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New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
conveyed to the duke of York, included the New England frontier from the Kennebee to the Saint CroNew Jersey, till now chiefly colonized from New England, became the asylum of Scottish Presbyteriangiving force to the common principle of the New England and the Scottish Calvinists, established a of beans and of maize; each castle, like a New England town or a Saxon hundred, constituted a litt lace, landed at Boston, as governor of all New England. How unlike Penn at Newcastle! He was aut subservient members, of whom but one was a New England man, alone commanded his attention. The otbeen asked to contribute towards setting up New England churches. At the instance and with the s replenished, declared, that the people of New England Chap XVII.} held their lands by the grand d, from the first, com- 1687 prehended all New England. Against the charter of Rhode Island a wrihe Chesapeake, and to the wilderness. This New England revolution made a great noise in the world.[1 more...]
Niagara County (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
e en- 1685. hanced by prudence and sagacity. But blind obedience paralyzes conscience and enslaves reason; and quiet pervaded neither the Five Nations nor the English provinces. For the defence of New France, a fort was to be established at Niagara. The design, which would have 1686. May. controlled the entire fur-trade of the Upper Lakes, was resisted by Dongan; for, it was said, the country south of the lakes, the whole domain of the Iroquois, is sub ject to England. Thus began the loof Charle voix, 511 your deeds. An incursion into the country of the Senecas followed. The savages retired into remoter forests; of the country which was overrun without resistance, possession was taken by the French, and a fort erected at Niagara. France seemed to have gained firm pos- Chap. XVII.} session of Western New York. But as the French army withdrew, the wilderness remained to its old inhabitants. The Senecas in their turn made a descent upon their still feebler enemy; and t
Perth (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 7
ember, Model of the Government of N. J. 146 1682, possession was taken by Thomas Rudyard, G. P. on the Early History of East Jersey, in Newark Daily Advertiser, March and April, 1839. Smith's Hist. of N. J., 166, 167. as temporary deputy-governor; the happy country was already tenanted by a sober, professing people. Meantime the twelve proprietors selected each a partner; and, in March, 1683, to the twenty-four, among whom was Learning and Spicer, 141. the timorous, cruel, iniquitous Perth, afterwards chancellor of Scotland, and the amiable, learned, and ingenious Barclay, who became nominally the governor of the territory, a new and latest patent of East New Jersey 1683 March 14. was granted by the duke of York. From Scotland the largest emigration was expected; and, in 1685, just before embarking for America with his own family and about two hundred passengers, George Scot of Pitlochie addressed to his countrymen an argument in favor of removing to a country where there wa
Clarendon, Ark. (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
nt to all religion, and careless of every thing but pleasure. Buckingham, the noble buffoon at its head, debauched other men's wives, fought duels, and kept about him a train of vo- Chap. XVII.} 1668 to 1671. luptuaries; but he was not, like Clarendon, a tory by system; far from building up the exclusive Church of England, he ridiculed bishops as well as sermons; and when the Quakers went to him with their hats on, to discourse on the equal rights of every conscience, he told them, that he w English honor was wrecked; English finances became bankrupt; but the progress of the nation towards internal freedom was no longer opposed with steadfast consistency; and England was better satisfied than it had been with the wise and virtuous Clarendon. As the tendency of the cabal became apparent, a new division necessarily followed: the king was surrounded by men who still desired to uphold the prerogative, and stay the movement of the age; while Shaftesbury, always consistent in his pur
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 7
rary taxation; its prosperity sprung from the miseries of Scotland. The trustees of Sir George Carteret, tired of the burdemorous, cruel, iniquitous Perth, afterwards chancellor of Scotland, and the amiable, learned, and ingenious Barclay, who becey 1683 March 14. was granted by the duke of York. From Scotland the largest emigration was expected; and, in 1685, just bmes by which the Stuarts attempted to plant Episcopacy in Scotland, on the ruins of Calvinism, and extirpate the faith of a e execution of the laws. Scarce a Presbyterian family in Scotland but was involved in proscriptions or penalties; the jailsies shipped for the colonies. It never will be well with Scotland, till the country south of the Forth is reduced to a huntfollowers. James II. sent the hint to the north, and in Scotland the business was equally well Understood. The indemnity curious clear water, were as plenty as in the dear native Scotland; the houses of the towns, unlike the pent villages of the
