Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time .. (1901) (14598176028)

Identifier: ourgreatercountr00nort

Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ..

Year: 1901 (1900s)

Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909

Subjects:

Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co.

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

Text Appearing Before Image:

ch had been granted to thecolony by the original charter of Massa-chusetts. Commissioners were sent to establish theauthority of the Bay colony over the prov-ince, but the magistrates of Maine resistedthem, and appealed to the English govern-ment for protection. The people of Mainewere the adherents of the king and the estab-lished church, and England was now ruledby the Puritans ; consequently Massachusettswon her cause, and Maine was declared apart of that province. Massachusetts made agenerous use of her power, and allowed thetowns of Maine very much the same govern-ment and privileges they now enjoy, and inreligious matters treated them with the sameleniency she had shown to New Hampshire. In 1646,3 dispute in the Bay colony in-duced one of the parties to it to appeal toParliament to sustain his claims, and an orderwas sent out to Boston in his behalf couchedin terms which involved the right of Parlia-ment to reverse the decisions and control the ^^— — 4/^»^.,^. ^-J

Text Appearing After Image:

JOHN ELIOT PREACHING TO THE INDIANS THE UNION OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES. 165 government of Massachusetts.** In plainerterms. Parliament claimsd the right to revokethe chartei of the colony, as the king haddone at the outset of the civil war. Thedanger was great, and Massachusetts met itwith firmness. The general court met onthe fourth of November, and sat with closeddoors to discuss the claim of the Englishgovernment. It was resolved that Massa-chusetts owed to England the same allegi-ance as the free Hanse towns had renderedto the empire ; as Normandy, when its dukeswere kings of England, paid to the monarchsof France. Parliament Must Keep Hands Off. The court also refused to accept a newcharter from Parliament, as that action mightim.ply a surrender of the original instrument,or to allow Parliament to control in any waythe independence of the colony. Great asthis claim was, it was admitted by the Eng-lish Parliament, in which the rights of thecolony were stoutly maintained by Sir

john eliot our greater country being a standard history of the united states from the discovery of the american continent to the present time 1901 tipis in art book illustrations new england new hampshire history of the united states american civil war high resolution images from internet archive library of congress

1901

Library of Congress

http://commons.wikimedia.org/

public domain