The founding of New England
James Truslow Adams
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  • East, the, search for new routes to, [27], [29];
    • European trade with, in hands of Spain and Portugal, [29].
  • East India Company, [45], [46], [59].
  • Eastland Company, [45], [46].
  • Eaton, Samuel, [263 n.]
  • Eaton, Theophilus, founds New Haven, [206], [207], [208];
    • [128], [213].
  • Education, in New England, original object of, religious, [370];
    • influence of, [370], [371].
    • And see [Common schools].
  • Edward IV, his charter of 1462, [34], [35].
  • Edward VI, [69].
  • Edwards, Jonathan, character of his writings, [82].
  • Election to General Court, right of, under Mass. charter, [141], [142].
    • And see [Franchise].
  • Eliot, Rev. John, pleads against sale of Indians into slavery, [362];
    • [345], [357], [380].
  • Eliot, Sir John, [134], [136], [137].
  • Elizabeth, Queen, relations of England and Spain under, [30], [31], [32];
    • her methods of government, [31];
    • her patent to Sir H. Gilbert, [32], [33], [35];
    • state of England at her accession, [69], [70];
    • her opportunism, [70];
    • vague standard of religious conformity under, [70];
    • [41], [44], [83], [146].
  • Ellis, George E., quoted, [267].
  • Emigration, causes of, 1620-1640, [119] ff.;
    • influence of form of, [153];
    • Mass. places restrictions on, [190];
    • from England, cessation of, [222], [223];
    • complaints regarding, [422].
  • Endicott, John, governor of colony at Salem, [125], [126], [127];
    • hews down Maypole of Merry Mount, [127];
    • confirmed as governor of Mass., under new charter, [128];
    • his views of church government, [131];
    • censured for sending the Brownes to England, [133];
    • his character, [147];
    • at Block Island, [200];
    • as Puritan leader, [258], [259];
    • and the Quaker persecution, [265], [272], [273];
    • his violent language, [270 n.];
    • his death, [275], [333];
    • [124], [134], [135], [140], [143], [156 n.], [162], [163], [260], [264], [315], [430].
  • England, chief imports of, [12];
    • basis of her claims to part of New World, [27], [28], [42];
    • and Spain, under Elizabeth, [30], [31];
    • preys upon Spanish commerce, [36];
    • claims all North America, [41] and [n.], [42];
    • treaty of 1604 with Spain, [42], [43];
    • economic conditions in, [43], [44];
    • abandons continental conquest after loss of Calais, [44];
    • trading companies formed in, [45], [46], [47];
    • value of colonies to, differing views, [45], [46], [47];
    • state of, at accession of Elizabeth, [69], [70];
    • problem of church settlement, [70];
    • low state of morality in, [73], [74];
    • balance-sheet of American exploration, [91];
    • conditions in, about 1630, [118], [123], [124];
    • laws against Catholics suspended, [118];
    • emigration from, largely due to other than religious causes, [121], [122];
    • Puritan leaders in New England propose to govern independently of, [155], [156];
    • effect of domestic political events in, to postpone Colonial affairs, [159], [160], [208], [209], [214], [215], [216], [295], [296];
    • and France, scene of first step in struggle between, [180], [181];
    • breach between Puritan leaders in, and in Mass., [195] ff.;
    • attitude of New Haven toward, [208];
    • why emigration ceased, [222], [223];
    • and Holland, conflicting territorial claims of, [234], [235],
      • adjusted by treaty, [236];
    • relations of colonies with, [278], [279], [292], [293], [294], [295];
    • and colonial shipping, [286];
    • laws of, relating to colonial trade, [288];
    • application of Mercantile Theory by, and the Dutch, [291];
    • value of Navigation Acts to, [291], [292];
    • scheme for organization of colonies after Restoration, [296], [207], [298];
    • acts for control of trade and shipping, [298] ff.;
    • interference of, with colonial rights, [302], [303];
    • relation of Mass. to, defined by General Court, [305], [306];
    • relation of other colonies to, [306];
    • and the defiant attitude of New England, [313];
    • complaints against Mass. to government of Charles II, [313] ff.;
    • change in relation of colonies to, [317], [366];
    • rights and interests of citizens of, [327], [328];
    • question of location of sovereignty in, [364] ff.;
    • her wars from 1672 to 1815, wars of trade, [366];
    • intellectual revival in, [371];
    • Stoughton and Bulkley agents of Mass. in, [380] ff.;
    • her patience exhausted, and why, [390], [391];
    • her offer of compromise, not accepted, [393];
    • Mass. charter annulled by scire facias, [394];
    • and the new government in New Hampshire, [399] ff.;
    • and the question of land-titles in New England, [418] ff.;
    • effect of her method of dealing with the question, [420];
    • Revolution in (1688), [428];
    • circular letter of new government to colonies, [432];
    • war between France and, [436];
    • furnishes convoys for colonial shipping, [437], [438];
    • echoes of discontent in Mass. in, [444], [445] and n.;
    • Mather's labors in, [445], [446].
    • And see [British Empire], [Charles I], [Charles II], [Clarendon], [Elizabeth], [James I], [James II], [Lords of Trade and Plantations].
  • “England and Ireland, Realmes of,” [35 n.]
  • English, the, none of great river highways originally held by, [3];
    • locus of earliest effort at colonization by, [12];
    • treatment of Indians by, [39], [40];
    • break up French settlements in Maine and Nova Scotia, [54-56];
    • numbers of, in different colonies, in 1630, [120], [121];
    • emigrants to Ireland, [120].
  • English and French possessions in North America during settlement period contrasted, [3].
  • English nation, involved in founding of settlements by Englishmen, [281].
  • English seamen, under Drake and his fellows, [30], [31].
  • Esquimaux, [24].
  • Essex County, Mass., resistance to tax-levy in, [425], [426].
  • Established Church, a necessity in England, [70], [146];
    • where real struggle for control of, lay, [71].
    • And see [Church of England].
  • European civilization, effect on, of expansion due to opening of new lands, [30], [31], [398], [399].
  • European commerce with the East, etc., [26];
    • seeks new route to East, [26], [27];
    • passes into hands of Spain and Portugal, [29].
  • European goods, restrictions on shipment of, to colonies, [300], [301].
  • Evelyn, John, [372].
  • Exeter, N. H., founded, [182];
    • and the settlement at Hampton, [182], [183].
  • Fairfield, Conn., [206].
  • Farmers, white and colored, comparative efficiency of, in North, [8].
  • Faroe Islands, [12].
  • Fenwick, George, [242].
  • Finch, Katherine, [172].
  • Firearms, sale of, to Indians, [113], [344];
    • Indians required to surrender, [344], [347];
    • English, inferior to Indian, [350].
