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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
ror of America. In the family of Hampden, Massachusetts inherited a powerful intercessor. The couresisted the restoration of the charter of Massachusetts, pleading its imperfections. The charters, that body was appointed by the king; in Massachusetts, it was, in the first instance, appointed ess, for the conquest and defence of which Massachusetts expended more treasure, and lost more of ht. Lawrence, and eastward to the Atlantic, Massachusetts now included the whole vast region, exceptved to unite, and did actually unite, with Massachusetts; and both colonies desired that the union d they made themselves freeholders. For Massachusetts, the nomination of its first officers 169Andros, had been rejected by the people of Massachusetts. The responsibility of the tragedy, far fn the second coming of Christ: liberty, in Massachusetts, was defended by asserting the sanctity ofe attention of England and of New England, Massachusetts, at this time, suffered no further diminut[19 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
irst measure was the establishment of a college in New France; and the parents of the marquis de Gamache, pleased with his pious importunity, assented to his entering the order of the Jesuits, and added from their ample fortunes the means of endowing a seminary for education at Quebec. Its foundation was laid, under happy auspices, in 1635, 1635. just before Champlain passed from among the living, two years before the emigration of John Harvard, and one year before the general court of Massachusetts had made provision for a college. The fires of charity were at the same time kindled. The duchess d'aiguillon, aided by her uncle, the Cardinal Richelieu, endowed a public hospital, dedicated to the Son of God, whose blood was shed in mercy for all mankind. Its doors were open, not only to the sufferers among the emigrants, but to the maimed, the sick, and the blind of any of the numerous tribes between the Kennebec and Lake Superior; it received misfortune without asking its lineag
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
e fisheries for cod. Hence the strife with Massachusetts, in which the popular mind was so deeply iThe idea originated with the government of Massachusetts, established by the people in the period tgiven by letters from the general court of Massachusetts, and extended to all the colonies as far, at least, as Maryland. Massachusetts, the parent of so many states, is certainly the parent of the of Lake Champlain, against Montreal, while Massachusetts should, with a fleet, attack Quebec. Thus did Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Chap. XXI.} York, having, at that time, each a governmentinancial policy of England. The people of Massachusetts, in their wants, authorized an emission of Florida. At the north, the province of Massachusetts alone was desolated: for her, the history afterwards, under the influence of Dudley, Massachusetts attempted its conquest. The failure of th an army were to be sent from Europe: from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, twelve hundred men were [1 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXII (search)
territory would appear densely peopled where, in every few days, a wigwam could be encountered. Vermont, and North-western Massachusetts, and much of New Hampshire, were solitudes; Ohio, a part of Indiana, the largest part of Michigan, remained operb having a nominative singular and an accusative plural, a plural termination is often affixed. The verb, Eliot's Massachusetts Grammar. says Eliot, is thus changed to an adnoun. Again: if with a verb which is qualified by an adverb, the idea ostructions of the Jesuits, they learned to swing censers, and to chant aves. Gathering round Eliot, in Chap XXII.} Massachusetts, the tawny choir sang the psalms of David, in Indian, to one of the ordinary English Wilson. tunes, melodiously; andest. The condition of the little Indian communities, that are enclosed within the European settlements in Canada, in Massachusetts, in Carolina, is hardly cheering to the philanthropist. In New Hampshire, and elsewhere, schools for Indian children
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
ef resisted the claim of the government of Massachusetts. I have my land, said he, where the Great dropped; and when, in 1726, the charter of Massachusetts was explained, it was done, not by parliam curtailed; after a long strife, the territory of Massachusetts was unjustly abridged in favor of thner, a bank of fortyeight thousand pounds. Massachusetts, which for twenty years had used bills of nterest was payable in hemp or flax. In Massachusetts, a struggle ensued for a new application oased since the grant of the new charter of Massachusetts, cut some stately pine tree into logs for religion of New England. The people of Massachusetts resolutely withheld a regular salary from ed the conduct of the house; the agents of Massachusetts advised concession, lest parliament shouldded, leaving victory to the strong will of Massachusetts. In 1733, the province of Massachusetts in collision. Cosby, imitating Andros in Massachusetts, insists on new surveys of lands and new g[10 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
