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Rasles, that both he, and the governor of Canada were P'T. II. in the counsel of the savages, and were the instigators p›D. II. of their depredations. A party from New England, in CH. III. August 1724, destroyed Norridgewock, and put to Rasles death the aged Jesuit. He was the last of that devoted and his party deorder, who, in the wilds of America, had labored to stroyed. gain at the same time, a spiritual kingdom for a heavenly Master, and a temporal one for an earthly sovereign.

10. The Indians now found, that, though instigated by the French, they were not supported by them; and 1726. their sachems, at St. John's, concluded a peace with the Aug. 6. colonists; which, as French missions were now at an end, proved durable. English trading houses flourish eastern ed, and the eastern boundary of New England remained Indians. undisputed.

Peace with the

CHAPTER III.

Fletcher.-Piracy.-The Jerseys united, and joined with New
York.

1692

Colonel

1. GOVERNOR Sloughter, of New York, dying in 1691, Colonel Fletcher received the commission of governor. Fletcher was a good soldier, and having fortunately secured the friendship of Major Schuyler, Fletcher he was, by his advice, enabled to conduct the Indian affairs of the colony, to the acceptance of the people. 1693. Episcopalian ministers were, by the influence of the Introduces Episgovernor, settled in several parishes; and a religious copacy. order thus introduced, which, at this day, forms so respectable a portion of the population of the state.

2. In 1698, the earl of Bellamont, succeeded Governor Fletcher. During the late wars, the seas were

9. How did the colonists proceed?-10. What made the Indians willing to conclude a peace? What followed this peace? CHAPTER III.-1.Whom did Fletcher succeed? At what time? What enabled him to conduct well the Indian affairs? What was done by his influence in respect to religion?-2. Who succeeded him?

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THE JERSEYS UNITED.

PT. II. infested with English pirates. Bellamont was particularly instructed to put a stop to the growth of piracy." CH. III. As no appropriation of money had been made by goSends vernment, a private adventure against the pirates was out to agreed on, and one William Kid, undertook the expestop piracy, Kid, dition, and sailed from New York. He soon turned who pirate himself. After some time, he burnt his ship and pirate returned to the colonies. There is a vague tradition still existing, that he brought large quantities of money, 1699. which he caused to be concealed in the earth. He was cuted apprehended at Boston, sent to England for his trial, and there condemned and executed.

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3. Such disagreements arose in West Jersey, that seys uni- the proprietors surrendered the right of government to ted, and the crown. Queen Anne united it with the east proN. Y. vince, and NEW JERSEY, as the whole was now called, was to be ruled jointly with New York by a royal Lord governor, having a separate council and assembly of bury representatives. The queen appointed, as governor of 1708. the two provinces, the worthless lord Cornbury. In Lovelace. 1708, she removed him and appointed Lord Lovelace. 4. After a short administration, Lovelace was suc1710. ceeded by Sir Robert Hunter, and he, in 1719, by Hunter. Peter Schuyler, who so often acted as the mediator between the whites, and Indians. Commissioners were 1719. at this time, appointed to draw the line of partition between the provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Schuyler.

built.

1720. 5. In 1720, Mr. Burnet succeeded Schuyler. He Burnet. instituted measures to stop the trade between New Oswego York and Canada; and by this means displeased the 1722. merchants. A trading house was built at Oswego, Fortified which was, in 1727, converted into a fortress. Burnet Mont was superseded in the government, by Colonel Montgomery. gomery.

1727.

2. How did he happen to employ Kid? Give an account of William Kid? 3. What happened in West Jersey? What was the whole now called? How was it to be governed? Who did Queen Anne make governor? What did she do in 1708?4. Who were the successors of Lovelace?-5. How did Gov. ernor Burnet incur the displeasure of the merchants? What did they do?

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6. On his death, the command devolved on Rip PT. II. Van Dam, an eminent merchant. During his admin- P'D. II. istration, the French erected a fort at Crown Point, CH. IV. which commanded Lake Champlain, and which was within the acknowledged limits of New York...George I. died in 1727, and was succeeded by his son, George George II.

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Dam.

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II.

Pennsylvania.-Penn's second visit.—Maryland.

Penn in

1. AFTER William Penn's arrival in England, he became one of the most influential persons in the kingdom. The influence, which he possessed; with fluential King James was never used for selfish purposes, but mainly to obtain benefits for distressed Quakers, and laws in favor of general toleration.