  • Fish, staple of exchange, [11];
    • demand for, in Europe, [28];
    • opposition to monopoly in, [106].
  • Fisher, Mary, Quaker, [264].
  • Fisheries of New England, [11], [104], [106], [286],
    • and of Newfoundland, [286];
    • produce a race of seamen, [11].
  • Fiske, John, [28 n.]
  • Flemings, in England, [122].
  • Folger, Peter, “A Looking-Glass for the Times,” [274 n.]
  • Forefathers Day, [99 n.]
  • Forests, as barriers, [3], [4];
    • extent of, in New England, [9].
  • Fortrey, Samuel, England's Interest and Improvement, quoted, [283], [284].
  • Fortune, the (vessel), captured by French with first shipment of pelts, [102].
  • Fowle, Thomas, [213], [214].
  • France, Verrazano sails under flag of, [28];
    • claims all North America, [41];
    • Mercantile Theory in, [285];
    • Colbert's policy abandoned by, [291];
    • at war with England, [337], [446].
  • Franchise, religious test for, [172], [185], [192], [197], [213] f., [217], [252], [253], [254], [319], [383], [384], [389], [392], [393], [445], [446];
    • royal orders concerning, [323];
    • new law concerning, characterized, [331], [332];
    • property qualification for, [389], [392], [393], [445], [446];
    • question of, in new charter for Mass., [434], [435], [445], [446].
  • Frazer, J. G., quoted, [68 n.]
  • “Free planters,” in New Haven, [207], [208].
  • Free speech, denial of, inevitable, [143];
    • [212].
  • Freemen, in Mass., the only enfranchised voters, [142];
    • petition for increase in number of, [144];
    • limited to church members, [145], [162];
    • [152], [154], [155], [160], [314], [400], [435];
    • in Connecticut, [192];
    • in New Hampshire, [217].
  • French, the, on New England coast, [38];
    • permanent settlement of, at Quebec, [38];
    • beginning of friendship with Indians 39, [40];
    • colonization contrasted with English, [39], [340], [345];
    • settlements of, broken up, [54-56];
    • capture the Fortune, [102];
    • missionary efforts of, [345];
    • supply Indians with arms, [361];
    • danger to English colonies from, [426];
    • behind Indian raids, [438].
  • French West Indies. See [West Indies (French)].
  • Frontenac, Count, [440].
  • Frontier, natural, [1];
    • westward movement of, causes grouping of colonies into East and West, [2];
    • unlimited, in North America, and its effect on institutions, [29], [30];
    • constant advance of, [176] ff., [195], [197], [198];
    • the refuge of restless and discontented, [177];
    • influence of, on domestic concerns of colonies, [209] ff.;
    • spirit of resistance to interference developed on, [302];
    • advance of, followed by erection of towns, [340];
    • influence of, [367], [419].
  • Fuller, Samuel, [131].
  • Fuller, Thomas, [371].
  • “Fundamental Orders” of Connecticut, [192], [193].
  • Fur-trade, exhaustion of, in New England, [6];
    • beginnings at Plymouth, [102], [114], [115];
    • importance of, [178], [179];
    • [238].
  • Gama, Vasco da, [27].
  • Gardiner, Christopher, takes refuge with Indians, [150];
    • relations with Gorges, [150], [151];
    • [156].
  • Gardiner, Lyon, [196], [200], [201].
  • Gawsell, Gregory, [125], [134].
  • General Court of Connecticut, representation in, [192];
    • relation of, to towns, [192];
    • declares war against Pequots, [202] ff.;
    • [413].
  • General Court of Massachusetts Bay, functions of, under charter, [128];
    • first session of, [141];
    • towns represented in, [154];
    • functions of, enlarged, at expense of freemen, [160];
    • and R. Williams, [163];
    • establishes council of magistrates for life, [161], [162];
    • refuses to accept Vane's resignation, [168];
    • disciplines Wheelwright, [169];
    • invalidates election of Vane and others, and admits them on reelection, [169];
    • passes new immigration law, [169];
    • purged for lack of zeal, [170];
    • and atones therefor, [170] ff.;
    • dispute between magistrates and deputies in, [189];
    • resolution of, as to laws in force, [209], [210];
    • judgment of, in “Sow” case, [212];
    • appeal of non-church members for increase of privileges, denied, [213], [214];
    • legislates to assist debtors, [222];
    • grants land in Rhode Island to Braintree men, [247], [248];
    • convokes synod, [255];
    • Cambridge Platform adopted by, against opposition, [257];
    • passes laws against Quakers, [265], [266], [268];
    • enacts death penalty by bare majority, [270 n.];
    • severity of laws modified, [273];
    • growing opposition in, to persecution of Quakers, [275];
    • defines relations of colony to England, [305], [306];
    • censures Leverett for violation of Navigation Acts, [313];
    • sends addresses to King and Parliament, [321];
    • revives severe laws against Quakers, [323];
    • laws passed by, repugnant to laws of England, [327];
    • and the Royal Commission, [331], [332];
    • passes new election law, [331], [332];
    • answers of, to requests and charges of Commission, [333], [334];
    • letter of Carr and others to, [334], [335];
    • refuses to send agents to England, [336];
    • disregards petition of citizens opposed to its action, [336], [337];
    • asserts God's reason for Philip's War, [349];
    • and the Indians, [357];
    • replies to royal letter, [380], [381];
    • tergiversations of, regarding Navigation Acts, [384], [385];
    • seeks extension of northern boundary, [385];
    • agrees to administer oath of allegiance and to legislate against treason, [387];
    • reënacts Navigation Acts, [387];
    • sends Dudley and Richards as agents, [392], [393];
    • deadlocked as to acceptance of offer to compromise in matter of annulment of charter, [393];
    • protests legality of Dudley's commission, [410].
    • And see [Assistants].
  • Geographic factors, in New England, [11] ff.;
    • influence of, [153], [292].
  • Geographic science, progress in, [26], [27].
  • Gerrard, Sir Thomas, [38].
  • Gilbert, Adrian, [41].
  • Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, terms of his patent, [32], [33],
      • and questions raised thereby, [35], [36];
    • failure of his colonizing efforts, [36];
    • [31].
  • Gilbert, Sir John, [52].
  • Gilbert, Raleigh, founds settlement on Sagadahoc (Kennebec) River, [50], [51], [52].
  • Gilman, John, [400].
  • Godfrey, Edward, [244], [245] and [n.], [314].
  • Goffe, Sir Thomas, [128].
  • Goffe, William, regicide, [314].
  • Gombroon, [280].
  • Gomez, Estienne, voyages of, [28].
  • Gooch, G. P., quoted, [84], [144].
