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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)
e favoritism of Charles I. opened the way for religious liberty in Maryland; Rhode Island long cherished the charter which its importunity won from Charles II.; the hnada, including all the northern British possessions, except Connecticut and Rhode Island. In New York, Lord Bellamont, who had served on the committee of parliamentrd and Treves, that the ordinary power of the militia in Connecticut, and in Rhode Island, belonged to their respective governments; and Winthrop, returning from his The decisions which established the rights of Connecticut included those of Rhode Island. The assaults of the royalists were always made upon the more powerful colorchy. But the results in Chap XIX.} the two were not strictly parallel. Rhode Island had asserted entire freedom of mind; it had, therefore, apparently, less uni nearly every colony. Where the people selected them, as in Connecticut and Rhode Island, they were chosen annually, and the public preference, free from fickleness,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
the security of its trade and fishery. In 1704, a fleet from Boston harbor had defied Port Royal; and, three years afterwards, under the influence of Dudley, Massachusetts attempted its conquest. The failure of that costly expedition, which was thwarted by the activity of Castin, created discontent in the colony, by increasing its paper money and its debts. But England was resolved on colonial acquistions; in 1709, a fleet and an army were to be sent from Europe: from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, twelve hundred men were to aid in the conquest of Quebec; from the central provinces, fifteen hundred were to assail Montreal; and, in one season, Acadia, Canada, and Newfoundland, were to be reduced under British sovereignty. The colonies kindled at the prospect: to defray the expenses of preparation, Connecticut, and New York, and New Jersey, then first issued bills of credit; stores were collected; Chap. XXI.} the troops levied from the hardy agriculturists. But no English fleet a
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXII (search)
e the colonization of the country, had almost disappeared from the shores of the bay that bears its name; and the villages of the interior resembled insulated and nearly independent bands, that had lost themselves in the wilderness. Of the Pokanokets, who dwelt round Mount Hope, and were sovereigns over Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and a part of Cape Cod; of the Narragansetts, who dwelt between the bay that bears their name and the present limits of Connecticut, holding dominion over Rhode Island and its vicinity, as well as a part Chap XXII.} of Long Island,—the most civilized of the northern nations; of the Pequods, the branch of the Mohegans Gookin c. II. that occupied the eastern part of Connecticut, and ruled a part of Long Island,—earliest victims to the Europeans,—I have already related the overthrow. The country between the banks of the Connecticut and the Hudson was possessed by independent villages of the Mohegans, kindred with the Manhattans, whose few smokes once ro<
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
ies educated for works of good, science and truth cherished, pursued, and disseminated,—were diverted to pay the dowry of the princess royal. Disappointed, yet not irritated, Berke- Chap XXIII.} ley returned to Europe, to endow a library in Rhode Island; to cherish the interests of Harvard; to gain a right to be gratefully remembered at New Haven; to encourage the foundation of a college at New York. Advanced to a bishopric, the heart of the liberal and catholic prelate was in America. He l introducing it into Pennsylvania, where silver had circulated; and the complaint was soon heard, that, as their 1728 money was paper, they had very little gold and silver, Logan, Mss. and, when any came in, it was accounted as merchandise. Rhode Island, on one occasion, combined the old system of payments, made in the staple products E. R Potter's Brief Account of R. I. Paper Money, 5, 6. of industry, with the new system of credit, and, in 1721, issued a bank of forty thousand pounds, on wh
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
&c. 1748, gave a negative to it by special enactments. The lawyers, also, declared the fear groundless; and the opinion of his majesty's attorney and solicitorgeneral, Yorke and Talbot, signed with their own hands, was accordingly printed in Rhode Island, and dispersed through the plantations. I heartily wish, adds Berkeley, it may produce the intended effect; and, at the same time, he rebuked the irrational contempt of the blacks, which regarded them as creatures of another species, having ne motto, Nothing is to be despaired of, with Christ for the leader—contributed a detachment of three hundred and four; while the forces levied for the occasion by Massachusetts exceeded three thousand volunteers. Three hundred men sailed from Rhode Island, but too late for active service. Of Common dore Warren at Antigua, an express-boat requested the cooperation with such ships as could be spared from the Leeward Islands; but, on a consultation with the captains of his squadron, it was unanim
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., P. (search)
, 456 Peorias, III. 197. Pepperell, William, III. 458. Pequods, war with the, I 397, 400. Peters, Hugh, arrives, I. 383. His death, II. 32. Philadelphia founded, II. 389, Philip, King, II. 98. Phipps, William, III. 83. Pilgrims, their flight, I. 301. At Leyden, 302. Sail for America, 307. Arrive at Cape Cod, 309. Land at Plymouth, 313. Their sufferings, 314. Plymouth colony, royal commissioners in, II. 84. Revolution in, 449. United with Massachusetts, II. 81. See Pilgrims. Pocahontas, I. 131, 146. Poisson, Du, III. 361. Pokanokets, II. 98; III. 238. Port Royal founded, I. 26. Its name changed to Annapolis, III. 218. Portugal, voyages of, I. 14. Slavery in, 166. Its colonial system, III. 113. Potawatomies, III. 242. Poutrincourt's discoveries, I. 26. Powhatan, I. 125. Death, 181. Pring, Martin, in Maine, I. 113. Providence founded, I. 379. See Rhode Island. Puritans, I. 279. Conference with, 296. Character of, 460.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., R. (search)
, 131,132. Reformation in England, I. 274. Regicides, II 32. Revolution of 1688, II. 445. Effect on New England, 447. On New York, 450. On New Jersey, 451. Its political theory, III. 9. Its character, 12. Loved privilege, 82. Rhode Island, island of, I. 392. Rhode Island, colony of, first settled, I. 379. Its charter, 425. Fostered by Charles II., II. 61. New charter, 62. Freedom of conscience in, 65. Loses its liberty, 431. Its population, II. 69. Ribault discoversRhode Island, colony of, first settled, I. 379. Its charter, 425. Fostered by Charles II., II. 61. New charter, 62. Freedom of conscience in, 65. Loses its liberty, 431. Its population, II. 69. Ribault discovers River St. John, I. 61. Leaves a colony in Carolina, 62. Revisits it, 66. Rice introduced into Carolina, II. 20. Roberval's voyages, I. 22. Robinson, John, I. 306. His death, 321. Rolfe, Thomas, I. 146. Rowlandson, Mary, III. 106. Russia makes discoveries, III. 453. Rut's voyage, I. 76. Ryswick, peace of, III. 192.