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Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
umed the government, and convened an assembly. Its first act recognized William and Mary; its second established the Church of England as the religion of the state, to be supported by general taxation. Thus were the barons of Baltimore superseded for a generation. The ancient capital, inconvenient in its site, was, moreover, tenanted chiefly by Catholics, and surrounded by proprietary recollections: under Protestant auspices, the city sacred to the Virgin Mary was aban- 1694 doned, and Annapolis became the seat of government. The system of a religion of state, earnestly advanced 1694 to 1698 by the boastful eagerness of Francis Nicholson, who passed from Virginia to the government of Maryland, and by the patient, the disinterested, but unhappily too exclusive earnestness of the commissary Thomas Bray, became the settled policy of the government. The first act, as it had contained a clause giving validity in 1692 the colony to the Great Charter of England, was not accepted by t
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
d to the Atlantic, Massachusetts now included the whole vast region, except New Hampshire. That colony became henceforward a royal province. Its in- 1689. habitan of the Piscataqua, held itself bound by no previous compact to concede to New Hampshire any Chap. XIX.} charter whatever. The right to the soil, which Samuel Alle it had the sanction of a vested right. In 1692, the new government for New Hampshire 1692. Aug. 13. was organized by Usher. The civil history of that colony, about land. Complaints against Usher were met by counter complaints, till New Hampshire was placed, with Massachusetts, under the government of Bellamont, and a juto the crown. A proprietary, sustained by the crown, claimed the people of New Hampshire as his tenants; and they made themselves freeholders. For Massachusetts,ad the grief of receiving as its governor, under a commission that included New Hampshire, its own apostate son, Joseph Dudley, the great supporter of Andros, the wo
Runnymede (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 1
st friendship of James II. favored the grants which gave liberties to Pennsylvania, and extended them to Chap. XIX.} Delaware; the crimes of the dynasty banished to our country men of learning, virtue, and fortitude. Thus did despotism render benefits to freedom. The wisdom of God, as John Knox had predicted, compelled the very malice of Satan, and such as were drowned in sin, to serve to his glory and the profit of his elect. Four hundred and seventy-four years after the barons at Runnymede had extorted Magna Charta from their legitimate king, the aristocratic revolution of 1688 established for England and its dominions the sovereignty of Parliament and the supremacy of law. Its purpose was the security of property and existing franchises, and not the abolition of privilege, or the equalization of political power. The chiefs of the nobility who, in 1640, had led the people in its struggle for liberty, had, from the passionate enthusiasm of a generous inexperience, been hurri
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
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...]
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
anchised, as though they had been freeborn citizens. Statutes II 58-60. The statute-book of South Carolina attests the moderation and liberality of the government, which derived its chief sanction froice fell upon John Archdale, an honest member of the society of Friends. The disputes in South Carolina had grown out of the selfish zeal of a High Church oligarchy, sustained by the proprietaries 1705. vailed. The North had been usually governed by a deputy, appointed by the governor of South Carolina, Spotswood, Ms. and Thomas Cary obtained a commission in the wonted form. The proprietarient settlement by white men, has constantly been advancing, and has, I think, always exceeded South Carolina in numbers. The country between the Trent and the Neuse was occupied; and 1710. at the conimilarity in religious institutions would, it is true, nurse a sympathy with England; but in South Carolina, in Maryland, laymen aspired to dominion over the church. American Episcopacy, without an A
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 1
Colonial history. Chapter 19: The absolute power of parliament the Stuarts passed from the throne of England Chap XIX.} Their family, distinguished by a blind resistance to popular opinion, was no less distinguished by misfortunes. During the period of their separate sovereignty over Scotland, but three of the race escaped a violent death. The first of them who aspired to the crown of Great Britain was by an English monarch doomed to death on the scaffold; her grandson was beheaded in the name of the English people. The next in the line, long a needy exile, is remembered chiefly for his vices; and, as if a domestic crime could alone avenge the national wrongs, James II. was reduced from royalty to beggary by the conspiracy of his own children. Yet the New World has monuments of the Stuarts; North America acquired its British colonies during their rule, and towns, rivers, headlands, and even states bear their names. The pacific disposition of James I. promoted the settle
Dorchester, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ion never crushed the faith of the humble colonists. It was not till 1715 that the power of the proprietary was restored. In the mean time, the administration of Maryland resembled that of Virginia. Nicholson and Andros were governors in each. Like Virginia, Maryland had no considerable town, was disturbed but little by the Indians, and less by the French. Its staple was tobacco; yet hemp and flax were raised, and both, like tobacco, were sometimes used as currency. In Somerset and Dorchester, the manufacture 17??? of linen, and even of woollen cloth, was attempted. Industry so opposite to the system of mercantile monopoly needed an apology, and the assembly pleaded, in excuse of the weavers, that they were driven to their tasks by absolute necessity. As Maryland lies in the latitude where, in the collision of negro labor and white labor, climate gives the white man a decided advantage, and as the large introduction of slaves drove free laborers to more northern regions, thi
Europe (search for this): chapter 1
ough Asia Minor and the regions that encircle the Levant; Rome, entering into relations with Greece, as the conqueror of her soil, became imbued with her civilization, and by its sword carried that civilization to the Danube and the Rhine, to Western Europe and to Britain. The destiny of Great Britain was still more grand: her commerce connected her with every quarter of the globe; she sought to make the world a tributary to her industry; and her colonies, her commercial stations, and her tradends in England. The public mind of the mother country could esteem the present interest of its landholders paramount to natural justice. The clause, which I am about to cite, is a memorial of Chap. XIX.} a delusion which once pervaded all Western Europe, § 19. and which has already so passed away, that men grow incredulous of its former existence:—After the first day of December, 1699, no wool, or manufacture made or mixed with wool, being the produce or manufacture of any of the English pl
Switzerland (Switzerland) (search for this): chapter 1
rica, this turbulence, of freedom did not check the increase of population. Notwithstanding the contradictory accounts, the province, from its first permanent settlement by white men, has constantly been advancing, and has, I think, always exceeded South Carolina in numbers. The country between the Trent and the Neuse was occupied; and 1710. at the confluence of those rivers, where sands abound instead of glaciers, and a wide champaign instead of highlands and mountains, emigrants from Switzerland began the settlement of New Berne. Germans, also, fugitives from the devastated Palatinate, found a home in the same vicinity. In these early days, few negroes were introduced into the colony. Its trade was chiefly Chap. XIX.} engrossed by New England. The increasing expenses of the government amounted, in 1714, to nine hundred pounds. While the people were establishing a commonwealth, the surplus revenue to the proprietaries, by sales of land and the quitrents from their boundless
Maine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
om twelve to thirty pounds. By its Chap. XIX.} position, also, Maryland was connected with the north; it is the most southern colony which, in 1695, consented to pay its quota towards the defence of New York, thus forming, from the Chesapeake to Maine, an imperfect confederacy. The union was increased by a public post. Eight times in the year, letters might be for- 1695. warded from the Potomac to Philadelphia. During the period of the royal government, the assembly still retained influenc long years, they ventured on nothing that could displease royalty or the people. The territory of Massachusetts was by the charter vastly enlarged. On the south, it embraced Plymouth colony and the Elizabeth Islands; on the east, it included Maine and all beyond it to the Atlantic; on the north, it was described as swept by the St. Lawrence —the fatal gift of a wilderness, for the conquest and defence of which Massachusetts expended more treasure, and lost more of her sons, than all the En
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