  • Good Hope, fort of, [234], [235], [236], [237], [242].
  • Goodman, John, [100].
  • Gookin, Daniel, [357].
  • Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, attitude of Puritans toward, [49];
    • sends vessel to New England, [49] and [n.];
    • his agents in Maine, [60], [61];
    • secures new charter, [62];
    • his Briefe Narration, [103];
    • grant to Mason and, [104];
    • consents to issuance of patent for settlement at Salem, [126];
    • and Morton, [149];
    • his relations with Puritan peers, [149];
    • and the Bay Colony, [149], [150];
    • attacks the colony's charter, [151], [156] ff.;
    • details of his scheme, [158];
    • his hopes dashed, [159];
    • appointed governor of New England, [158], [159];
    • and Mason, divide province of Maine, [177], [178];
    • his death, [244];
    • claim of heirs of, to Maine, declared valid, [375], [376], [382];
    • [48], [51], [52], [125], [216], [218], [245], [314], [324].
  • Gorges, Ferdinando (the younger), protests against absorption of Maine by Mass., [314];
    • sets up his claim against that of Mass., [324], [325];
    • [335], [379], [380], [381], [382], [385].
  • Gorges, John, [125], [149].
  • Gorges, Robert, Governor of New England, [106];
    • forms settlement at Wessagussett, [108];
    • [109], [126], [127 n.], [149].
  • Gorges, William, [178].
  • Gorton, Samuel, a wanderer, [218], [219];
    • banished from Providence, [219];
    • buys Indian land, [219];
    • action of Mass. against, [219], [220];
    • his religious views, [221] and [n.];
    • [239], [240], [241], [247], [248], [305].
  • Gosnold, Bartholomew, his voyage in 1602, [36], [37];
    • at Jamestown, [48], [49];
    • [40].
  • Gove, Edward, [403].
  • Grafton, Mass., [345].
  • Gray, Thomas, [151].
  • Great Island, N. H., [437].
  • Green Mountains, [4].
  • Greene, John, [386].
  • Greenland, [12].
  • Groans of the Plantations, The, quoted, [388 n.]
  • Groton, [360].
  • Guadaloupe, [291].
  • Guercheville, Madame de, founds St. Sauveur, on Mt. Desert, [55];
    • [41].
  • Guiana, [91].
  • Guiana Company, [46].
  • Guinea Company, [46].
  • Guinn, ——, [402].
  • Gunnbiörn's Skerries, [12 n.]
  • Habeas Corpus, right of, not extended to colonies, [425 n.]
  • Hadley, Mass., [354] and [n.], [355], [356].
  • Hakluyt, R., “A Discourse concerning Western Planting,” quoted, [31 n.], [37].
  • “Half-way Covenant,” 263.
  • Halley, Edmund, [371].
  • Hampden, John, [125], [136], [137].
  • Hampton, dispute over settlement at, [182], [183].
  • Hanham, Thomas, [48], [50] and [n.]
  • Hardy, Thomas, [72].
  • Harlow, Edward, [54].
  • Harris, William, [338 n.]
  • Harrison, William, [44].
  • Harrisse, H., [28 n.]
  • Hartford, Dutch at, [188] and [n.];
    • [191], [192].
  • Harvard College, [369].
  • Harvey, William, [371].
  • Hatfield, Mass., [360].
  • Hawkins, Sir John, [30].
  • Hawkins, Sir Richard, [60].
  • Haynes, John, Governor of Mass., [167], [189].
  • Henchman, Daniel, [353].
  • Henri IV, [38], [41].
  • Henrietta Maria, Queen, [118].
  • Henry II, [41 n.]
  • Henry IV, his charter of 1404, [34].
  • Henry VII, [27], [28].
  • Henry VIII, break with Rome under, [68], [69];
    • [71].
  • Henson, Rev. H. H., [96 n.]
  • Herrick, Robert, [371].
  • Hibbens, Ann, [264].
  • Higginson, Rev. Francis, teacher of Salem church, [131];
    • quoted, [129], [417];
    • [127], [140], [263 n.], [371].
  • High Commission, Court of, [71], [80], [151].
  • Hilton, Edward and William, settle on Piscataqua River, [108] and [n.]
  • Hilton patent, the, [196].
  • Hinckley, Thomas, [416].
  • Hobbes, Thomas, [371].
  • Hobomack (Indian), [101].
  • Hobson, Captain, [54], [60].
  • Hocking, ——, murder of, at Augusta, [178], [179 n.], [298].
  • Hoffe, ——, [169].
  • Holden, Christopher, Quaker, [268].
  • Holden, Randall, [386].
  • Holland, Earl of, [125].
  • Holland, her claims to territory in New England, invalid, [53] and [n.];
    • state of, in early 17th century, [89] and [n.];
    • religious toleration in, [118];
    • treaty with England, not ratified, [236];
    • Cromwell forces war on, [236];
    • United Colonies declare war on, [238];
    • carrying trade of, [298];
    • England at war with, [337];
    • peace with, [375];
    • [146], [312].
    • And see [Dutch].
  • Holmes, Obadiah, Baptist, whipped at Lynn, [259] ff.
  • Hooker, Rev. Thomas, arrives at Newtown, [189];
    • denied permission to go to Connecticut, [189];
    • but takes his congregation thither, [190], [191];
    • his “famous sermon,” 192 and n.,
      • and J. Winthrop, [193], [194];
    • his death, [258];
    • [167], [168], [195], [210], [372].
  • Hopkins, Edward, Governor of Connecticut, [213].
  • Hopkins, Steven, [101].
  • Hopkinton, [345].
  • Housatonic River, [235] and [n.]
  • Hubbard, William, quoted, [97], [354 n.]
  • Hudlston, John, [103 n.]
  • Hudson, Henry, on coast of Virginia, [53];
    • Dutch claims based on voyage of, [53];
    • [6].
  • Hudson River, [53] and [n.]
  • Hudson-Mohawk river highway, [3], [312].
  • Huguenots, and the fall of Rochelle, [118];
    • in England, [122].
  • Hull, Rev. Mr., [227].
  • Humphrey, John, [124], [127], [128], [134], [138], [140] and [n.], [141], [157], [196], [223].
  • Hunt, Thomas, [59].
  • Hutchinson, Ann, and the Antinomian controversy, [165] ff.;
    • tried and banished, [171];
    • [210], [220].
  • Hutchinson, Edward, [354].
  • Hutchinson, L., quoted, [84], [85].
  • Hutchinson, Thomas, History of Massachusetts Bay, quoted, [258], [259], [433];
    • [424].
  • Hutchinson, William, [165].
  • Iceland, [12].
