History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . I. granted a royal charter, stylingthe proprietors the Governor and Com-pany of the Massachusetts Bay in NewEngland. Boston was made the more emigrants came, and Charles-town was settled. It was a momentous step when the gov-ernment of this colony was transferred toNew England. Winthrop was chosen Gov-ernor, others of the Company elected tominor offices, and they, with no fewer thanone thousand new colonists, sailed for thisside the Atlantic. In Massachusetts, there-fore, a trading company di
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . I. granted a royal charter, stylingthe proprietors the Governor and Com-pany of the Massachusetts Bay in NewEngland. Boston was made the more emigrants came, and Charles-town was settled. It was a momentous step when the gov-ernment of this colony was transferred toNew England. Winthrop was chosen Gov-ernor, others of the Company elected tominor offices, and they, with no fewer thanone thousand new colonists, sailed for thisside the Atlantic. In Massachusetts, there-fore, a trading company did not beget, aselsewhere, but literally became a politicalstate. Many of the Massachusetts men,in contrast with those of Plymouth, hadenjoyed high consideration at home. Yetdemocracy prevailed here too. The Gover-nor and his eighteen assistants were chosen 1630] PILGRIM AND PURITAN 139 by the freemen, and were both legislatureand court. As population increased andscattered in towns, these chose deputies torepresent them, and a lower house elementwas added to the General Court, though. ^ Wm bru>k
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