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glish then attempt to subdue the Indians ?

How did Philip then avoid starvation?

To whom, did Philip then flee?
Where were the Nipmucks?
Which way from Boston ?
§ Object of sending Captains
Wheeler and Hutchinson to the
Nipmucks?

How were they treated by the Nipmucks? Capt. H. and several of their men were killed.

Who was Squando?

What other injury had been done to the eastern Indians, about that time?

Effects of these wrongs?

§ Of what perfidy, were the Narragansets guilty, about that time?

Who led an army against them? What was the given name of this Winslow? Josiah.

What relation was J. W. to Edward W. who twice visited Massa

To what place, did the remain-soit? der fiee ?

English name of Quaboag? Which way is Brookfield from Worcester ?

By what special providence, were they preserved from being burnt by the Indians?

Who raised the siege ? What towns on Ct. river, did the Indians attack in Sept.

Which of these towns, is most northerly?

§ What captain was sent to
Deerfield in Sept. with 80 men ?
From what county ? @
For what purpose?

In what part of Ms. is Essex county? The N. E.

How many of Capt. Lathrop's men were slain by the Indians? At what place?

What was it then called? Bloody Brook.

Who soon slew 96 Indians ? What other important town did the Indians partly burn in Oct. ? On what river, is Springfield? On which side ?

Whence came the troops, that prevented the total destruction of Springfield?

Which way is Westfield from S.? § What eastern Indians began their depredations soon after the attack at Swanzey?

In what colonies?

Son.
How large was W.'s army
About 1150.

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At what season of the year? The latter part of December.

Where were the Indians, they were going to attack? In a great fort, sometimes called Narraganset Fort.

Where was Narraganset Fort? On an elevation in a great swamp in what is now called Charlestown.

In what part of R. I. is C.? In the south part, east of Westerly. Where is Westerly? In the S. W. corner of R. I.

How thick was the hedge, that surrounded the fort?

At what time in the day, did the English arrive?

Success of the English, when they first entered the fort? They were repulsed.

How did some Ct. men turn the battle? By unexpectedly attacking them in the rear.

Success of the English, after a desperate conflict?

How many wigwams were burnt? How many Indians were killed, or mortally wounded ?

Probable number of Indians in the fort?

What can justify our ancestors in killing so many

How many English captains fell?
How many of the troops were

What injury had the English killed, or mortally wounded? done to Squando?

Effect of this defeat upon the Indians?

To what country, did the principal part of the surviving Narragansets soon retire? To the Nipmuck country.

Where was that?

How long did they continue F'undering, burning and slaying? How many towns are mentionel, as having been partly or wholly destroyed, during the winter?

With what success, did the Indians attack Capt. Pierce of Scituate, and the 70 with him?

Who marched from Boston, with 50 men to relieve Sudbury?" What became of them?

When did the tide of Indian prosperity turn?

What great western tribe did Philip attempt to rouse against the English ?-How?

Result of his detection? To what part of New England, did Philip return?

Who then conducted an expedition against Philip?

What became of Philip?

Name of the Indian that shot Philip through the heart? Alder

man.

Where did Alderman belong? 'To Pocasset.

What reason can be offered, to show, that Philip was a patriot?

How much longer did the war with the Indians continue in Maine? How many English warriors fell in this war?!

How many dwelling houses were burnt?

How many towns were destroyed?

What part of the English houses and soldiers did the Indians destroy? About one sixteenth part.f

What colony suffered much less in this war han any other in N.E.? Which colony suffered more than all the rest? Ms.

CHAPTER XXXIX.-p. 43.

Capture of N. Y. by the Dutch, and Restoration to the British. Administration of Andros in N. Y. Acts of Trade, Bacon's Rebellion.

To what power, was N. Y. surrendered in 1673?

How soon was N. Y. restored to the British?

Why did the duke of York take out a new patent?

What part of Ct. was included in that patent?

Whom did the duke of York appoint his governor?

Character of Andros's administration?

From what most important priv

He labored most assiduously andilege, did he exclude the people? fought most valiantly, for his nation.

What reason can be offered, to show, that he was not a genuine patriot? He wickedly involved his nation in a distressing and ruinous war, that greatly hastened their destruction.

In what month and year, was Philip killed?

What was the effect of Philip's death in terminating the war? How many months had the war continued?

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Meaning of legislation? Over what part of Ct. did Andros claim jurisdiction?

Meaning of jurisdiction? What fort did he attempt to take? By whom, was Fort Saybrook defended against Andros?

What acts were the colonists accused of violating in 1676?

What did the Acts of Trade impose?

+ See Morton's Memorial, edited by Judge Davis, p. 457, 458.

Meaning of customs?

How were the Acts of Trade considered by the colonies?

How long did the evils of Bacon's rebellion continue ?

§ How long was Berkley's ad

How were the Acts of Tradeministration? treated for several

years ?

To what two colonics, were the Acts of Trade peculiarly oppressive?

Who, succeeded William Berk

ley?

How did Culpepper compel the assembly to pass most offensive

What additional injury was in-laws? By threatening to hang the flicted upon Va. by a violation of chartered rights?

What method did the Virginians first adopt for redress?

§ Into what, did the discontents of the Virginians soon break out? Head of this insurrection? Profession of Bacon? Law.

adherents of Bacon, in case of re

fusal.

