Editing Channel Islands (section)

===From the 17th century===
{{main|Channel Islands in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms}}
During the [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]], Jersey held out strongly for the Royalist cause, providing refuge for [[Charles II of England|Charles, Prince of Wales]] in 1646 and 1649–1650, while the more strongly [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] Guernsey more generally favoured the parliamentary cause (although [[Castle Cornet]] was held by Royalists and did not surrender until October 1651).{{sfn|Lemprière|1970|p={{page needed|date=December 2015}} }}{{sfn|Moore|2005|p=226}}{{sfn|Ellis|1937}}

The islands acquired commercial and political interests in the North American colonies. Islanders became involved with the [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] fisheries in the 17th century. In recognition for all the help given to him during his exile in Jersey in the 1640s, [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] gave [[George Carteret]], Bailiff and governor, a large grant of land in the American colonies, which he promptly named [[New Jersey]], now part of the United States of America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jamieson |first=Alan G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNqfAAAAMAAJ&q=Charles+II,+George+Carteret,land,+jersey |title=A People of the sea: the maritime history of the Channel Islands |date=1986 |publisher=Methuen |language=en |page=270 |isbn=9780416405408 |access-date=31 May 2020 |archive-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821175749/https://books.google.com/books?id=jNqfAAAAMAAJ&q=Charles+II%2C+George+Carteret%2Cland%2C+jersey&dq=Charles+II%2C+George+Carteret%2Cland%2C+jersey |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jamieson |first=Alan G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNqfAAAAMAAJ&q=Charles+II,+George+Carteret,land,+jersey |title=A People of the sea: the maritime history of the Channel Islands |date=1986 |publisher=Methuen |language=en |page=167 |isbn=9780416405408 |access-date=31 May 2020 |archive-date=21 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821175817/https://books.google.com/books?id=jNqfAAAAMAAJ&q=Charles+II%2C+George+Carteret%2Cland%2C+jersey&dq=Charles+II%2C+George+Carteret%2Cland%2C+jersey |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Edmund Andros|Sir Edmund Andros]], bailiff of Guernsey, was an early colonial governor in North America, and head of the short-lived [[Dominion of New England]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Edmund Andros |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Andros |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235804/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Andros |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the late 18th century, the islands were dubbed "the French Isles". Wealthy French émigrés fleeing the [[French Revolution]] sought residency in the islands. Many of the town domiciles{{clarify|date=September 2023}} existing today were built in that time. In [[Saint Peter Port]], a large part of the harbour had been built by 1865.