. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... it without the interference of thecrown, had been stricken down by the sub-servient courts of the mother country, andthere was now no defence between the liber-ties of Massachusetts and the arbitrary willof the king, who had given the colony goodcause to fear his hostility. James II. came to the English throne in 1685. He was even more hostile to NewEngland than his brother Charles. He wasa bigoted Roman Catholic, and was resolvedto introduce that faith, not
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... it without the interference of thecrown, had been stricken down by the sub-servient courts of the mother country, andthere was now no defence between the liber-ties of Massachusetts and the arbitrary willof the king, who had given the colony goodcause to fear his hostility. James II. came to the English throne in 1685. He was even more hostile to NewEngland than his brother Charles. He wasa bigoted Roman Catholic, and was resolvedto introduce that faith, not only into Eng-land, but also into the colonies. He attemptedto accomplish this by proclaiming an indui-orence or toleration of all creeds. As hit 178 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA. dared not proceed openly to violate his cor-onation oath, he hoped by this underhandedscheme to place his own religion upon sucha footing in England that he would soon beIn a position to compel its adoption by his.*abjects. He had greatly mistaken thejemper of both England and America. Joseph Dudley, who had been sent toEngland as one of the agents of Massachu-. SIK EDMUND ANDROS. setts m the last controversy between thecolony ana King Charles, now found it tohis interest to become as ardent a defenderas he had formerly been an opponent of theroyal prerogative, and James finding him awilling abettor of his designs, appointed himpresident of Massachusetts until a royalgovernor should arrive, for the king was resolved to take away the charters of alt tti4colonies and make them royal the same time, being determined to curtailthe liberty of the press, the king appointedEdward Randolph its censor. Dudley wasregarded by the people as the betrayer oithe liberties of his country, and both he andRandolph were cordially despised by king in appointing Dudley made noprovision for an assembly orgeneral court, as he meant togovern the colonies withoutreference to the people. Heregarded the American
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