CHAPTER XV.

CHARTER GOVERNMENT AGAIN RESUMED.--FRENCH WAR.--INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.--CHARGES AGAINST THE COLONIES.

Chief-Justice Dudley attempted to open his court, he is seized and imprisoned, 108

Return of the old form of government, 108

Legality of resumption confirmed by the King, 109

1690. The Assembly reorganized, 110

Town house built, 111

The colonists taxed to sustain the French and Indian war, 112

Coast invaded by French privateers, 112

New taxes levied, 113

Small-pox broke out in the Colony, 113

1691. Sir William Phipps appointed Governor of Massachusetts with command over all the forces of New England, 114

This command over the forces of Rhode Island restricted to time of war, 115

1693. First mail line established between Boston and Virginia, 116

State officers to be paid a regular salary, 116

Assembly divided into two houses, 116

Indians still troublesome, 117

Courts of Admiralty established in the Colony, 117

1697-1698. Trouble from enemies to the charter government, 117

Interests of trade fostered, 118

Smuggling common, 118

Charges made against the Colony by the Royal Governor, 119

Captain Kidd, 119