Essentials of United States history . in 1650 there were about twenty thou-sand people in of these colonists possessedconsiderable property and weremen of great influence. At first the colony was gov-erned by the governor and hisassistants. When, however, a tax-was levied for the purpose ofbuilding a fort at Newtown, theinhabitants of Watertown de-clared that they were Englishfreemen and alone had the powerto levy taxes. As a result of thisprotest, a change was made in thegovernment and thereafter the freemen of each settlementelected representatives to the General Court. Rg
Essentials of United States history . in 1650 there were about twenty thou-sand people in of these colonists possessedconsiderable property and weremen of great influence. At first the colony was gov-erned by the governor and hisassistants. When, however, a tax-was levied for the purpose ofbuilding a fort at Newtown, theinhabitants of Watertown de-clared that they were Englishfreemen and alone had the powerto levy taxes. As a result of thisprotest, a change was made in thegovernment and thereafter the freemen of each settlementelected representatives to the General Court. Rgpresent-These representatives met in Boston and there ative Gov-transacted the business of the colony. Local were managed in a general assembly or town meet-ing, by the freemen of each town. A freeman (or voter) wasany male member of the colony who was twenty-one years oldand a member of the Puritan church. 55. Roger Williams. — Though the Puritans had come toAmerica to enjoy the liberties of the gospel in purity and. Governor Winthrop. 50 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY peace, they were not more willing than were the Church ofEngland settlers of Virginia to tolerate in the colony jiooplewho did not agree with their behefs. Naturally, among solarge a number of people, there were those who did not Williams, a young clergyman, arrived in Boston in1631. He settled in Salem, was made pastor of the church,and was justly popular with the people. He soon, however,
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