CHAPTER IV

THE PURITANS IN PLYMOUTH AND MASSACHUSETTS

Character of New England colonies--The Plymouth Company--The Puritans--William Bradford--The Pilgrim Fathers--The foundation of New Plymouth--Life in the colony--Description of the colony--Development of government--The Civil War-- Ineffectual attempts to obtain a charter--The foundation of Massachusetts--Ferdinando Gorges, John White, and John Endecott--A charter granted--John Winthrop--Government of Massachusetts--Puritan intolerance--Roger Williams--Harry Vane, John Wheelwright, and Mrs Anne Hutchinson--Harvard College--The New England Confederacy--Massachusetts and the Home Government--Brutality to Quakers--King Philip's War-- Edward Randolph's complaints--The rule of Sir Edmund Andros --The Revolution of 1688--A new charter--Sir William Phipps --The Earl of Bellomont and Governor Fletcher--Advance of the colony 76