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Obtains a charter—Providence plantations	97
Intolerant spirit of the theocratic party	98
First execution for witchcraft	98
Death of Winthrop—Persecution of Quakers	98
Death of Winthrop—Persecution of Quakers	99
The magistrates' defence—End of the troubles	101
The magistrates' defence—End of the troubles	102
Eliot and his labors	102
Progress in morals, social life, etc.	103
CHAPTER XII.
1660-1688.
NEW ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES II. AND JAMES II.
Restoration of Charles II	104
Course adopted by the colonists	105
Internal difficulties and trials	105
Consequences of the restoration in England	106
Massachusetts' commission—The king's reply	106
Charter of Connecticut—Its principles	107
Charter of Rhode Island—Toleration	107
Massachusetts' reply to the king's requisitions	108
Commissioners sent out—Their course	108
The king's summons—His probable designs	109
King Philip's war—Its fearful details	110
New Hampshire	112
Massachusetts' charter declared to be forfeited	112
Andros appointed governor—Connecticut	113
Saving of the charter of Connecticut	113
CHAPTER XIII.
1660-1688.
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.
Changes in Virginia	114
Causes of these changes—Classes of settlers	114
Aristocracy—Navigation act	115
Intolerance of the ruling party	115
Culpepper and Arlington—Charter solicited	116
Causes which led to Bacon's rebellion	116
Course pursued by Berkeley	117
Progress of the contest—Success of Bacon	117
Bacon's sudden death—"Bacon's laws"	117
Subsequent suffering of the colony	119
Affairs in Maryland—General prosperity	120
Efforts in favor of church establishment	120
Insurrection stirred by by Fendal	121
Writ issued against the charter	121
Downfall of James II.	121
CHAPTER XIV.
1630-1690.
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE CAROLINAS.
Heath's patent in 1630—Settlements about 1660	121
Health's patent in 1630—Settlements about 1660	122
Measures adopted towards the setters	122
Albemarle—Clarendon—Second charter	123
The "Grand Model" of John Locke	124
Spanish intrigues—Discontents—Emigration	125
Proprietaries dissatisfied—Increase in population	127
The buccaneers—Favored by the Carolinians	127
James II. and the Quo Warranto troubles	128
Progress of North and South Carolina	128
CHAPTER XV.
1661-1688.
PENN AND PENNSYLVANIA.
William Penn—His education, character, etc.	129
William Penn—His education, character, etc.	130
Pennsylvania—Terms of the charter	130
Course pursued towards the Indians	131
Frame of government—Provisions	131
Quit-claim from the Duke of York	132
Penn's voyage to New York—Freemen assembled	132
Code of laws—Boundary question	132
Code of laws—Boundary question	133
Penn's intercourse with the natives	133
Meeting of the legislative body—Its acts	134
Penn's trials and difficulties with the colonists	135
The result—Lower counties on the Delaware	135
Penn deprived of his administration	135
CHAPTER XVI.
1626-1689.
FRENCH COLONIAL ENTERPRISE.
New France—Labors of Franciseans and Jesuits	136
Their explorations—Charlevoix's account	137
War with the Five Nations—A truce	138
Company of New France given up	138
Marquette and the Mississippi	139
La Salle—Enterprise and activity	139
Louisiana—La Salle goes to France—Expedition	140
Descends the Mississippi to its mouth	140
Fatal termination—Affairs in Canada	141
De la Barre—Denoville	141
De la Barre—Denoville	142
War with the Five Nations	142
French attempts at colonization—English attempts	143
Accession of William III.—War in consequence	143
BOOK SECOND.
FROM THE ACCESSION OF WILLIAM III. TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
CHAPTER I.
1689-1697.
NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK: FIRST INTERCOLONIAL WAR.
Accession of William III.—Its effects.	147
War with France—Intercolonial War	148
Course pursued by Massachusetts, Virginia, Mary-
land, and New York	149
"Protestant Revolution" in Maryland	150
Jacob Leisler—His career and fate	150
Opening of the War—Attack on Dover	151