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of the

ment

2. When James became an exile in France, Penn 1692. was suspected, by his successor, of holding with him Deprived a treasonable correspondence; and, upon vague charges governlike these, he was a number of times imprisoned. In 1692, the government of Pennsylvania was taken from him; and Fletcher, of New York, appointed by the crown, to be its governor.

3. After strict scrutiny, the conduct of Penn was found to be irreproachable; and in 1694, he was restored to the favor of the king, and reinstated in his government: but not immediately returning to Pennsylvania, he appointed the worthy Thomas Lloyd, his deputy governor.

6. Who was Burnet's successor? What did he permit? What happened in England in 1727?

CHAPTER IV.-1. How was it with Penn after his return to England? Was William Penn a selfish man?-2. After the English Revolution, by which James was made an exile, what happened to Penn? What became, at this time, of Pennsylvania? 3. Was Penn found guilty? What happened in 1694 ?

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CH. V.

1699.

DELAWARE SEPARATED FROM PA.

To

PT. II. 4. In 1699, Penn visited his colony. Finding great P'D. II. Complaint and disaffection respecting the government, he granted, in 1701, a new and liberal charter. the assembly, it gave the right of originating bills; to the governor the right of rejecting laws passed by the assembly, of appointing his own council, and of exvisit. ercising the whole executive power. This charter was 1701. accepted by the assembly; although it did not satisfy Grants the discontents of the people.

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second

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vileges.

1703.

5. The Territories, afterwards called DELAWARE, rejected the charter altogether; and in 1703, they were allowed to form a separate assembly; Penn still apThe pointing the same governor, over both provinces. Territo- Having settled a government, which has given him the separate glory of being one of the greatest of lawgivers, Penn province. went to England, no more to visit his beloved province. The executive authority was administered by deputy governors appointed by himself.

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6. In the year 1716, the government of Maryland, 1716. which since the accession of William and Mary, had Lord been held by the crown, was restored to Lord Baltimore re- more, the proprietor. It continued in his hands, and those of his successors, until the American Revolution

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instated.

CHAPTER V.

The Huguenots.-War with the Spaniards-Tuscaroras and
Yamassees.

1. THE English settlers in Carolina, treated with French harshness and intolerance, the French Huguenots. ill treat- They, on their part, bore this ill usage, with meekness and forbearance; so that after a few years, they were admitted to the privileges of citizens...John

ed.

4. What in 1699? What in 1701? What powers were given by the charter? 5. What is said of The Territories? What did Penn then do?-6. What happened in 1716?

CHAPTER V.-1. Who were ill treated? By whom? How was their ill usage borne ?

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Archdale, one of the proprietors, was sent, in 1695, as p’T. II. governor of North and South Carolina, with power to redress alleged grievances. Having restored order, CH. v. he left the country the next year.

Rice in

troduced

2. About this time a vessel from Madagascar, touching at Carolina, the captain presented Governor Arch- 1695. dale with a bag of seed rice, giving him, at the same time, instructions as to the manner of its culture. The seed was divided among several planters. From this accident arose the cultivation of this staple commodity of Carolina.

3. The proprietary governor, invested with arbitrary powers, resided in the southern province, and governed the northern by his deputy. But the deputy governor, though his powers were ample, could never execute them, beyond the limits of the peoples' will.

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Africa.

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much

N. C.

1702.

4. On the breaking out of Queen Anne's war, an attempt was made by Governor Moore, of South Carolina, against the Spanish province of St. Augustine. The first The expedition was unsuccessful, and so heavy was paper the expense, that, to pay the debt incurred, the assem-or bly, for the first time, resorted to the expedient of a paper currency.

5. The Spaniards, aided by the French, and com- 1706. Spanish manded by Le Feboure, in a fleet of five ships, next invasion invaded Charleston. Their attack was met with such repelled. spirit, that they retired with loss.

1712.

6. In 1712, the Tuscaroras, and other Indians of North Carolina, formed a horrible plot for exterminating the entire white population. They entered, by surprise, the houses of the poor Palatines of Germany, War who had recently settled on the Roanoke, and murdered many families. The remaining inhabitants, collecting into a camp, kept guard night and day, until aid could be received from South Carolina.

1. What was done by the proprietors? 2. How was the culture of rice introduced? 3. Where did the governor of the Carolinas reside? How did his deputy succeed in governing North Carolina? -4. What account can you give of the expedition against St. Augustine? What was done to defray the expense?-5. Give an account of the Spanish invasion ?-6, What happened now to the northern province of Carolina ?

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