  • Immigration law (Mass.), terms of, [169], [170], [173].
    • And see [Emigration].
  • Imperial sovereignty, [293].
  • India, English successes in, [56];
    • English interests in (1660), [280].
  • Indian land-titles, purchase of, [39], [340] f.
  • Indian warfare, colonists ignorant of, [350].
  • Indians, dealings of colonists with, [14], [24], [25], [39], [40], [198], [199], [239] ff.;
    • character and mental traits of, [14] ff.;
    • still in Stone Age at time of discovery of America, [16];
    • agriculture and the chase, [16], [19], [20];
    • political and social organization of, [17] ff.;
    • war, their natural condition, [19];
    • position of women among, [21], [22];
    • and the arts, [22];
    • economic life, [23];
    • in animistic stage of religious belief, [23];
    • linguistic, the best method of classification of, [23], [24];
    • numbers of, in New England, [24], [338], [339];
    • foundation of friendship with French, [39], [40];
    • sickness among, [99], [100] and [n.];
    • and the Pilgrims, [101], [102];
    • beginnings of trade with, [102], [115];
    • threats of trouble with, [103];
    • plot of, against Wessagussett, foiled, [105];
    • Morton sells fire-arms to, [113];
    • and Morton, [148];
    • Williams escapes to, [165];
    • solicit colonists to come to Connecticut River, [187];
    • slight danger from, in New New England, [197], [198];
    • rumors of general uprising, [240];
    • geographical distribution of, [339];
    • land-dealings of settlers with, [340] ff., [348], [349];
    • Puritans' treatment of, and their reaction to it, [342];
    • special laws for, [343];
    • causes of friction with, [344];
    • missionary work among, [345], [346];
    • changed relations of whites and, [348], [349];
    • innocent, inhuman treatment of, by Mass., [357];
    • supplied by French with arms, etc., [361];
    • treacherous seizure of, at Dover, [361];
    • terms of treaty with (1678), [362] and [n.];
    • psychological effect of war on, [362];
    • treatment of captives by colonists, [362];
    • protests against sale of, into slavery, [362];
    • control of relations with, in all North America, given to Andros, [426];
    • threats of trouble with, [426];
    • expeditions against, at divers places, [427];
    • hostilities begun by, [436], [437].
    • And see [Beothuks], [Iroquois], [Narragansetts], [Nipmucks], [Pequots], [Praying Indians].
  • Indies, English rights of trade with, surrendered by treaty of 1604, [43].
  • Individual, the, responsibility of, to God, [67];
    • rights of, and the Gorton case, [221].
  • Individual initiative, development of, in Tudor times, [31].
  • Individual liberty, and the struggle between England and her colonies, [329].
  • Individualism, increasing sense of, [66], [67].
  • Inquisition, the, [31].
  • Insurance (cargo), high cost of, [114].
  • Intercolonial trade, New England's share in, [10];
    • [300].
  • Ipswich, resistance to tax-levy in, [425].
  • Ireland, schemes for colonizing, [33];
    • settlements in, [59] and [n.];
    • English emigrants to, [120].
  • Irish Plantation Society, [33], [46], [47].
  • Iroquois, superior art of, in pottery, [22];
    • [24], [312].
  • Island colonies, planted by England, [119].
  • Isothermal lines, on Atlantic coast, [10].
  • Italy, cities of, lose Oriental trade, [29].
  • Jamaica, religious toleration in, [276];
    • [287], [367], [381].
  • James I, [40], [42], [47], [48], [51], [58], [71], [132], [279].
  • James II, opposes grant of popular assembly in New England, [414];
    • proclamation of, in view of invasion from Holland, [428];
    • dethroned, [430];
    • [408], [410], [411], [424], [427], [431].
  • Jamestown, founded, [38], [49];
    • troubles of, [61], [62];
    • massacre at, [103];
    • [91].
  • Java, [280].
  • Jephson, W., [431].
  • Jermyn, Sir Robert, [72].
  • Jesuits, at St. Sauveur, [55], [56];
    • missionaries in America, [345].
  • Johnson, Lady Arbella, [140].
  • Johnson, Isaac, [125], [128], [138], [140].
  • Joint stock. See [Common stock].
  • Jones, Christopher, captain of the Mayflower, [95 n.], [97] and [n.]
  • Jones, Thomas, [95 n.], [97 n.]
  • Josselyn, Henry, [244].
  • Keaynes, Robert, and the “Sow” case, [211], [212], [232 n.], [314 n.]
  • Kennebec River, trade with settlements on, [115], [116];
    • Hocking affray on, [178];
    • [6], [50], [104].
  • Kieft, Dutch governor, [235].
  • King David (vessel), [289 n.]
  • King's Chapel (Boston), [421], [442].
  • King's Province, organized, [332], [333];
    • Dudley, governor of, [409];
    • [386], [387].
  • Kirk, Sir W., [180].
  • Kirke, Percy, comes near being governor of New England, [407] and [n.]
  • Kittery, [245].
  • Kittredge, George L., Robert Child the Remonstrant, [214 n.]
  • Knower, Thomas, [151].
  • La Saussaye, M. de, [55] and [n.]
  • La Tour, Claude Etienne de, in Acadia, [232], [233], [234].
  • Labrador current, [12].
  • Land, travel by, effect of difficulty and expense of, [7].
  • Land, free grants of, in New England colonies, [153];
    • and the development of American ideals, [176];
    • method of acquisition of, from Indians, [340], [341];
    • title to, by conquest, [341];
    • “one of the gods of New England,” [243];
    • prospect of owning, the main attraction to emigrants, [419];
    • effect of wide distribution of small holdings, [419].
  • Land-system of New England, [153].
  • Land-titles, in Mass., establishment of new government complicated by question of, [416] ff.;
    • Higginson on derivation of, [418].
  • Land-values, in England, rise of, [123].
  • Lathrop, Thomas, [355].
  • Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, declares war on Puritans, [157];
    • [121], [148], [151], [158], [162].
  • Lawyers, scarcity of, in New England, [417].
  • Lechford, T., [132].
  • Leddra, William, Quaker, [272], [273].
  • Lee, Robert E., quoted, [408].
  • Leere, Sir Peter, [297].
  • Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre P., De la Colonisation, etc., quoted, [44 n.]
  • Lescarbot, Marc, [39] and [n.]
  • Levant Company, [45], [46].
  • Leverett, John, agent of Mass. in England, [321], [322];
    • and Randolph, [378], [379];
    • on the relation of Mass. to England, [378];
    • [312], [313], [350], [389].
  • Levett, Christopher, settles at York, [108].
  • Leyden, Pilgrim church at, [89];
    • seven articles of the church at, [92];
    • emigrants to Plymouth, [97], [98].
