The Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony: A Primary Source Investigation into the 1629 CharterThe Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 15.12.2002 - 112 Seiten Half-settlement and half-private trading company, the first English colony at Massachusetts Bay struggled to establish a civil government against the pressures of religious intolerance and uncertain relations with Native Americans. Readers will step back in time to the earliest days of American history and see the challenges the first English settlers faced in establishing their own government. |
Inhalt
Chapter One Before They Sailed | 7 |
Chapter Two The First Settlements | 25 |
Chapter Three The Charter of | 39 |
Chapter Four Troubles and Successes | 57 |
Chapter Five The Colonists and | 73 |
Appendix The 1629 Charter of | 87 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 110 - A Modest Enquiry Into the Nature of Witchcraft, And How Persons Guilty of that Crime may be Convicted : And the means used for their Discovery Discussed, both Negatively and Affirmatively, according to Scripture and Experience.