Ontario High School History of England . two men, alike in spirit, becamefast friends, and corresponded in thedays when Eliot lay dying in theTower rather than yield to the kingsdemands. When Charles levied ship-money on Buckinghamchire, Hampdendeclared that such a tax could belegally asked only from places on the coast. He was rich;his share of the tax was only a trifle; and it was a dan-gerous thing in the days of the Star Chamber to opposethe king. Yet, in 1635, Hampden refused to pay the case was tried before twelve judges; it aroused wideinterest; but, in 1638, a majority of the j
Ontario High School History of England . two men, alike in spirit, becamefast friends, and corresponded in thedays when Eliot lay dying in theTower rather than yield to the kingsdemands. When Charles levied ship-money on Buckinghamchire, Hampdendeclared that such a tax could belegally asked only from places on the coast. He was rich;his share of the tax was only a trifle; and it was a dan-gerous thing in the days of the Star Chamber to opposethe king. Yet, in 1635, Hampden refused to pay the case was tried before twelve judges; it aroused wideinterest; but, in 1638, a majority of the judges gave averdict against Hampden, who was thus forced to payship-money. His protest, however, was not in vain. Itmade him a national figure and raised the question ofship-money to the level of a great national issue. The fomidmg of Massachusetts.—Before things had goneso far, many Englishmen had found the policy of Charlesin regard to religion intolerable, and had begun to askwhether it would not be better to seek homes John Hampden (1594-1613) THE GREAT CIVIL WAR 273 The little colony that went out in the Mayflower in thetime of James had made the beginnings of New England(p. 258). The colonists were mostly humble people fromEnglish villages, but now men of education and positionthought of following their example. They would go to livewhere they could have a religious system after their ownmind. In 1630, many ship loads, containing in all acompany of about one thousand people, set out for they founded the colony of Massachusetts. Thiscolony, was, of course, strictly Puritan in character, withan intense and bitter hatred for the Church of England,and the colonists were often narrow and intolerant. Buttheir leaders were strong men, of high character, andthe colony was destined to grow into a powerful state. Episcopacy in Scotland.—The long tension between Charlesand his subjects could only end in open conflict. Whendecisive action came, it was fr
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