VOLUME 5 COLONIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT 1652-1689 BY CHARLES MCLEAN ANDREWS, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN BRYN MAWR COLLEGE VI. THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK (1674-1686) VII. FOUNDATION OF THE JERSEYS (1660-1677). VIII. DevelopmENT OF THE JERSEYS (1674-1689) FOUNDATION OF THE CAROLINAS (1663-1671). XI. FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA (1680-1691). (1681-1696). XIII. DevelopmENT OF VIRGINIA (1652-1675) DEVELOPMENT OF MARYLAND (1649-1686). DIFFICULTIES IN NEW ENGLAND (1675-1686) 215 273 112 EXTENT OF SETTLEMENT (1652) (in colors) facing 41 MARYLAND (1689) (in colors). New England, New York, AND EAST NEW JERSEY (1689) (in colors). 204 IN EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 'N the history of the English colonies there comes a natural break at the point where the original system of charter colonies directed from England was thrown into confusion by the disruption of the English monarchy. The year 1652 marks this change, for in that year the southern colonies yielded to a parliamentary fleet; and soon after began a hostile feeling towards the Dutch, which ended ten years later in the annexation of their American possessions. It is at 1652, therefore, that Tyler's England in America ends and this volume begins. The period is further characterized by the development of a new colonial system, which for a century and a quarter was consistently followed by the English government; hence chapters i. and ii. are devoted to a study of the navigation acts and of the administrative councils to which eventually the name Lords of Trade was applied. Upon both subjects Professor Andrews has found new material and expounds new views. The neglected problem of the execution of the acts of trade has been fairly faced, and by delving in manuscript records Professor Andrews has, for the first time, been able to disen |