  • Liberal sentiment in religion and economics, growth of, in New England, [373], [374].
  • Liberty, double nature of struggle for, in colonial period, [155], [311], [329], [435];
    • not a natural fact, [365];
    • and the struggle between England and the colonies, [395], [396].
  • Liberty of conscience. See [Religious toleration].
  • Lincoln, Earl of, [92], [125], [138], [149], [177], [197].
  • Littleton, Mass., [345].
  • Local governments in New England. See [Towns].
  • Locke, John, [371].
  • London, capital for Pilgrims' enterprise largely subscribed in, [99];
    • [381].
    • And see [Adventurers].
  • London Company, provided for in Virginia[Virginia] charter, [48];
    • founds Jamestown, [48], [49];
    • changes in charter of, [62];
    • hostility of, to Gorges, [62].
  • Long Island, [226].
  • Long Island Sound, [4], [5], [6], [206], [339].
  • Longmeadow, [360].
  • Lord's Prayer, the, frowned on by Puritans, [82].
  • Lords Commissioners for Plantations in General, charter of Mass. investigated by, [157], [158].
  • Lords of Trade and Plantations, take over colonial affairs, [375];
    • and the New England question, [375] ff.;
    • Randolph's report to, [379];
    • examine merchants as to trading practices of New England, [379], [380];
    • advise Quo Warranto process against Mass., [384];
    • advise reconstruction of government of New Hampshire, [402];
    • and Cranfield, [404];
    • and the Mason claim to New Hampshire, [405];
    • [391] and [n.], [408], [412], [436], [437], [445].
  • Louis XIII, [181].
  • Louis XIV, [288].
  • Love, W. de L., [191 n.]
  • Lyford, John, a canting clergyman, [106], [107];
    • and Oldham, [107];
    • banished, [107], [108].
  • Lygonia grant, [244].
  • Lynn, Henry, [151].
  • Lynn, Mass., Baptists fined at, [259], [260];
    • matter of iron-works at, [314] and [n.];
    • [140].
  • McIlwain, C. H., The High Court of Parliament, etc., quoted, [307].
  • Machias, [180].
  • Madras, [280].
  • Magellan, Ferdinand, [27].
  • Magistrates, right of, to perpetual reelection, [161], [162].
    • And see [Assistants].
  • Maine, geographical conditions in northern, [5];
    • thinly settled, [5];
    • coast of, long a debatable land between French and English, [39];
    • settlers in, [120];
    • early history of, [177] ff.;
    • Mason and Gorges grant divided between them, [177], [178];
    • scene of first step in struggle between France and England, [180], [181];
    • slow growth of population in, [183];
    • no settled government in, [217];
    • claim of Mass. to territory in, [217];
    • province of, annexed by Mass., [244], [245];
    • conditions in, under Mass., [317];
    • Gorges claim to, [324], [325], [376];
    • again taken under jurisdiction of Mass., [335], [336];
    • losses of, in Philip's War, [363];
    • bought by Mass., [386];
    • disaffection of people of, [386] and [n.];
    • Mass. ordered to surrender title-deeds of, [389],
      • but sets up government there, [389], [390];
    • Indian troubles in, [427], [437];
    • included in Mass. under new charter, [449];
    • [3], [215], [227], [339], [361], [393].
  • Malynes, Gerard, [114 n.];
  • Maps, early, of Atlantic coast, [28].
  • Marlborough, Earl of, [134].
  • Marlborough, Mass., [345], [357], [360].
  • Marshall, Christopher, [263 n.]
  • Martha's Vineyard, gold sought on, [60];
    • [345].
  • Martinique, [291].
  • Martyn, Richard, [400].
  • Marvell, Andrew, [371].
  • Mary, Queen, [31], [69].
  • Mary II, Queen, [445].
  • Maryland, settlers in, [120];
    • religious freedom in, [275];
    • [285], [439].
  • Marsden, J. B., quoted, [76].
  • Mason, John, bounds of grants to, [104];
    • and Gorges divide province of Maine, [177], [178];
    • death of, [181];
    • claim of heirs of, to land in New Hampshire, declared valid, [375], [376], [382];
    • [109], [126], [156], [159], [216], [245], [324].
  • Mason, Capt. John, leads expedition against Pequots, [202] ff.
  • Mason, Robert, protests against annexation of New Hampshire to Mass., [314];
    • his title confirmed by Parliamentary committee, [324], [325];
    • and the new royal government, [399] ff.;
    • difficulties of, [401];
    • deal with Cranfield, [403] and [n.];
    • his claims impossible to adjust, [404], [405];
    • [377], [378], [379], [380], [381], [382], [390], [409], [420].
  • Massachusetts, coast of, [5], [6];
    • misapprehension concerning emigration to, [119];
    • settlers in, in 1630 and 1640, [120];
    • population of, and of Barbadoes compared, [121];
    • proportion of Puritan element in population of, [121], [122].
  • Massachusetts Bay, Pilgrims' first trading voyage to, [102];
    • [37].
