New school history of the United States . settlement of New England wasachieved by a different enterprise. A strictly Puritan colonywas begun at Salem, to which John Endicott led settlers, after a charter for MassachusettsBay had been was accomplished tillit was decided to removethe council and the govern-ment of the new colony toAmerica. John Winthropand eleven other gentle- THE FIRST CHURCH BUILT IX BOSTON mCll COnduCtcd tllC IN 1632. scheme. They resolved to colonize only their best men. Winthrop took^V^ out seven hundred colonists, for the most part^ yeomen, mechanics, and
New school history of the United States . settlement of New England wasachieved by a different enterprise. A strictly Puritan colonywas begun at Salem, to which John Endicott led settlers, after a charter for MassachusettsBay had been was accomplished tillit was decided to removethe council and the govern-ment of the new colony toAmerica. John Winthropand eleven other gentle- THE FIRST CHURCH BUILT IX BOSTON mCll COnduCtcd tllC IN 1632. scheme. They resolved to colonize only their best men. Winthrop took^V^ out seven hundred colonists, for the most part^ yeomen, mechanics, and farm laborers, with theirwomen and children. They removed to Chaiiestown, as they * The Plymouth Colony was annexed to that of Massachusetts Bay by the charterof William and Mary, in icgi. t The name by which the country- was first known was the Indian name, was called Maine in compliment to Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I., anddaughter of Henr> IV^. of France. She had some connections with the French duchyof THE ENGLISH COLOXIES. 45 found Salem in distress. In two years new settlements andchurches sprang up. The villages clustered round the placesof worship. 38. The Puritans in America were as intolerant as those from whose persecutions they had fled. Only membersof their churches were allowed to vote. Only Puritans of ap-proved faith could be deputies to the General Court or Leg-islature. Religious and political dissensions resulted from thisrigor. Winthrop, who had been elected Governor four timessuccessively, was replaced by Henry Vane, a young and ear-nest fanatic fresh from England. Further divisions were caused by the appointment of RogerWilliams to the charge of the church at Salem. Williams wasdesirous of tolerating all creeds. He was banished, and strayedthrough the wilderness till he got beyond the limits of thecolony. Anne Hutchinson and others were also driven intoexile for upholding doctrines different from those prescribed. 39. The st
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