A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . charter did not say where the company shouldhold its meetings, and in 1629 it was decided to take thisimportant paper to America. The king did not Puritans annoyed him, and he was probably glad toget rid of as many of them as chose to emigrate fromEngland. Winthrops Colony.—In 1630 the great emigration Wintlirop, of Groton, one of the best and noblest men of his time, sailed for America witheleven ships and nearly one thousandpersons. Many horses and cattle werealso brought. With them came thecha
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . charter did not say where the company shouldhold its meetings, and in 1629 it was decided to take thisimportant paper to America. The king did not Puritans annoyed him, and he was probably glad toget rid of as many of them as chose to emigrate fromEngland. Winthrops Colony.—In 1630 the great emigration Wintlirop, of Groton, one of the best and noblest men of his time, sailed for America witheleven ships and nearly one thousandpersons. Many horses and cattle werealso brought. With them came thecharter. Winthrop had been chosenby the company as resident governor. Boston Settled. — From Salem,where they first landed, the Puritanssoon went to Charlestown, and thento a hilly peninsula opposite. The John Winthrop. , . , • i -n i u j n i e highest hill here had three peaks, iromwhich the English called it Tri-mountain, or Tremont. TheIndians called it Shawmut. The name was soon changedto Boston, after the old English city from which many ofthe colonists had THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES. 85 Growth of the Colony.—The colony grew with encour-aging rapidity.^ By 1634 there were four thousand settlers,divided into about twenty villages. By 1640 the numberhad increased to about twenty thousand. From the firstthe settlement was prosperous. The soil was poor, andmost of the colonists devoted themselves to other pursuitsthan farming. Very many of them engaged in the imported cattle soon increased largely, pigs rooted inthe clearings, wheat, rye, and Indian-corn were cultivated,roads and bridges were built, and everything went on ac-tively. Salt fish and lumber were sent to England andmanufactured goods brought back. Ship-building soonbecame active, and in time an important commerce withthe West Indies grew up. Signs of Oppression.—The rapid growth of the colonywas due to political troubles in England. Interference withthe liberties of the people at home drov
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