What caused the British to be distracted from their protest of Dutch settlements in North America?

Answer 1

The British problems with Dutch settlements in North America were distracted during the middle decades of seventeenth century by the Puritan rebellion and their own civil war. King Charles I attempts to force uniformity of religious worship and to rule without the Parliament caused violence. Oliver Cromwell raised an army against the king. From 1642 to 1648, the parliamentary army, known as "Roundheads" battled the royal forces called the "Cavaliers". When the king was finally defeated, Cromwell and his followers vowed to try the king for treason. Not all of Cromwell's supporters agreed to this. And, for a brief period, England was a republic which was called the "commonwealth".Cromwell took the title of Lord Protector. All of this turmoil tended England to be concerned with its internal problems, causing it to neglect her colonial affairs.