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Title: The Fathers of New England
A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths

Author: Charles M. Andrews

Release Date: August 30, 2009 [EBook #29853]

Language: English

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THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND

TEXTBOOK EDITION

THE CHRONICLES
OF AMERICA SERIES
ALLEN JOHNSON
EDITOR

GERHARD R. LOMER
CHARLES W. JEFFERYS
ASSISTANT EDITORS

THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND

A CHRONICLE OF THE
PURITAN COMMONWEALTHS
BY CHARLES M. ANDREWS

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NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD: UNIVERSITY PRESS

_Copyright, 1919, by Yale University Press_

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I. THE COMING OF THE PILGRIMS Page 1

II. THE BAY COLONY " 21

III. COMPLETING THE WORK OF SETTLEMENT " 45

IV. EARLY NEW ENGLAND LIFE " 72

V. AN ATTEMPT AT COLONIAL UNION " 88

VI. WINNING THE CHARTERS " 100

VII. MASSACHUSETTS DEFIANT " 116

VIII. WARS WITH THE INDIANS " 129

IX. THE BAY COLONY DISCIPLINED " 147

X. THE ANDROS REGIME IN NEW ENGLAND " 166

XI. THE END OF AN ERA " 194

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE " 201

INDEX " 205

THE FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND

CHAPTER I

THE COMING OF THE PILGRIMS

The Pilgrims and Puritans, whose migration to the New World marks the
beginning of permanent settlement in New England, were children of the
same age as the enterprising and adventurous pioneers of England in
Virginia, Bermuda, and the Caribbean. It was the age in which the
foundatio