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the hands of the king... Arbitrary measures of the crown... Sir John Harvey... Sir William Berkeley... Provincial assembly restored... Virginia declares in favour of Charles II... Grant to lord Baltimore... Arrival of a colony in Maryland under Calvert... Assembly composed of all the freemen... William Clayborne... Assembly composed of representatives... Divided into two branches... Tyrannical proceedings.
CHAPTER III.
First ineffectual attempts of the Plymouth company to settle the country... Settlements at New Plymouth... Sir Henry Rosewell and co... New charter... Settlement of the country vigorously prosecuted... Government transferred to the colonists... Boston founded... Religious intolerance... General court established... Commission granted by the crown for the government of the plantations... Contests with the French colony of Acadié... Hugh Peters... Henry Vane... Mrs. Hutchinson and the antinomians... Maine granted to Gorges... Quo warranto against the patent of the colony... Religious dissensions... Providence settled... Rhode Island settled... Connecticut settled... War with the Piquods... New Haven settled.
CHAPTER IV.
Massachussetts claims New Hampshire and part of Maine... Dissensions among the inhabitants... Confederation of the New England colonies... Rhode Island excluded from it... Separate chambers provided for the two branches of the legislature... New England takes part with parliament... Treaty between New England and Acadié... Petition of the non-conformists... Disputes between Massachussetts and Connecticut... War between England and Holland... Machinations of the Dutch at Manhadoes among the Indians... Massachussetts refuses to join with the united colonies in the war... Application of New Haven to Cromwell for assistance... Peace with the Dutch... Expedition of Sedgwic against Acadié... Religious intolerance.
CHAPTER V.
Transactions immediately succeeding the restoration of Charles II... Contests between Connecticut and New Ha-
