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France (France) (search for this): chapter 1
decimated parliament, to lead the people out of Egyptian bondage; this army must root up monarchy, not only here, but in France and other kingdoms round about. C. Walker, Hist. of Independency, II. 50, 51 (published anonymously. by Theodorus Verhe personal character of the monarch whom England had taken into favor. The tall and swarthy grandson of Henry IV. of France, was naturally possessed of a disposition which, had he preserved purity of morals, had made him one of the most amiable ublin could afford; and had perfected his education by visiting, in part at least, in the public service, not Holland and France only, in the days of Prince Maurice and Richelieu, but Venice and Constantinople. Winthrop, i. 348 and 354; Mather, b.; the territory which they obtained, if divided among the eight, had given to each a tract as extensive as the kingdom of France. To complete the picture of the territorial changes made by Charles II., it remains to be added, that, having given aw
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
of the sword, answered the late envoy from Massachusetts. You are called, said he, as he preached twere caricatures. So perished a freeman of Massachusetts; the first who lost his life for oppositiey resided unmolested within the limits of Massachusetts, holding meetings in every house, where thhy, Sir Henry Vane, the former governor of Massachusetts, the benefactor of Rhode Island, the ever-rovisions. An issue was thus made between Massachusetts and England, for that colony had, as we harably punished by death on the gallows. Massachusetts, strong in its charter, made no haste 166cticut would serve to balance the power of Massachusetts. The charter, disregarding the hesitanc the people. Now their republic was safe; Massachusetts had denied its separate existence; she muswarranted misapprehension. His enemies in Massachusetts disliked his principles and his success the public good. He had powerful enemies in Massachusetts, and left a name without a spot. It req[5 more...]
Blackstone (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
sed to be subject to the laws of parliament, and had remonstrated against such subjection, as the loss of English liberty. The Long Parliament had conceded the justice of the remonstrance. The judges, on the restoration, decreed otherwise, and asserted the legislative supremacy of parliament over the colonies without restriction. Such was the established common law of England. Freeman's Reports, 175; Modern Reports, III. 159, 160; Vaughan's Reports, 170. 400; Modern Reports, IV. 225; Blackstone's Commentaries, i. 106—109. Immediately on the restoration of Charles II., the 1660 convention parliament 12 Charles II. c. IV. granted to the monarch a subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, that is, of five per cent., on all merchandise exported from, or imported into, the kingdom of England, or any of his majesty's dominions thereto belonging. Same expression in 2 Anne, c. IX.; 3 Anne, c. v.; and in 21 George II. c. II. The expression does not include the colonies. Doubts ari
Branford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ustice were ten shillings a day while on service. In each county a magistrate acted as judge of probate, and the business was transacted with small expense to the fatherless. Trumbull. i. 452, 453. Education was always esteemed a concern of deepest interest, and there were common schools from the first. Nor was it long before a small college, such as the day of small things permitted, began to be established; and Yale owes its birth to ten worthy fathers, who, in 1700, assembled at Branford, and each one, laying a few volumes on a table, said, I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony. But the political education of the people is due to the happy organization of towns, which here, as indeed throughout all New England, constituted each separate settlement a little democracy of itself. It was the natural reproduction of the system, which the instinct of humanity had imperfectly revealed to our Anglo-Saxon ancestors. In the ancient republics, citizens
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ale of their products the colonists were equally injured. The English, being the sole purchasers, could obtain those products at a little less than their fair value. The merchant of Bristol or London was made richer; the planter of Virginia or Maryland was made poorer. No new value was created; one lost what the other gained; and both parties had equal claims to the benevolence of the legislature. Burke. Thus the colonists were wronged, both in their purchases and in their sales; the lpart from the public offices in Rhode Island. I am especially indebted to William R. Staples, who, with singular liberality, intrusted to me the Ms. Collections which he has been gathering for years. Such kindness demands my gratitude. For Maryland, the restoration of the Stuarts was the restoration of its proprietary. Virginia possessed far stronger claims for favor than Rhode Island and Con- 1661. April 30. necticut; and Sir William Berkeley himself embarked for England as the agent of
