An introductory school history of the United States, arranged on the catechetical plan; to which are added, the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with questions and explanations . ohn Mason had ob-tained from the Council of Plymouth. What can you state of the claims ofWheelwright and Mason. Although the grant to Gorges and Mason included all theterritory between the Merrimac and the Kennebec, the Wheelwright, in 1629, purchased of the Indians a por-tion of the same territory. In the same year Mason obtained,from Gorges a grant, in his own name alo
An introductory school history of the United States, arranged on the catechetical plan; to which are added, the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with questions and explanations . ohn Mason had ob-tained from the Council of Plymouth. What can you state of the claims ofWheelwright and Mason. Although the grant to Gorges and Mason included all theterritory between the Merrimac and the Kennebec, the Wheelwright, in 1629, purchased of the Indians a por-tion of the same territory. In the same year Mason obtained,from Gorges a grant, in his own name alone, of the countrywhich Wheelwright had purchased, and to this he gave thename of New Hampshire. What land controversy afterward took place? After the death of Mason a vexations controversy tookplace, in consequence of the land claims which his heirs made;and it was not terminated until they relinquished all the un-occupied portions of the province. What was the political connection between N. Hampshire and Mass. ? The district of New Hampshire was several times connectedwith Massachusetts, but in 1741 it became a separate province,and so continued till the Revolution. 2 26 COLONIAL HISTORY. CONNECTICUT. Scale. ?VrCTBTTTT OELON& ISLAND SOUND Map Questions. What l^ofly of water on the south of Connecticut? What rivers flow into LongIsland Sound ? How is Windsor situated ? New Haven ? Suybrook ? Hartford ? What can you state of the settling of Connecticut? Three colonies were planted within the limits of Connecti-cut. The first at Windsor, in 1633, by Captain Holmes anda company from Plymouth ; the second at Saybrook, in 1685 ;and the third at New Haven, in 1638. What further history can you give of the first colony? The Dutch, to assert their claim to territory, had built afort on the Connecticut, which menaced Holmes and his com- COLONIAL HISTORY. 27 pany as they passed up the river; but the threat ^vas un-heeded. Can you give any further history of the colony f The colony on t
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