  • Massachusetts Bay, Governor and Company of (Bay Colony), charter granted to, [127], [128];
    • original patentees, [127], [128];
    • shades of religious belief, [129];
    • transfer of charter to Winthrop and others, [138-140];
    • removal of charter to America, [139];
    • settlements of Winthrop and his band, [140];
    • climatic and economic conditions in, [140], [141];
    • violations of charter of, [141], [142], [145], [162];
    • freemen of, only enfranchised voters, [142];
    • non-church members seek a share in management of affairs, [145];
    • limitations of founders, [147], [148];
    • severe measures against critics, [151], [152];
    • elements in political history of, [155];
    • Gorges's attack on, [156] ff.;
    • writ of Quo Warranto, to repeal Charter, [158], [159];
    • prepares for armed resistance, [159];
    • towns of, question legislation by magistrates, [160];
    • election of magistrates for life in, [161], [162];
    • and Ann Hutchinson, [166] ff.;
    • control of oligarchy in, how confirmed, [169], [170], [171], [172];
    • intolerance of leaders criticized by friends in England, [172], [173];
    • technical rights of colonists under charter, considered, [173];
    • results of intolerant policy on intellectual life of, [174];
    • dispute with Plymouth over Hocking case, [178], [179];
    • refuses to aid Plymouth against French, [181];
    • and Wheelwright's settlement in Exeter, [182];
    • and the settlement at Hampton, [182], [183];
    • influence of, in Rhode Island and Connecticut, [183] ff.;
    • contrast between Rhode Island and, [185], [186];
    • sends expedition to Connecticut, [187] and [n.], [188];
    • restrictions on permission to leave colony, [189], [190];
    • and settlements in Connecticut, [190], [191], [207];
    • influence of, on development of American thought, [193], [194];
    • attitude of clergy in, [194], [195];
    • isolation of, [197];
    • dealings with Indians, [198] ff.,
      • and their results, [201] ff.;
    • appeals to R. Williams to mediate with Indians, [201];
    • appeals to Plymouth for aid, [202];
    • demand for return of charter to England, refused, [209];
    • beginnings of opposition to oligarchy in, [210], [211];
    • adopts the “Body of Liberties,” and new code of laws, [211];
    • claims of, to territory of Maine and New Hampshire, [216], [217], [227], [328];
    • annexes Dover, [217],
      • and Exeter, [218];
    • intervenes in Gorton case, [219], [220], [221];
    • population and resources of, [221], [224];
    • alienates her friends in England, [223];
    • submits draft of proposed Confederation, [224], [225];
    • her policy, to extend her claims and control, [226];
    • her advantages, [226], [227];
    • her spite against Rhode Island, [227];
    • territorial acquisitions before formation of Confederation, [228];
    • dominates councils of Confederation, [230];
    • the inglorious expedition to Acadia, [232] ff.;
    • effect of abstention of, from quarrels with Dutch, [237], [238];
    • her purity of motive questioned, [238];
    • and the declaration of war against the Dutch, [238], [239];
    • controversy with Connecticut over taxation, [242], [243];
    • imposes import duty on goods from other colonies entering Boston, [243];
    • disputed boundary line between Connecticut and, [243];
    • annexes Maine and New Hampshire, [243], [244];
    • results of her policy of annexation, [245], [246];
    • development of that policy checked in South, [246] ff.;
    • claims Pequot country and Narragansett country, [250];
    • increasing demand for reform in franchise, [253], [254];
    • arrogance of theocracy in, [262];
    • growth of liberal opinion in, [262];
    • persecution of Quakers in, [264-277];
    • religious intolerance of leaders in, considered, [276], [277];
    • tendency of, to escape from jurisdiction of England, [304], [313], [322], [326], [376];
    • and the oath of allegiance, [304] and [n.];
    • official declarations of her attitude, [304], [305];
    • her attitude contrasted with that of other colonies, [306];
    • close connection of theology and politics in, [311];
    • complaints against, on divers grounds, [313] ff.,
      • instructions of, to agents in London, [321], [322];
    • prepares to defend herself by force, [322];
    • letter of Charles II, confirming charter, etc., how complied with, [323], [324];
    • and the Mason and Gorges claims, [324], [325];
    • critical importance of her attitude, [326];
    • logical result of her untenable assumption of virtual independence, [327], [328], [329];
    • position of liberal element in, [329];
    • Royal Commission in, [331] ff.;
    • successfully reasserts claim to New Hampshire, [335];
    • Maine again under her jurisdiction, [335], [336];
    • ordered to send agents to England, [336];
    • ultimate result of her defiance, [337];
    • charged with conniving to make Indians drunk, [344] and [n.];
    • “Praying Indians” in, [345];
    • raising troops in, [351], [355] and [n.];
    • drives Narragansetts into opposition, [352], [353];
    • division of command against Indians between Connecticut and, [355], [356];
    • refuses to use services of friendly Indians, [356], [357];
    • her inhuman treatment of Indians, [357];
    • unable to protect eastern settlements, [362];
    • towns destroyed in war, [363];
    • cost of war to, [363];
    • her independent attitude notorious, [367];
    • laws concerning schools in, [369],
      • how nullified, [370];
    • growth of dissent in, [372], [373];
    • her disregard of Navigation Acts, [376];
    • Randolph, special messenger from England to, how treated, [377], [378];
    • sends agents to England, [380], [381];
    • opinion of Judges on charter and boundaries of, [382],
      • and of Attorney General on certain laws of, [382], [383];
    • her defiant attitude censured in mandate to Stoughton and Bulkley, [383];
    • purchases Maine from Gorges, [386];
    • her government there illegal and unpopular, [386] and [n.];
    • and the King's Province, [387];
    • inconsistency of, regarding taxation without representation, [388];
    • terms of royal letter to, [389];
    • establishes government in Maine against royal command, [389];
    • how her charter might have been saved, [390];
    • consequences of her illegal trade, [391];
    • Quo Warranto process against charter, [393];
    • England offers to drop proceedings, on terms, [393], [394];
    • her charter annulled, [394];
    • loss of charter, why not to be regretted, [394] ff.;
    • her two valuable contributions to American political life, [397];
    • and the appointment of Dudley as governor, [408];
    • question of land-titles in, [416] ff.;
    • increased liberty of individual in, under Andros, [423];
    • and the spectre of Rome, [427], [428], [429];
    • Mather, in England, seeks restoration of charter, [431], [432];
    • compromise government formed in, after fall of Andros, [433] ff.;
    • points to be considered in drawing new charter for, [434], [435];
    • two separate struggles for freedom in, [435];
    • difficulties about raising troops, [437];
    • Indian depredations in, [437];
    • losses of, in expedition against Canada, [441], [442];
    • financial troubles of, [442];
    • increasing discontent in, [442] ff.;
    • failure of attempts to obtain restoration of charter, [444];
    • complaints against, reach England, [444], [445];
    • new charter of (1691), [446] ff.;
    • opinions of new charter in, [449], [450];
    • bounds of, extended, to include Plymouth, Maine, etc., [450];
    • rights of, under old and new charters, [450];
    • effect of new charter, [450].
    • And see [Boston], [Franchise], [General Court of Mass.], [Puritan leaders], [Puritans], [Salem], [Theocracy].
  • Massachusetts Company, [46].
  • Massasoit, Wampanoag sachem, Plymouth settlers make treaty with, [101];
    • his death, [346];
    • [105].
  • Masson, D., cited, [76].
  • Mather, Cotton, and the witchcraft delusion, [452] ff.;
    • quoted, [451], [455];
    • [442].
  • Mather, Increase, and Philip's son, [362];
    • in England, [431], [432];
    • seeks restoration of charter of Mass., [431], [432];
    • quoted, [422], [453], [454];
    • [407], [427], [435], [444], [445], [446], [451], [455].
  • Mathews, L. K., [338 n.], [339 n.]
  • Matinicus Island, [55].
  • Maverick, Samuel, the only freeman not a church member, [213], [214];
    • corresponds with Clarendon on affairs in Mass., [315];
    • his plans for reorganization of colonies, [315], [316], [317];
    • member of Royal Commission, [330], [331];
    • letters of, to Mass., [334], [335];
    • advice of, as to charter of Mass., [336];
    • [144].
