... action independent of British authority. Leisler's administration of New York split the province into two distinct camps that were closely aligned with the Regent and Orangist factions in the United Provinces and the Whig and Tory factions in England, the legacy of which, according to some historians, is America's unique two-party system. Other historians see in Leisler's assumption of the New ... action independent of British authority. Leisler's administration of New York split the province into two distinct camps that were closely aligned with the Regent and Orangist factions in the ...

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