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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Plantations, contempt for the (search)
Plantations, contempt for the
On the accession of James II.
that monarch declared, without the formality of law, the charter of Massachusetts to be void, and appointed Joseph Dudley president of the country from Rhode Island to Nova Scotia.
The people of England, misinformed by their rulers, approved the measure, and the tone of society there was one of contempt for the plantations.
The poet Dryden, who was then a supple servant of the crown, in a dramatic prologue, wrote as follows:
Since faction ebbs, and rogues go out of fashion, Their penny scribes take care to inform the nation How well men thrive in this or that plantation.
How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with Associators; Both e'en too good for madmen and for traitors.
Truth is, our land with saints is so run o'er, And every age produces such a store, That now there's need of two New Englands more.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Port Royal Island , settlement on (search)
Port Royal Island, settlement on
In 1692 Lord Cardross (afterwards Earl of Buchan), a Scotch nobleman, led a colony from his native land, where the Presbyterians were persecuted.
Some of their agents went to England to treat with the proprietaries of Carolina for a lodgment there.
It is believed that one of these agents was Lord Cardross, and that his colony were Presbyterians, who preferred exile in peace to their native land, where they were continually harassed.
When Cardross arrived there were instant premonitions of trouble.
In pursuance of some agreement or understanding with the proprietaries, Lord Cardross claimed for himself and associates coordinate authority with the governor and grand council at Charleston.
This claim the provincial government disallowed, and the colony at Port Royal was compelled to acknowledge submission.
Soon afterwards Lord Cardross returned home.
Some time afterwards his colonists were dislodged by the Spaniards at St. Augustine (1686), wh
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Secession of Southern States. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shaftesbury , Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper ) 1621 - (search)