A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . ls a romanticstory of what took place. While a long debate was going on in the assembly cliam-ber, with the charterlying on the table andGovernor Andros in thechair of state at itshead, the lights in theroom were suddenly putout and the party leftin complete were lighted againas quickly as possible,but the charter was had been seized, it i?said, by Captain Wads-worth, who left the hahby door or window, andhid it in the hollow ofan old oak-tree, whichafterward was famousas the Charter ,
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . ls a romanticstory of what took place. While a long debate was going on in the assembly cliam-ber, with the charterlying on the table andGovernor Andros in thechair of state at itshead, the lights in theroom were suddenly putout and the party leftin complete were lighted againas quickly as possible,but the charter was had been seized, it i?said, by Captain Wads-worth, who left the hahby door or window, andhid it in the hollow ofan old oak-tree, whichafterward was famousas the Charter , furious at this, pronounced the charter govern-ment at an end, and wrote the word Finis at the closeof the minutes of the assemblys last meeting. The Old Governments Restored.—It was not long after-ward when James 11. was driven from his throne and Wil-liam III. became King of England. As soon as this newsreached Boston, in April, 1689, the people rose in rebel-lion, threw Andros into prison, and restored their old gov-ernment. In Hartford the hidden charter was brought. Placing the Charter in the Oak. THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES. 101 out again, the assembly met, and the Finis was erasedfrom their minute-book. As for Rhode Island, its govern-ment had not been disturbed. King Williams System.—In 1692, King William tookNew England in hand. Connecticut and Rhode Islandwere allowed to keep their charters and elect their gov-ernors. Massachusetts retained her old system of govern-ment, but the king ordained that others besides Puritansmight preach, vote, and hold office, and that the governorsshould be appointed by the crown.^ A New Charter.—Massachusetts received a new charter,uniting the colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Maine, andNova Scotia,—which was then in English hands. But thischarter so restricted the power of the people that the colonywas really a royal one. From that time on trouble people were never content with their royal began bet
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