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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
e province increased in numbers and prosperity. The land was accessible and productive; the temperate climate delighted by its salubrity; there was little danger from the neighboring Indians, whose strength had been broken by long hostilities with the Dutch; the Five Nations guarded the approaches from the interior; and the vicinity of older settlements saved the emigrants from the distresses of a first adventure in the wilderness. Every thing was of good augury, till, in Chap XV.} 1670 March 25. 1670, the quitrents of a half-penny an acre were seriously spoken of. But on the subject of real estate in the New World, the Puritans differed from the lawyers widely; asserting that the heathen, as a part of the lineal descendants of Noah, had a rightful claim to their lands. The Indian deeds, executed partly with the approbation of Nicolls, partly with the consent of Carteret himself, were, therefore, pleaded as superior to proprietary grants; the payment of quitrents was refused; disp
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
le, in taking an oath, operated as a widely-disfranchising test. The Episcopal service had never yet been performed within Massachusetts Bay, except by the chaplain of the hated commission of 1665. Its day of liberty was come. Andros demanded one of the meeting-houses 1686. Dec. for the church. The wrongs of a century crowded Chap. XVII.} on the memories of the Puritans as they answered, We cannot with a good conscience consent. Goodman Needham declared he would not ring the 1687 Mar. 25. bell; but at the appointed hour the bell rung; and the love of liberty did not expire, even though, in a Boston meeting-house, the Common Prayer was read in a surplice. By-and-by, the people were desired to con- 1688. June 23. tribute towards erecting a church. The bishops, answered Sewall, and wisely, would have thought strange to have been asked to contribute towards setting up New England churches. At the instance and with the special concurrence of James II., a tax of a penny in