France (France) (search for this): chapter 7
us sequestered by a monarch who desired to imitate the despotism of France, its frontiers had no protection against encroachments from Canada,t the mercy of their enemies. Meantime fresh troops arrived from France, and De la Barre was superseded by Denonville, an officer whom Charhap. XVII.} 1687 number of them prisoners of war, and ship them for France. By open hostilities, no captives could be made; and Lamberville, ossession was taken by the French, and a fort erected at Niagara. France seemed to have gained firm pos- Chap. XVII.} session of Western Nend, discovering the intrigues of Danby for a permanent revenue from France, they were honorably true to nationality, and true also to the baseor its office of asserting European liberty against the ambition of France; that reason, natural right, and public interest, demanded a glorios XIV., from whom he solicited money. I hope, said he, the king of France will aid me, and that we together shall do great things for religio
Puritan (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
queen's pregnancy, the church was much grieved at the weakness of Allen, who, from the literal version of the improved Bay Psalm Book, gave out,— Jehovah, in thy strength And joy in thy salvation, Thou granted hast to him And thou hast not with holden back The king shall joyful be, How vehemently shall hee! That which his heart desired, That which his lips required. But Willard, while, before prayer, he read, among many other notices, the occasion of the governor's gratitude, and, after Puritan usage, interceded largely for the king, otherwise altered not his course one jot, and, as the crisis drew near, goaded the people with the text, Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, warring against sin. Yet desperate measures were postponed, that one of the ministers might make an appeal to the king; and Increase Mather, escaping the vigilance of Randolph, was already embarked on the dangerous mission for redress. But relief came from a revolution of which the influence was to pervade t
Ipswich, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
cting 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 the pound, and a poll-tax 1687. March 3. of twenty pence, with a subsequent increase of duties, were laid by Andros and his council. The towns generally refused payment. Wilbore, of Taunton, was imprisoned for writing a protest. To the people of Ipswich, in town-meeting, John Wise, the minister who Aug 23 used to assert, Democracy is Christ's government in church and state, advised resistance.—We have, said he, a good God and a good king; we shall do well to stand to our privileges.—You have no privilege, answered one of the council, after the arraignment of Wise and the selectmen, you have no privilege left you but not to be sold as slaves.—Do you believe, demanded Andros, Joe and Tom may tell the Felt, 123, 124 125. king what money he <
Carolina City (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
fs into the fort on Ontario. Invited to negotiate a treaty, they assemble without distrust, are surprised, put in irons, hurried to Quebec, and thence to Europe, and the warrior hunters of the Five Nations, who used to roam from Hudson's Bay to Carolina, were chained to the oar in the galleys of Marseilles. But the counsels of injustice are always fearfully avenged; and the sins of the fathers are jealously visited on the children unto the third and fourth generation. We shall hereafter have cendiary guilty of sedition. Faction had ebbed; rogues had grown out of fashion; there was nothing left for them but to thrive in the plantations of our America, and learn, said the royalists, How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with Associators; Both e'en too good for madmen and for traitors. Truth is, the 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. But the tide of liberty was still swelling, a
Quebec (Canada) (search for this): chapter 7
ew France. Though repulsed, they continued to defy the province and its allies, and, under the eyes of its governor, 1637 openly intercepted canoes destined for Quebec. The French authority was not confirmed by founding a 1640 feeble outpost at Montreal; and Fort Richelieu, at the 1648 mouth of the Sorel, scarce protected itsommercial rela- Chap. XVII.} 1654 tions of the French traders with the tribes that dwelt farthest from the Hudson. The colony was still in perpetual danger; and Quebec itself was besieged. 1660. To what use a winter's invasion of the country of the Mohawks? The savages disappeared, leav- 1666. ing their European adversariesyed to decoy the Iroquois chiefs into the fort on Ontario. Invited to negotiate a treaty, they assemble without distrust, are surprised, put in irons, hurried to Quebec, and thence to Europe, and the warrior hunters of the Five Nations, who used to roam from Hudson's Bay to Carolina, were chained to the oar in the galleys of Mars
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