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and civilizing the idolatrous and

savage Indian tribes" 26
Endicot; Royal Charter 27
Second emigration; Endicot becomes a Congregationalist, and
establishes Congregationalism as the only worship of the Company at
Massachusetts Bay, and banishes John and Samuel Brown for adhering
(with others) to the old worship 28
PART SECOND.
The question involving the primary cause of the American Revolution;
the setting up of a new form of worship, and abolishing and proscribing
that of the Church of England, and banishing Episcopalians who
adhered to the old form of worship; the facts analysed and discussed;
instructions of the Company in England, and oaths of allegiance and of
office prescribed by it 30
PART THIRD.
Complaints of the banished Episcopalians in England; proceedings by
the Company, denials, proofs, conduct and correspondence of the
parties concerned 46
Address of Governor Winthrop, &c., on leaving England, in 1630, to
their "Fathers and Brethren of the Church of England," affirming their
filial and undying love to the Church of England, as their "dear
mother," from whose breasts they had derived their spiritual
nourishment, &c., &c. 55
Remarks on this address, and absurd interpretations of it 57
Puritan authorities alone adduced as evidence on the subjects of
discussion; Puritan letters suppressed; first seeds of the American
Revolution 59
PART FOURTH.
Contest between King Charles the First and the Massachusetts Bay

Puritans during ten years, from 1630 to 1640 61
Professions of the Puritans on leaving England, and their conduct on
arriving at Massachusetts Bay 62
In the Church revolution at Massachusetts Bay, none but
Congregationalists could be citizen electors, or eligible for office of any
kind; five-sixths of the male population disfranchised 63
This first violation of the Royal Charter and laws of England 65
Complaints to the King in Council in 1632 65
Imputations upon the complainants, and upon the King and Council for
listening to their complaints 66
Proceedings of the King and Council in 1632; the accused deny the
charges, and convince the King of their innocence and good faith;
further inquiry to be made; in the meantime the King dismisses the
complaints, assures the accused that he never intended to impose at
Massachusetts Bay the religious ceremonies to which they had objected
in England, and assures them of his desire to promote the interests of
their plantation 66
The King's kind and indulgent conduct, and how the advocates of the
Company deceived him 67
Continued oppressions and proscriptions at Massachusetts Bay, and
fresh complaints to the King in Council in 1634 69
Transfer of the Charter; kept secret during four years; remarks upon it;
effect of the disclosure, and renewed complaints 69
Issue of a Royal Commission; proposed armed resistance at
Massachusetts Bay advised by the Congregational ministers; remarks
on Mr. Bancroft's attacks and statements; official representations, and
conduct of parties concerned 72
Massachusetts Bay rulers the aggressors throughout; review of the

controversy 75
More despotism practised in Massachusetts Bay than was ever
practised in Upper Canada 82
CHAPTER IV.
THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY UNDER THE
LONG PARLIAMENT, THE COMMONWEALTH, AND
CROMWELL. 85-129
Commissioners from the Massachusetts Bay rulers to the Long
Parliament 85
Change of Government in England stops emigration to Massachusetts
85
First Address of the Massachusetts Commissioners to the Long
Parliament 86
Ordinance of the Long Parliament in regard to Massachusetts trade, &c.,
in 1642, and remarks upon it 87
The Massachusetts Bay Court pass an Act in 1644, of persecution of
the Baptists; another Act authorising discussion, &c., in favour of the
Parliament, but pronouncing as a "high offence," to be proceeded
against "capitally," anything done or said in behalf of the King 87
In 1646, the Long Parliament pass an ordinance appointing a
Commission and Governor-General over Massachusetts and other
Colonies, with powers more extensive than the Commission which had
been appointed by Charles the First in 1634 88
The parliamentary authority declared in this ordinance, and
acknowledged by the Puritans in 1646, the same as that maintained by
the United Empire Loyalists of America one hundred and thirty years
afterwards, in the American Revolution of 1776 (in a note) 88-92

The Presbyterians in 1646 seek liberty of worship at Massachusetts Bay,
but are punished for their petition to the Massachusetts Bay
Government, and are fined and their papers seized to prevent their
appeal to the Puritan Parliament 93
How their appeal to England was defeated 98
Further illustrations of the proceedings of the rulers of Massachusetts
Bay as more intolerant and persecuting than anything ever attempted by
the High Church party in Upper Canada 98
Colonial government according to Massachusetts Bay pretensions
impossible 99
The order of the Long Parliament to the Massachusetts Bay
Government to surrender the Charter and receive another; consternation
99
Means employed to evade the order of Parliament 100
Mr. Bancroft's statements, and remarks upon