The accession of William and Mary set off a political crisis in New York in i68g. Portraits by J. Cooper, ca. 1714—18. the new-york historical society. two aspects of Dutch life in New York in the 1680s. First, English accommodation and pacification of the Dutch interest eroded the urgent sense of ethnicity with which Dutch New Yorkers had met earlier political crises. A provincial Dutch interest did not arise to take advantage of the events of 1689-91. Second, Dutch New Yorkers, even when they no longer acted as a provincial political interest, were anything but passive. A sense of Dutch identity in New York City emboldened some residents to engage in violent radicalism. Thus English policy, while it did not eliminate all sources of ethnic resentment, did succeed in localizing ethnic conflict. No longer would a Dutch provincial interest foment or exploit situations of extreme political instability. Indeed, the aftermath of Leisler's Rebellion further fragmented Dutch activity in New York. In the late 1690s Flatbush had two schoolmasters, one supported by the Dutch Reformed church and the other by Flatbush Leislerians. Congregations withheld support of ministerial salaries, encouraging "choristers and schoolmasters ... to perform ministerial duties!' In 1693 Varick, who had received no financial