An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . so muchattached to the English, as to declare, that if they should kill him,he would not wish his death avenged, being sure that he must havedeserved his fate. Amid these dispositions, it was not difficult to negotiate theformation of a settlement. For hatchets, hoes, knives, cloth, andother articles of probably very small original cost, the strangersnot only obtained a large trac
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . so muchattached to the English, as to declare, that if they should kill him,he would not wish his death avenged, being sure that he must havedeserved his fate. Amid these dispositions, it was not difficult to negotiate theformation of a settlement. For hatchets, hoes, knives, cloth, andother articles of probably very small original cost, the strangersnot only obtained a large tract of land, but were allowed by theinhabitants to occupy immediately one half of their village, withthe corn growing adjacent to it, and, at the end of harvest, wereto receive the whole. Thus the English were at once comfortablyestablished, without those severe hardships which usually attend aninfant settlement. The colony thus commenced enjoyed privileges to which Virginiahad been a stranger. Her charter secured the great privilege ofperfect freedom of opinion in reHgious matters, the right of suf-frage, the appointment of officers by the crown, and a permanentexemption from all royal taxation. 236 N 1635, the Assembly met at St. Marysbut the record of their proceedingsis now lost. Immediately after, Clay-borne refused to submit to Calvertsgovernment, and at length appearedin arms to maintain the right ofpossession in his territory. A skir-mish occurred in May, in whichfew on each side were killed,and Claybornes party taken prison-ers. Their leader fled to Virginia, and, on being demanded by theMaryland Assembly, was sent to England for trial. The Assemblyseized his lands and declared him a traitor. Clayborne appealed lothe crown, but, after a full hearing, the case was decided againsthim, and his estates reverted to Lord Baltimore. These difficulties were scarcely suppressed, when others, littleless formidable, occurred with the Indians. These increased tosuch an al
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