A history of the American nation . uthward with a few faithful followers; a settlementwas made on the island of Aquidneck—afterward called theIsle of Rhodes, or Rhode Island—which was bought from theIndians for forty fathoms of white beads. The spirit of intolerance was triumphant when AnneHutchinson left Boston; no unsound, unsavorie and gidiefancy dared lift its head or abide the light. Wlien theQuakers came a few years later and preached their doctrineof the inner light, declaring that every man should followconscience ^\•ithout direction from priest or minister, they wereset upon and banis
A history of the American nation . uthward with a few faithful followers; a settlementwas made on the island of Aquidneck—afterward called theIsle of Rhodes, or Rhode Island—which was bought from theIndians for forty fathoms of white beads. The spirit of intolerance was triumphant when AnneHutchinson left Boston; no unsound, unsavorie and gidiefancy dared lift its head or abide the light. Wlien theQuakers came a few years later and preached their doctrineof the inner light, declaring that every man should followconscience ^\•ithout direction from priest or minister, they wereset upon and banished. Some of them daring to returnwere hanged in Boston. That was the beginning of the end,however; public opinion did not support such severe measures,and gradually a freer and more liberal sentiment grew upin the ^ Read Fiske, Beginnings of New England, 114; Eggleston, Beginnersof a Nation, Book iii, Chap. ii. 2 See Fiske, Beginnings of New England, pp. iSo, iSi. In Hart, Contena- 66 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION. Connecticut. Settlers went into the Xarragansett region, as we haveseen, with Roger Williams and Mrs. Hutchinson, and soon af-terward others Rhode Island. went there andfounded new settlements. In1644 a patent was obtainedfrom the Parliament, giving thepeople a large measime of self-government, and uBB^ thesettlements—the beginning ofthe legal organization of RhodeIsland. While the authorities atBoston were busy in biddingdisturbers be si-lent or leave, menwere beginning to move intothe western region. Saybrookat the mouth of the Connecti-cut River was founded (1635); and in 163 8 people came from NewEngland and, passing through the old colony, founded Xew Ha-ven. But the most important movement was westward from thetowns around Boston harbor to the valley of the great leader of the enterprise was Thomas Hooker, alearned and eloquent preacher and a man of personal force.^ In1636 a band of settlers led by their Hooker made their way
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