (what has since been renamed Washington County, Rhode Island).

Answer 2

Like most kings, Charles II was short of money. Unlike most kings, he'd spent many years in exile, living on the charity of other monarchs (occasionally, and then I think it was the French) and the supporters of his father, who often didn't have a whole lot themselves.

What Charles did have, though, was a lot of acreage in North America.

After his restoration in 1660's, he made land grants to many of those who had served him loyally throughout his wandering years and, from these grants, eventually came the states of New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and, ultimately, Tennessee, which was formed from North Carolina.