A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . isoned, being suspected of sympathy with JamesII., then in exile, but it was restoredto him in the following year. Hecame out again in 1699, flnding thecolony very prosperous, but thecolonists eager for greater privi-leges. He therefore granted thema new and more hberal constitu-tion, and reformed affairs in variousdirections. He returned to Englandin 1701. In after-years he hadmuch trouble in regard to rents duefrom the settlers, and fell so heavilyinto debt that he was obliged tomortgage his province. For sometime h
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . isoned, being suspected of sympathy with JamesII., then in exile, but it was restoredto him in the following year. Hecame out again in 1699, flnding thecolony very prosperous, but thecolonists eager for greater privi-leges. He therefore granted thema new and more hberal constitu-tion, and reformed affairs in variousdirections. He returned to Englandin 1701. In after-years he hadmuch trouble in regard to rents duefrom the settlers, and fell so heavilyinto debt that he was obliged tomortgage his province. For sometime he was imprisoned for debt. Worn out with these misfortunes, he was on the point ofselling his province to the crown, when he was stricken withparalysis and became incapable of transacting business. Later History.—Penns sons inherited his province onhis death in 1718. Their policy was much less just andliberal than his, and constant irritation succeeded. Thedisputes continued until the war of the Revolution, duringwhich the State of Pennsylvania purchased the interest of. Proprietary Seal of Penn-sylvania. 116 THE ERA OF SETTLEMENT. the proprietors for the sum of six hundred and fifty thou-sand dollars. Delaware.—During Penns absence after his first visit the Three Lower Counties on the Delaware, the grant re-ceived from the Duke of York, became dissatisfied and with-drew from the union with Pennsylvania, Penn giving thema lieutenant-governor of their own. They were reunitedby Governor Fletcher, of New York, who governed Penn-sylvania in 1693, during Penns brief removal. Other dis-putes arose, and in 1703 the proprietor gave Delaware aseparate assembly, though one governor ruled both arrangement held good till 1776, when Delaware wasorganized as a separate State. 5. Principle of Toleration.—Almost at the same time that Roger Williams was leaving Massachusetts to found a new colony where all should have free-dom of worship, a new colony wasbeing f
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