  • Mayflower, the, chartered by Pilgrims, [95] and [n.];
    • sails from Plymouth, [96], [97];
    • her ship's company, [96], [97];
    • arrives at Provincetown, [97], and at Plymouth, [99];
    • sails for home, [101].
  • Mayflower Compact, the only basis of independent civil government in Plymouth, [98];
    • [116].
  • Mayhew, Thomas, [345].
  • “May-Pole of Merry Mount,” [110], [111];
    • destroyed by Endicott, [127].
  • Medfield, Mass., [360].
  • Medford, Mass., [140].
  • Medicine-men, [22], [23].
  • Mercantile Theory, discussed, [282] ff.;
    • the ideal empire according to, [284], [285];
    • in France, [285], [288], [289];
    • British Empire most complete embodiment of ideal of, [285], [286];
    • New England fails to fit into, [286] ff.;
    • corollaries of, [288];
    • modern view of, [290], [291];
    • effect of abandonment of, by France, [291];
    • [309].
  • Merrimac River, [7], [104], [178], [216], [245], [324], [340], [382], [385].
  • Merry Mount. See [Morton, Thomas], [Mt. Wollaston].
  • Mexico, conquest of, [29].
  • Miantanomo (Indian), taken prisoner by Uncas, [239];
    • placed in custody of English and put to death, [240], [241];
    • a consistent friend of the English, [240];
    • [199], [201], [205], [219], [358].
  • Middle class, growth of, [85];
    • Puritanism and, [85].
  • Milford, Mass., [206].
  • Milton, John, Of True Religion, etc., quoted, [80];
    • Paradise Lost, [82];
    • [371].
  • Minorities, rights of, and the Puritans, [73].
  • Misselden, L., The Circle of Commerce, etc., quoted, [282], [283].
  • Mississippi River, [3], [6], [426].
  • Mohegans (Indians), [202], [204], [239].
  • Monhegan Island, permanent settlement on, [108], [115];
    • [178].
  • Montcalm, Marquis de, [54].
  • Montreal, unsuccessful expedition against, [439], [440].
  • Monts, Sieur de, charter granted to, by Henri IV (1603), [38], [39];
    • attempts to found settlement, [38], [39];
    • [53].
  • Montserrat, [120].
  • Moody, Rev. Joshua, [438], [439].
  • Morell, Rev. William, [106].
  • Morris, Sir E., quoted, [291].
  • Morton, Nathaniel, Memorial, [97 n.]
  • Morton, Thomas, with Wollaston at Mt. Wollaston, [109], [110];
    • his character and “doings,” [110];
    • sells fire-arms to Indians, [113], [148];
    • sent back to England, [113];
    • false grounds of his banishment, [148], [149];
    • joins hands with Gorges, [149] and [n.];
    • [97], [127], [150], [151], [156], [158].
  • Moseley, Samuel, his unique brutality, [357];
    • [350], [356].
  • Moundeford, Sir Edward, [125].
  • Mount Desert. See [St. Sauveur].
  • Mount Wollaston (Quincy), Morton and Wollaston at, [109], [110];
    • expedition against, [113].
  • Mun, Thomas, and the Mercantile Theory, [283], and [n.]
  • Murray, Gilbert, Rise of the Greek Epic, quoted, [14], [15].
  • Muscovy Company, [32], [45], [46].
  • Myrand, E., quoted, [440 n.]
  • Nantasket, [104], [351].
  • Nantucket, [345].
  • Narragansett Bay, colonizing sites around, [184];
    • settlements on, [246];
    • [6], [318], [339].
  • Narragansett country, encroachments of Mass. on, [386];
    • [320], [325].
  • Narragansett River, [321].
  • Narragansetts, challenge the Pilgrims, [103];
    • and Pequots, [199], [200], [201];
    • won over to colonists by Williams, [201];
    • seek protection of English crown, [247];
    • lands of, claimed by Mass., [250];
    • and by Rhode Island, [251],
      • and mortgaged to Atherton Co., [251];
    • number of, [338], [339];
    • forced to join colonists against Philip, [352], [353];
    • colonists declare war on, [358];
    • defeated at Pettisquamscott, but not annihilated, [359], [360];
    • [199], [202], [204], [239], [240], [341].
  • Nashobeh, [357].
  • Natick, [345].
  • Nationality, growth of idea of, [66].
  • Naumkeag River, [104].
  • Navigation Acts, [291], [292], [297], [298], [299], [301], [303], [308], [312], [313], [326], [330], [334], [366], [373], [376], [378], [381], [383], [384], [385], [387], [401], [411], [446].
  • Negroes, [285].
  • Neville, ——, [87].
  • Nevis, island of, [119], [120], [367], [429].
  • New Amsterdam, [119], [120], [187], [188].
  • New England, group of colonies in, generally homogeneous, [2];
    • a geographical unit, [2];
    • topographical characteristics of, [4], [5];
    • rivers of, [6];
    • effects of exhaustion of fur-trade in, [7];
    • conditions that stimulated manufacturing in, [7], [8], [9];
    • economic impossibility of slavery in, [8];
    • comparative value of land in, and in Southern colonies, [9];
    • shipbuilding in, [9], [10];
    • marked seasonal changes in, [10];
    • intercolonial and foreign trade of, [10], [13];
    • fishing industry, the corner-stone of prosperity of, [11];
    • geographic factors in life of, [11] ff.;
    • forced to find other outlets than England for her products, [12], [13];
    • influence of environment on settlers in, [13];
    • numbers of Indians in, [24];
    • Gosnold's voyage, [36], [37];
    • failure of efforts to found permanent settlements in, [38];
    • the de Monts charter, [38];
    • coast of, explored and mapped by Champlain, [39];
    • included in territory granted to Plymouth Co., [48];
    • conflicting claims to, could be settled only by force, [53];
    • Smith's map and writings spread knowledge of, [58], [59];
    • effort to found a state in, by self-confessed elect, [81];
    • beginning of settlements on coast of, [103], [104];
    • missionary work in, [345];
    • genius of, never military, [349];
    • second generation of settlers in, true colonials, [368];
    • Lords of Trade deal with problem of, [375] ff., [379], [380];
    • Randolph Collector of Customs in, [385], [386];
    • vain efforts to settle problem of, [390], [391];
    • seven jurisdictions in, [406];
    • New York and the Jerseys united with, under Andros, [413].