South river (United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ampshire and 1677 Maine were revived, with the intent to purchase then Chap. XI.} for the duke of Monmouth. The fine country from Connecticut River to Delaware Bay, tenanted by nearly ten thousand souls, in spite of the charter to 1664. Winthrop, and the possession of the Dutch, was, like part of Maine, given to the duke of York. The charter which secured a large and fertile province to William Penn, and thus invested philanthropy with 1681. executive power on the western bank of the Delaware, was a grant from Charles II. After Philip's war in New England, Mount Hope was hardly rescued from a 1679. courtier, then famous as the author of two indifferent comedies. The grant of Nova Scotia to Sir Thomas Temple was not revoked, while, with the inconsistency of ignorance, Acadia, with indefinite boundaries, was 1667. restored to the French. From the outer cape of Nova Scotia to Florida, with few exceptions, the tenure of every territory was changed. Nay, further, the trade with
Pemaquid (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
aps esteemed a convenient instrument. King Charles was caricatured in Holland, with a woman on each arm, and courtiers picking his pocket. This time they took whole provinces; the territory which they obtained, if divided among the eight, had given to each a tract as extensive as the kingdom of France. To complete the picture of the territorial changes made by Charles II., it remains to be added, that, having given away the whole south, he enfeoffed his brother with the country between Pemaquid and the St. 1664 Croix. The proprietary rights to New Hampshire and 1677 Maine were revived, with the intent to purchase then Chap. XI.} for the duke of Monmouth. The fine country from Connecticut River to Delaware Bay, tenanted by nearly ten thousand souls, in spite of the charter to 1664. Winthrop, and the possession of the Dutch, was, like part of Maine, given to the duke of York. The charter which secured a large and fertile province to William Penn, and thus invested philanthrop
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ured in Holland, with a woman on each arm, and courtiers picking his pocket. This time they took whole provinces; the territory which they obtained, if divided among the eight, had given to each a tract as extensive as the kingdom of France. To complete the picture of the territorial changes made by Charles II., it remains to be added, that, having given away the whole south, he enfeoffed his brother with the country between Pemaquid and the St. 1664 Croix. The proprietary rights to New Hampshire and 1677 Maine were revived, with the intent to purchase then Chap. XI.} for the duke of Monmouth. The fine country from Connecticut River to Delaware Bay, tenanted by nearly ten thousand souls, in spite of the charter to 1664. Winthrop, and the possession of the Dutch, was, like part of Maine, given to the duke of York. The charter which secured a large and fertile province to William Penn, and thus invested philanthropy with 1681. executive power on the western bank of the Delaw
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
was not entirely with hypocrisy, that Cromwell, to the last, professed himself the servant of Providence, borne along by irresistible necessity. Had peace never been broken, the Independents wouldicans; and it was resolved to bring the unhappy monarch to trial before a special commission. Providence and necessity, said Cromwell, affecting indecision, have cast the house upon this deliberationnner, continued to show with what calmness an honest patriot could die. With unbroken trust in Providence, he believed in the progress of civilization; and while he reminded those around him, that he 0 Oct. 18 monarch was restored and duly acknowledged, they had faith that the gracious hand of Providence would preserve them in their just rights and privileges. Commission to John Clarke, in MasOur Rhode Island Historical Society has published five valuable volumes. Hopkins's History of Providence is not accurate; it is in the Mass. Hist. Coll. Compare, also, Walsh's Appeal, 431, &c. Let m
Manchester (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 1
d go so far as to impair their rank or diminish their grandeur; the Independents, as new men, who had their fortunes to make, were prepared not only to subvert the throne, but to contend for equality against privilege. The Presbyterian earl of Manchester, said Cromwell, shall be content with being no more than plain Montague. The men who broke away from the forms of society, and venerated nothing but truth; others who, in the folly of their pride, claimed for their opinions the sanctity and th and the promise of grateful regard, they request his influence to obtain for them a guaranty for their liberties. The venerable man, too aged for active exertion, secured for his clients the kind offices of the lord chamberlain, the earl of Manchester, a man of an obliging temper, universally beloved, being of a virtuous and generous mind. Burnet, i. 134. Indeed he was a noble and a worthy lord, and one that loved the godly. He and Lord Say did join together, that their godly friends C
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