the negro. The thought of general emancipation early presented itself. Massachusetts, where the first planters assumed to themselves a right to treat the Indian in possession of its ancient colony While William Shirley, the governor of Massachusetts, foresaw the danger, and solicited aid from England, the officers and men tment of three hundred and four; while the forces levied for the occasion by Massachusetts exceeded three thousand volunteers. Three hundred men sailed from Rhode Isn, relying on themselves, the volunteers 1745. April. of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, with a merchant, William Pepperell of Maine, for their chief Seth commandethe enterprise, when instructions from England bade him render every aid to Massachusetts; and, learning at sea the embarkation of the troops, he sailed directly to anding till a reinforcement arrived. To a major in one of the regiments of Massachusetts, Seth Pomroy, from Northampton, a gunsmith, was assigned the oversight of a
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Index to the history of colonization. (search)
, 299. Origin, 306. Acadia settled, I. 27. Fortunes of, 445; II. 70; II. 186, 234. Accomacs, III. 239. Aguesseau, III. 357. Aix la Chapelle, congress of, III. 466. Alabama entered by Soto, I. 48. By the French, II. 200, 348, 352, 365. Albany founded, II. 273. Alexander's, Sir William, patent, I. 332. Algonquins war with the Dutch, II. 288. Visited by Jesuits, III. 128. Language, 237. Allouez, Father, III. 149. Amidas, his voyage, I. 92. Anabaptism in Massachusetts, I. 449. Anabaptists popular reformers, II. 460. Andros, Edmund, II. 405. Lands at Boston, 427. In Virginia, III. 25. Anglo-American. See Colonies. Annapolis, Maryland, III. 31. Anne, Queen, war of; III. 206. Gives audience to five sachems, 219. Anson's expedition, II. 439. Antinornian controversy, I. 386. Archdale, John, III. 16. Argall, I. 146, 148, 151, 152. Arkansas entered by Soto, I. 52. By the Jesuits, III. 160. Artaguette, III. 366. Assien
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., C. (search)
C. Cabot, John and Sebastian, I. 24 Calvert, Sir George, Lord Baltimore I. 238. His character, II. 239. Calvert, Charles, in Maryland, II. 237 Returns to England, 240. Calvin, influence of, I. 266. Parallel between him and Luther, 277. Calvinism, political meaning of, II 461 Influence on laws of Massachusetts, 463. In Connecticut, 464. Canada, French in, I. 27. Its conquest, 334; II. 88; II. 183, 220. Jesuits in, 120. Cancello, I. 60. Canonchet, II. 102. Canonicus, I. 318. Cardross, Lord, in South Carolina, II. 173. Carolina, proprietaries of, II. 129. Colonized from New England, 131; from Virginia, 134; from Barbadoes, 136. Second charter, 138. Its constitutions, 145. Carolina, North, Raleigh's colonies in, I. 95-108. Records, II. 151. Early legislation, 152. Locke's constitution rejected, 153. Its spirit, 157. Culpepper's insurrection, 159. Its early days, 165. Anarchy, II. 22. Population, 24. War with the Tuscaroras, 320. Surr
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., M. (search)
the French, 28. Entered by Pring, 113. By Weymouth, 114. By Argall, 148. Colonized by English, 268. Granted in part to the Pilgrims, 320. To Gorges, 328. Colonized, 331, 336. Its court organized, 337. Early history, 428. Annexed to Massachusetts, 430. Royal commissioners in, II. 86. Indian war, 210. New government, 114. Indian war, III. 180, 335. Maintenon, Madame de, II. 175; III. 323. Manhattan occupied, II. 272. Manigault, Judith, II. 180. Marest, Gabriel, II. 196.ore's mild sway, 236. Baconists obtain influence, 241. Effect of the revolution of 1688, III. 30. Protestant association, 30. Produce and manufactures, 33. Restlessness, 395. Mascoutins, III. 242. Mason obtains a patent, I. 328. Massachusetts. The company purchase lands, I. 340. Obtain a patent, 342 Emigration under Higginson, 347. Religious independence, 348. The conclusions, 351. Transfer of the charter, 352. Winthrop's emigration, 354. First autumn and winter, 357. Govern
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., N. (search)
7. New Belgium. See New Netherlands. New England, confederacy of the colonies of, 420. Royal commissioners for, II. 77. Population of, 93. Indians in, 93. War with King Philip, 101. The colonies consolidated, 433. Desire to conquer New France, III. 78. Gloomy years of, 186. North-eastern boundary, 333. Resolve to conquer Louisburg, 457. Newfoundland, I. 15,87;. 178, 192,217. New France. See Canada. New Hampshire visited by Pring, I. 327. Settled, 328. Annexed to Massachusetts, 418. Royal commissioners in, II. 86. Made a royal province, 115. Disputes with Cranfield, 117. Its series of lawsuits, II. 82. New Haven founded, I. 403. New Jersey. (See New Netherlands.) Why so named, II. 315. Quakers and Puritans in, 316. Slavery introduced, 317. Its laws, 319. West New Jersey bought by Quakers, 357. Treaty with the Indians, 359. Dispute with the duke of York, 360. Its prosperity, 362. Andros in East New Jersey, 410. Scotch emigrants, 411. Under An
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