Chapter 7 No.7

Second Royal Charter, and the Government of Massachusetts under it from 1691 to

1748; the close of the First War between England and France, and the Peace of

Aix-la-Chapelle. 221-241

Retrospect; reasons assigned by Mr. Palfrey why the Massachusetts Bay Government did not make

armed resistance against "the fall of the first Charter," and remarks upon them 221

The Government of Massachusetts Bay continued two years after "the fall of the Charter," as if nothing

had happened 226

They promptly proclaim King James the Second; take the oath of allegiance to him; send the Rev. Increase

Mather as agent to thank his Majesty for his proclamation of indulgence, to pray for the restoration of the

first Charter, and for the removal of Sir Edmund Andros; King James grants several friendly audiences,

but does nothing 226

On the dethronement of James the Second, Dr. Increase Mather pays his homage to the new King, with

professions (no doubt sincere) of overflowing loyalty to him (in a note) 226

Unsuccessful efforts of Dr. Increase Mather to obtain the restoration of the first Charter, though aided by

the Queen, Archbishop Tillotson, Bishop Burnet, the Presbyterian clergy, and others 228

How the second Charter was prepared and granted; Dr. Increase Mather first protests against, and then

gratefully accepts the Charter; nominates the first Governor, Sir William Phips 229

Nine principal provisions of the new Charter 233

Puritan legal opinions on the defects of the first Charter, the constant violation of it by the Massachusetts Bay Government, and the unwisdom of its restoration (in a note) 233

A small party in Boston opposed to accepting the new Charter; Judge Story on the salutary influence of the

new Charter on the legislation and progress of the Colony 235

Happy influence of the new Charter upon toleration, loyalty, peace and unity of society in

Massachusetts-proofs 237

The spirit of the old leaven of bigotry still surviving; and stung with the facts of Neal's History of New

England on "the persecuting principles and practices of the first planters," a remarkable letter from the

Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts, dated February 19, 1720, addressed to the Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, explanatory

of Neal's History, and urging the formal repeal of the "cruel and sanguinary statutes" which had been

passed by the Massachusetts Bay Court under the first Charter (in a note) 239

Happiness and progress of Massachusetts during seventy years under the second Charter 240

Debts incurred by the New England Colonies in the Indian Wars; issue of paper money; how Massachusetts

was relieved by England, and made prosperous 240