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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Colonial history. (search)
il of England, he was received by infinite crowds with all 1660. May 25. imaginable love. The shouting and general joy wers from throngs of men, the whole kingdom seemed Chap XI.} 1660 May 29. gathered along the road-sides. The companies of thion. The immediate effects of the restoration were sad- 1660. dened by the bitterness of revenge. All the regicides thato his daughter. At the gallows, he was compelled to wait 1660 Oct. 14. while the body of his friend Cooke, who had just brs The regicides, who had at nearly the same time been 1660 Oct. condemned to death, did not abate their confidence in s and a friend to the interests of the Independ- Chap XI.} 1660 July 27. ents,—and William Goffe, a firm friend to the famiws. Massachusetts, strong in its charter, made no haste 1660. to present itself in England as a suppliant. The colony o a point of absolute cruelty. And now that the hereditary 1660 Oct. 18 monarch was restored and duly acknowledged, they ha
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
Chapter 12: Massachusetts and Charles II. MASSACHUSETTS never enjoyed the favor of the re- Chap. XII.} 1660. stored government. The virtual independence which had been exercised for the last twenty years, was too dear to be hastily relinquished. The news of the restoration, brought by the ships in which Goffe and Whalle, and the grievous confusions of the past. The colonists appealed to the king of England, Hutch. Coll. 325—329. as a king who had seen adversity, Chap. XII.} 1660. and who, having himself been an exile, knew the 1660 hearts of exiles. They prayed for the continuance of civil and religious liberties, and requested against co1660 hearts of exiles. They prayed for the continuance of civil and religious liberties, and requested against complaints an opportunity of defence. Let not the king hear men's words,—such was their petition;— your servants are true men, fearing God and the king. We could not live without the public worship of God; that we might, therefore, enjoy divine worship without human mixtures, we, not without tears, departed from our country, kindr<
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
1642, p. 93. The attempts were certainly unsuccessful, for the patent was now declared void, 1663. because the purposes for which it was granted had Chap XIII.} 1660 or 1661 never been fulfilled. Williamson's N. C. i. 84, 85. Berkeley, ibid. 255. Martin, i. 94, 125. Chalmers, 515. More stubborn rivals were found to have already Lawson's Description, p. 73. In the year 1661, or thereabouts. Martin, i. 126, 1659. Williamson, i. 95, 1660. Again, Martin, i. 137, contradicts himself, and says 1660. planted themselves on the River Cape Fear. Hardly had New England received within its bosom a few scanty colonies, before her citizens and her so1660. planted themselves on the River Cape Fear. Hardly had New England received within its bosom a few scanty colonies, before her citizens and her sons began roaming the continent and traversing the seas in quest of untried fortune. A little bark, navigated by New England men, had hovered off the coast of Carolina; they had carefully watched the dangers of its navigation; had found their way into the Cape Fear River; had purchased of the Indian chiefs a title to the soil, and
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
party, but took advantage of peace to establish their fortunes. Clarendon. Their numbers were constantly Chap. XIV.} 1660. increasing; their character and education procured them respect and influence; yet no collisions ensued. If one assemblymust obey the law of God, however they suffer.— There is no toleration for wicked consciences. Richmond Records, No. 2. 1660 to 1664, p. 82. was the reply of the court. The reformation had diminished the power of the clergy by declaring marriageir appointment nor their salary, and the country was governed according to royal instructions, Richmond Records, No 2. 1660 to 1664, p. 130—135. which did, indeed, recognize the existence of colonial 1662 assemblies, but offered no guaranty for teople, that we have reason to believe they had rather pay their tax, than lose that privilege. Richmond Records, No. 2. 1660 to 1664, p. 175. Thus was the jealous love for liberty remembered, when it furnished an excuse for continuing an unjus
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
good will. If Stuyvesant sometimes displayed the rash despotism of a soldier, he was sure to be reproved by his employers. Did he change the rate of duties arbitrarily? The directors, sensitive to commercial honor, charged him to keep 1650 to 1660. every contract inviolate. Did he tamper with the currency by raising the nominal value of foreign coin? The measure was rebuked as dishonest. Did he attempt to fix the price of labor by arbitrary rules? This also was condemned as unwise and ie defended by his agents in Amsterdam and in America, and were even presented to the States General of the United Provinces. The College of XIX. of the West India Company was inflexible; conscious of its rights, it refused to surrender its pos- 1660 Sept. 1. sessions, and resolved to defend them even to the spilling of blood. This statement is opposite to the account which the enemies of Penn have given. It is nevertheless the true one. The original despatch of the West India Company ex
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
} 1654 tions of the French traders with the tribes that dwelt farthest from the Hudson. The colony was still in perpetual danger; and Quebec itself was besieged. 1660. To what use a winter's invasion of the country of the Mohawks? The savages disappeared, leav- 1666. ing their European adversaries to war with the wilderness.for redress. But relief came from a revolution of which the influence was to pervade the European world. On the restoration of Charles II., the Puritan or re- 1660 to 1688. publican element lost all hope of gaining dominion; and the history of England, during its next period, is but the history of the struggle for a compromisgenerally, yet without enthusiasm, on the side of the more liberal and tolerant party of the aristocracy. The ministry of Clarendon, the first after the resto- 1660 to 1667 ration, acknowledged the indefeasible sovereignty of the king, and sought in the prelates and high nobility the natural allies to the royal prerogative. I