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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
eturned to Europe, to render service in the approaching revolution; and the Spaniards, taking umbrage at a plantation established on ground which they claimed as a dependency of St. Augustine, invaded the frontier settlement, and laid it entirely 1686. waste. Of the unhappy emigrants, some returned to Scotland; some mingled with the earlier planters of Carolina. Archdale, 14. Hewat, i. 89. Chalmers, 547, 548. Ramsay l. 127. Laing, IV. 187 More than a hundred years had elapsed since Cut neither his relationship, nor his rank, nor his reputation, nor his office, nor his acres, could procure for him obedience; because the actual relations between the contending parties were in no respect changed. When Colleton met the colonial 1686. Nov. parliament which had been elected before his arrival, a majority refused to acknowledge the binding force of the constitutions; by a violent act of power, Colleton, like Cromwell in a similar instance in English history, excluded the refract
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
ds a clear light on the controversy with Penn. As in Massachusetts, money was coined Chap. XIV.} 1686. at a provincial mint, Bacon, 1661, c. IV.; 1662, c. VIII.; 1686, c. IV. and, at a later day, 1686, c. IV. and, at a later day, the value of foreign coins was arbitrarily advanced. A duty was 1686. levied on the tonnage of every vessel that entered the waters. Ibid. 1661, c. VII. It was resolved to purchase a state- 16621686. levied on the tonnage of every vessel that entered the waters. Ibid. 1661, c. VII. It was resolved to purchase a state- 1662. house, which was subsequently built at a cost of forty 1674. thousand pounds of tobacco—about a thousand dollars. The Indian nations were pacified; and their rights, 1666. subordination, and commes chosen under a restricted franchise; its most confidential officer was ordered to be appointed 1686 Aug. 1 by the governor, Hening, III. 40, 41, 550. and its power over the revenue was lost by the members, and their irregular and tumultuous proceedings. The assembly was dissolved by royal 1686 Nov. 15 proclamation. Hening, III. 40, 41. James Collins was imprisoned and loaded with irons
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
y, sought to impair the exclusive right to preemption, and to compel an appropriation of the income from quitrents, in part at least, to the public service. Colonial jealousy of a feudal chief was early and perseveringly displayed. The maker of 1686 Jan. 9 the first Pennsylvania almanac was censured for publishing Penn as a lord. Hazard's Register, i. 16. The assembly originated 1685 bills without scruple; they attempted a new organization of the judiciary; they alarmed the merchants by their lenity towards debtors; they would vote no taxes; they claimed the right of inspecting the 1686 March 15. records, and displacing the officers of the courts; they expelled a member who reminded them of their contravening the provisions of their charter. Votes and Proceedings, 32, &c The executive Chap XVI.} 1687 Feb. 1, 1688 power was also imperfectly administered: for the whole council was too numerous a body for its regular exercise. A commission of five was substituted; Doc. in
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
. wealth a character which a century and a half has not effaced? In 1686, after the judicial murder of the duke of Argyle, his brother, Lord ort was to be established at Niagara. The design, which would have 1686. May. controlled the entire fur-trade of the Upper Lakes, was resistient bulwark against encroachments from Canada, and in the summer of 1686, a party of English traders penetrated even to Michilimackinac. Tl court, in session at his arrival, and unprepared for open resist- 1686 May 15. ance, dissolved their assembly, and returned in sadness to tday of liberty was come. Andros demanded one of the meeting-houses 1686. Dec. for the church. The wrongs of a century crowded Chap. XVII.ns from the towns, resolved not to stand suit, but to appeal to the 1686 May 5 Ms. Records conscience of the king for the privileges and libe disguise. But the easy issue of the contest grew out of a 1685, 1686. division in the monarchical party itself. James II. could not com