A history of the United States for schools . Euro-pean peasants. The ministers were mostly men of greatlearning and high character. Education was first printing press north of Mexico was set up inCambridge, in 1639, ^^^ ^^^ ^^^t volume printed on itwas the celebrated Bay Psalm Book, in 1640. As for the governments of these five colonies, wehave already seen that the Company of MassachusettsBay was chartered by Charles I., and that after it hadcome to New England the king repented of what he haddone and meant to take away the charter, but was pre-vented by troubles at home. The gove
A history of the United States for schools . Euro-pean peasants. The ministers were mostly men of greatlearning and high character. Education was first printing press north of Mexico was set up inCambridge, in 1639, ^^^ ^^^ ^^^t volume printed on itwas the celebrated Bay Psalm Book, in 1640. As for the governments of these five colonies, wehave already seen that the Company of MassachusettsBay was chartered by Charles I., and that after it hadcome to New England the king repented of what he haddone and meant to take away the charter, but was pre-vented by troubles at home. The governments of theother four colonies were made by the people withoutPopular consulting the king in any way. In the writ-mTnt™ ten constitution of Connecticut, there was nomTuof^ mention of a king or any other authority what-them. ever except that of the people themselves. In all the five colonies there was a legislature, usually called Q z =; < 3 S -J *^ s _ c O o < 2 <^ n lU ^ S z ^:. 10 UJ .- ^ Z Ih 31 I. II ^ ! I p = iDDDDDD<3. §§ 50-52. NEW ENGLAND. lO/ the General Court, consisting of representatives fromeach of the towns. The people also elected their gov-ernors ; and we have seen how they managed theirchurch affairs without the slightest regard to the opin-ions or wishes of the king and the bishops in England. 51. The New England Confederation. In 1643, thefour colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut,and New Haven formed a confederation for purposesof defense in case of attacks or depredations by theDutch on the Hudson River, or the Indians. The nameof the confederation was The United Colonies ofNew England. Its affairs were managed by a boardof eight commissioners, two from each colony. Thisboard undertook to call out troops in case of ^j^^ j^ ^need, and to settle disputes between the colo- England T T 1 • r • • 1 1 Confeder- nies. It did not mterfere m any way with the internal government of each col-ony. Rhode Island was not
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