Young folks' history of the United States . proach of thePilgrims to Cape Cod in the frosty autumn weather! This new colony was called the Massachusetts Bay The lead-Colony. John Endicott had preceded it, with a fewmen, the year before, and had been appointed governor 62 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. Compari-son of thetwo col-onies. of the colony. He left no account of his who came in the five ships whose arrival I havejust described were Rev. Francis Higginson and twohundred more. They came in 1629. Then, the nextyear, Gov. John Winthrop came with eight Massachusetts Bay
Young folks' history of the United States . proach of thePilgrims to Cape Cod in the frosty autumn weather! This new colony was called the Massachusetts Bay The lead-Colony. John Endicott had preceded it, with a fewmen, the year before, and had been appointed governor 62 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. Compari-son of thetwo col-onies. of the colony. He left no account of his who came in the five ships whose arrival I havejust described were Rev. Francis Higginson and twohundred more. They came in 1629. Then, the nextyear, Gov. John Winthrop came with eight Massachusetts Bay Colony was large, strong, andrich, compared with that at Plymouth. It includedmany highly-educated men and some rich men. Theyhad powerful friends in England ; and they had a char-ter from the king, securing to them the right to governthemselves, so long as they did nothing contrary to thelaws of England. They founded the town of Salem,which they called by that name, because in Hebrew itsignified Peace. Afterwards they settled Boston, —. TRIMOUNTAIN. DifferencebetweenPilgrimsand Puri- at first called Trimountain, from its three hills, — anaalso Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, Watertown, andother places. These colonists w^ere not Pilgrims from Holland,or Separatists, as the Plymouth colonists were some-times called; but they were Puritans, or religiousreformers, came from England, hoping to findmore freedom for themselves in America. They hadbeen persecuted for their opinions at home, though notso severely as the Pilgrims; and the Puritans at first THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONY. 63 thought that the Pilgrims did not feel kindly enoughtoward the mother-country. It is reported that FrancisHigginson said, as his ship sailed away from the Eng-lish shores, We will not say, as the Separatists werewont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell,Babylon! Farewell, Rome! But we will say, Fare-well, dear England ! Farewell, the Church of God inEngland, and all the Christian friend
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