History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . pacy, for whose sakeCharles was harrying poor Covenanters todeath on every hillside in Scotland. Norwould his lawyers let the king forgetCharles attack on the Massachusettscharter, begun so early as 1635, or theorounds therefor, such as the unwarrantedtransfer of it to Boston, or the likelihoodthat but for the outbreak of the CivilWar it would have been annulled by theLone Parliament itself. Obviously Massa-chusetts could not hope to be let alone bythe home government which had just come in. At first
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . pacy, for whose sakeCharles was harrying poor Covenanters todeath on every hillside in Scotland. Norwould his lawyers let the king forgetCharles attack on the Massachusettscharter, begun so early as 1635, or theorounds therefor, such as the unwarrantedtransfer of it to Boston, or the likelihoodthat but for the outbreak of the CivilWar it would have been annulled by theLone Parliament itself. Obviously Massa-chusetts could not hope to be let alone bythe home government which had just come in. At first the king, graciously respondingto the colonys humble petition, confirmedthe charter granted by his father; but nosooner had he done so than the hot royal-ists about him began plotting to overthrowthe same, and their purpose never slum-bered till it was accomplished. Massachu-setts was too prosperous and too visibly i66o] NEW ENGLAND UNDER STUARTS 203 destined for great power in America to besuffered longer to go its independent wayas hitherto. The province—as yet, of course, exclud-. King Charles II. ing Plymouth with its twelve towns andfive thousand inhabitants—contained atthis time, 1660, about twenty-five thousandsouls, living in fifty-two towns. Thesewere nearly all on the coast; Dedham 204 ENGLISH AMERICA [1661 Concord, Brookfield, Lancaster, Marlbor-ough, and the Connecticut Valley hamletsof Springfield, Hadley, and Northamptonbeing the most noteworthy agriculture was the principal busi-ness, fishing was a staple industry, itsproduct going to France, Spain, and theStraits. Pipe-staves, fir-boards, much mate-rial for ships, as masts, pitch and tar, alsopork and beef, horses and corn, wereshipped from this colony to Virginia, inreturn for tobacco and sugar either forhome consumption or for export to Eng-land. Some iron was manufactured. Theprovince enjoyed great prosperity. Bostonstood forth as a lively and growing centre,and an English traveller abou
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