CHAPTER XL.-p. 46.

Division and Reunion of N. J
Patents of Maine and N.H.
Into what parts, was N.J. divid-

What military office had Baconed in 1676 ? sustained? Office of Colonel.

Personal appearance of Bacon? Uncommonly interesting.

How long did East Jersey and West Jersey continue distinci

By whom, were the representa

Who was then governor of Va. ?tives chosen after the union?
With what Indians, were the
Virginians then at war?

What special commission did
Berkley refuse Bacon?

What did he order Bacon to do with Iris men?

What illegal punishment did Berkley inflict upon Bacon? Meaning of illegal?.

How did Berkley attempt to conciliate him?

What request did Bacon then renew?

Of whom, did Bacon soon demand his commission, at the head of an armed force?

Who appointed the governor and council?

What state was under the same governor as N. J. till 1738 ?

§ Of whom did Ms. purchase Maine in 1677?

For how much?

Equal to how many dollars? Till what year, did Maine continue under Ms. ?!

How many years after the purchase?

§ To whom, did the Council of Plymouth grant N. H. ? In what year?

How long after the patent of Ms? advise-after the settlement of Dover of Plymouth of Jamestown?

Why did the assembly Berkley to grant the commission? What denunciation did Berkley soon publish against Bacon?

Immediate effect upon Bacon ? Open rebellion.

Upon whom, did Bacon wreak his vengeance?

How did Berkley escape?
By whom, was Jamestown burnt?
What stopped Bacon's rebellion?
How long had Bacon been mas-
ter of the colony? Seven months.

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U what other territory, did Penn receive deeds of the duke of York? In what year, was Delaware united in government with Pa.? Meaning of Pennsylvania? The wood of Penn.

In what year, did Penn send over a few men, to begin a settlement? In what year, did Penn come over? In 1682.

How many planters came with him?

Of what religious sect?

Most distinguishing peculiarity of the Quakers? Never to make war, or to perform any act of violence, even in self-defence.

With whom, did Penn soon form a treaty ?

What did he purchase of them? What city did he immediately found?

How many houses and cottages did it contain within a year? What colony had the most rapid and prosperous settlement?

To what cause, was this chiefly owing?

How is Pa. bounded on the north?
-west-south-east ?
What river separates Pa. from
N. J. ?

In what part of Pa. is Philadel

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Which way is Utica from Philadelphia?

Which way is Philadelphia from Trenton, Fairfield, Hartford, Worcester and Portsmouth? Almost exactly S. W. from each.

Meaning of Philadelphia? Brotherly love.

How much younger is Philadelphia than Charleston, S.C.?-than New Haven-than Newport, R. * Mr. Savage has most ably and I than Providence? than Hartclearly proved, that the deed, pur-ford ?-than Boston than Saporting to have been given by four lem than Dover-than PlySagamores to Wheelwright and mouth? others, was a forgery, and probably fabricated some years after the death of Wheelwright. See Winthrop's History of New England, Vol. I. p. 405.

§ What decision against Ms. was made in the high court in England, in 1684 ?

In whose hand, did this decision place the government of Ms. ?

Who procured this decision? Edward Randolph.

What were his feelings toward the colonies?

What complaint against the colonies, had Randolph made to the king?

Who was the king of England?
What was done by Charles, when
Ms. refused to surrender her char-
ter ?

Who succeeded Charles II. ?
In what year 1685.

What injury was soon inflicted upon the other N.E. colonies? Most of the charters were taken away.

Who had invited him to invade England? A number of the leading men in that country.

CHAPTER XLII.-. 52.

Manners, Religion, Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Education, &c. of the Colonists during the second period. How many varieties of character were found in the colonies, at the close of the second period?

What were they? Puritan, Dutch, and less rigid English.

To which class, belonged the

Who was soon sent over as gov-people of New England? ernor general of New England? Near the close of what year ? 1686.

Which colony was excepted from the jurisdiction of Andros? Character of his administration at first? afterwards?

For what purpose, did Andros visit Ct. in 1687 ?

How many soldiers attended him? Why did not Andros take the charter, after it was laid on the table ?

In what writings, did they place implicit faith?

What colony prohibited the drinking of healths?

What colony prohibited costly apparel to the poor?

What colony prohibited the use of tobacco?

In what colony were the manners Dutch?

What did the people of N. Y. most steadfastly pursue?

In what colony, were the third

Where was the charter secreted? class? -By whom?

What is that venerable oak now called? Charter oak.

What rendered them more free and voluptuous ?

Why did some emigrate to Virothers?

Where is it situated? About 30ginia
rods east of the South meeting-
house.

How long is it, since that oak
was the guardian of Ct. liberties?
What was the condition of New
England under Andros ?
By whom, relieved?

Whom had William married?
When did he invade England?
At what place?
Where is Torbay?
What measure did William com-
pel James to adopt?

Near the beginning of what year, was William proclaimed king of England?

What excellences were found among the fathers of Virginia?

Of what religious sect were the Virginians? Episcopalians.

How much land in each borough, was laid off for glebe? Meaning of glebe?

What is the most distinguishing peculiarity of Episcopalians? The opinion, that bishops only have authority to ordain men for the ministry.

What ministers were prohibited from preaching in Va. in 1642 ? § Special object of the New England planters ?

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