  • New England colonies, Plymouth men not the only founders of, [109];
    • why Puritanism flourished in, [112], [113];
    • comparative numbers of settlers in, and in other colonies, [120];
    • Congregationalism in, [129], [130];
    • Church of England services tabooed in, [130];
    • church system of, and the Salem Church, [131], [132], [133];
    • land-system of, [153];
    • effects of frontier life and distance on relations of, with England, [208], [209],
      • and on domestic concerns of, [209] ff.;
    • course of, during troubles in England, [215] ff.;
    • possible methods of unifying, [216];
    • population of, in 1640, [221];
    • economic disaster in, [221], [222];
    • cessation of emigration to, [222], [223];
    • threatened emigration from, [223], [224];
    • confederation of, discussed, [224], [225];
    • intense local feeling an obstacle, [225], [226];
    • tendency toward expansion, [226];
    • differing status of, in proposed confederation, [227], [228];
    • unification of, meant absorption by Mass., [246];
    • parts of a complex system, [278];
    • not independent states, [278], [279], [292];
    • and the Mercantile Theory, [286] ff.;
    • trade relations of, with England, etc., [286], [287];
    • considerately treated by England, [300], [301];
    • foreign commerce of, [312];
    • and the Navigation Acts, [312], [313];
    • situation of, how changed by Restoration, [317];
    • Maverick's plan for reorganization of, [315], [316];
    • native-born colonials in, [316], [317];
    • boundary disputes in, [325];
    • objects of suspicion in England, [326];
    • economic welfare of, bound up with that of the Empire, [326], [327];
    • growth of, 1660 to 1675, [338] and [n.];
    • settled area of, in 1675, [339];
    • laws of, concerning dealings with Indians, [341], [343];
    • effects of jealousy among, in war-time, [350];
    • difficulty of raising troops, [350], [351];
    • treatment of Indian captives by, [362];
    • losses of, in Philip's War, [362], [363];
    • result of the war on public sentiment in, [363];
    • characteristics of religious element in, [368],
      • education in, [369];
    • impoverishment of intellectual life in, [371], [372];
    • rise of new parties in, [372], [373];
    • evasion of Navigation Acts by, [376];
    • trade practices of, [379], [380];
    • plans for general government of, [406], [407];
    • saved from Col. Kirke, [407] and [n.];
    • temporary government of Dudley a step toward consolidation of, [409];
    • omission of popular assembly a blunder, [409], [410], [411], [414];
    • further steps toward consolidation, [412], [413];
    • under Andros, [413] ff.;
    • law-making power, where vested, [414], [415];
    • functions of the Council, [414] ff.;
    • question of land-titles in, [416];
    • dearth of lawyers and legal knowledge in, [417];
    • legal questions referred to clergy, [417];
    • equalizing of economic status in, [419];
    • new government of, pledged to allow liberty of conscience, [420] ff.;
    • taxation in, under Andros, [424], [425];
    • surpassed by other colonies in population and volume of trade, [445] and [n.];
    • witchcraft delusion in, [451-456].
  • New England Company, settlement at Salem under first charter, [126] and [n.];
    • [46].
  • New England conscience, first consignment of, arrives on Mayflower, [97];
    • [372].
  • New England town, origin of, [152];
    • universal in Puritan colonies on mainland, [153];
    • status of, [153], [154].
  • “New England Way,” in religion, [121], [254].
  • New Englanders, early, certain convictions of, [9];
    • how kept within bounds, [11], [12];
    • drawn out to sea, [12];
    • indifference of, to government, [443], [444].
  • New Hampshire, thinly settled, [5];
    • settlers in, [120];
    • Mason's share of province of Maine, [178];
    • growth of population in, [183], [224];
    • no settled government in, [216];
    • claims of Mass. to territory of, [216], [217];
    • absorbed by Mass., [228];
    • conditions in, under Mass., [317];
    • Mason's title to, confirmed, [324], [325], [376];
    • Mass. reasserts her claim to, [335];
    • Randolph in, [379];
    • Mass. ordered to withdraw from government of, which is vested in Crown, [389];
    • new government of, the first royal government in New England, [399] ff.;
    • complications caused by Mason title to, [399] ff.;
    • breakdown of attempt to govern by local officials, [401];
    • form of government modified, [402];
    • Cranfield as governor of, [402] ff.;
    • Dudley governor of, [408], [409];
    • Indian depredations in, [437];
    • given separate government in new dispensation, [449], [450 n.];
    • [215], [243], [339], [361].
  • New Harbor (Pemaquid), settlement at, [109].
  • New Haven, settled, [206];
    • founders of, [206];
    • reactionary provisions of fundamental agreement, [208];
    • absorbed by Connecticut, [208];
    • financial condition of, [221];
    • and the Dutch, [236], [237];
    • savage laws against Quakers in, [268];
    • Sylvester's complaint against, [314], [315] and [n.];
    • wiped out by Connecticut charter, [318];
    • element in, disaffected to theocracy, [319], [320];
    • Indian attacks on, [427];
    • [209], [215], [226], [227], [234], [235].
  • New Jersey, religious freedom in, [276];
    • united to New England under Andros, [413].
  • New Netherland, acquisition of, by English, [312], [315], [316], [330];
    • boundary of, [332];
    • [318].
  • New Testament, the, in Puritan theology, [82].
  • New York, cost of carriage of merchandise in, [7];
    • Nicolls first Governor of, [330];
    • English authority established at, [336];
    • united to New England under Andros, [413];
    • [439].
  • Newburyport, [104].
  • Newcastle, Duke of, [389], [413].
  • Newfoundland, fisheries of, [28], [285];
    • [59], [120], [280].
  • Newfoundland Company, [46].
  • Newport, settled, [185];
    • [247], [249].
  • Newton, Isaac, [371], [453].
  • Newtown, elections removed to, from Boston, [169];
    • [155].
  • Nicolls, Richard, first Governor of New York, [330];
    • advice of, as to Mass., [336];
    • [331].
  • Nipmucks, destroy Brookfield, [354].
  • “No taxation without representation,” [302], [303], [387], [388], [449].
  • Noddle's Island, settlement on, [109].
  • Noell, Martin, [296], [297 n.]
  • Non-church members, in New England, [144], [145], [212-214], [262].
  • Nonconformist, and Puritan, [65], [66].
  • North America, three contestants for empire in, [28], [29], [41] ff.
  • North and South Virginia Companies, [46].
  • Northampton, Mass., [360].
  • Northfield, Mass., destroyed by Indians, [354], [355];
    • [339].
  • Northwest Passage Company, [46].
  • Norton, Rev. John, as Puritan leader, [258], [259];
    • and Quakers, [268], [269], [270];
    • [323], [430].
  • Norwalk, Conn., [206].
  • Norwich, England, [123].
  • Nottingham, Earl of, [455].
  • Nova Scotia. See [Acadia], [Port Royal].
  • Nowell, Increase, [128].
  • Nowell, Samuel, appointed agent of Mass., [390].
  • Noyes, Rev. Nicholas, [454].