HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

FROM THE

DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT

BY GEORGE BANCROFT.

VOL. II.

EIGHTEENTH EDITION.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1860.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE LIBRARY OF PROF. GEORGE F. SWAIN OCT. 20, 1933

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by

GEORGE BANCROFT,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XI.

THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS.

Failure of the Democratic Revolution in England, p. 1-Charles convenes

and dissolves a Parliament, 2-Council at York, 3-Long Parliament, 4—

Death of Strafford-Progress of Reforms, 5-Long Parliament becomes a

Tyranny, 6-The Remonstrance, 7-Civil War-Nature of the Contest, 8—

Division of Parties-Presbyterians and Independents, 9-Cromwell and Vane,

11-Triumph of the Independents, 14-Trial and Execution of Charles I., 15

-The Counter Revolution, 18-Cromwell and the Parliament, 19-His Char-

acter, 20-His Parliaments, 23-His Death-Richard, 27-Character of

Monk, 28-Restoration, 29-Death of Peters, 32-The Regicides, 34-Henry

Vane, 36-Supremacy claimed for Parliament, 41-Navigation Acts, 42-

Character of Charles II., 48-Massachusetts, 50-Connecticut, 51-Character

of the younger Winthrop, 52-His Success, 54-History of Connecticut, 56—

Rhode Island, 61-Charter read and accepted, 63-John Clarke, 64-Perfect

Liberty of Conscience, 65-Maryland, 68-Virginia-Grants of Territory, 69.

CHAPTER XII.

MASSACHUSETTS AND CHARLES II.

Address to the King, 71-John Eliot, 72-Declaration of Rights, 73-Par-

ties in the Colony, 74-Intolerance renewed, 76-Appointment of Royal

Commissioners, 77-Remonstrance, 79-Union of Hartford and New Haven,

83-Commissioners in Plymouth, 84-in Massachusetts, 85-in New Hamp-

shire and Maine, 86-Debate in the General Court, 87-Conquest of Canada

proposed, 88-Debate in the Privy Council, 89-Prosperity of Massachusetts,

91-Population of New England in 1675, 92-The Praying Indians, 94-Philip

of Pokanoket, 98-Causes of War, 99-King Philip's War, 100-Defeat of the

Pokanokets, 102-Indian Warfare, 103-Ruin of the Narragansetts, 104-Ca-

nonchet, 105-Towns burned-Lancaster-Mary Rowlandson, 106-The Fate

of Philip and his Family, 108-The Result, 109-War in Maine, 110-Ran-

dolph in New England, 111—Purchase of Maine, 113–New Government, 114