CHAPTER V

CONNECTICUT; RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATION; NEW HAVEN; MAINE; NEW HAMPSHIRE

Quarrelsome provinces--The foundation of Connecticut--The Pequod War--The Restoration--Sir Edmund Andros--Connecticut's progress --Foundation of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation--Samuel Gorton--Government of the colony--The Royal Commissioners in Rhode Island--James II. and the Revolution--The foundation of New Haven--The regicides in New Haven--The foundation of Maine --Sir Ferdinando Gorges--The Restoration in Maine--Descriptions of Maine--Gorges sells his rights--The foundation of New Hampshire--The greed of Massachusetts--New Hampshire and the Revolution--The necessity of union 107