granted 24

PART SECOND.

• The question involving the primary cause of the American Revolution; the setting up of a new form of
  worship, and abolishing and proscribing that of the Church of England, and banishing Episcopalians who
  adhered to the old form of worship; the facts analysed and discussed; instructions of the Company in
  England, and oaths of allegiance and of office prescribed by it 30

PART THIRD.

• Complaints of the banished Episcopalians in England; proceedings by the Company, denials, proofs,
  conduct and correspondence of the parties concerned 46
• Address of Governor Winthrop, &c., on leaving England, in 1630, to their "Fathers and Brethren of the
  Church of England," affirming their filial and undying love to the Church of England, as their
  "dear mother," from whose breasts they had derived their spiritual nourishment, &c., &c. 55
• Remarks on this address, and absurd interpretations of it 57
• Puritan authorities alone adduced as evidence on the subjects of discussion; Puritan letters suppressed;
  first seeds of the American Revolution 59

PART FOURTH.

• Contest between King Charles the First and the Massachusetts Bay Puritans during ten years, from
  1630 to 1640 61
• Professions of the Puritans on leaving England, and their conduct on arriving at Massachusetts Bay 62
• In the Church revolution at Massachusetts Bay, none but Congregationalists could be citizen electors,
  or eligible for office of any kind; five-sixths of the male population disfranchised 63
• This first violation of the Royal Charter and laws of England 65
• Complaints to the King in Council in 1632 65
• Imputations upon the complainants, and upon the King and Council for listening to their complaints 66
• Proceedings of the King and Council in 1632; the accused deny the charges, and convince the King
  of their innocence and good faith; further inquiry to be made; in the meantime the King dismisses the
  complaints, assures the accused that he never intended to impose at Massachusetts Bay the religious
  ceremonies to which they had objected in England, and assures them of his desire to promote the
  interests of their plantation 66
• The King's kind and indulgent conduct, and how the advocates of the Company deceived him 67
• Continued oppressions and proscriptions at Massachusetts Bay, and fresh complaints to the King in
  Council in 1634 69
• Transfer of the Charter; kept secret during four years; remarks upon it; effect of the disclosure, and
  renewed complaints 69
• Issue of a Royal Commission; proposed armed resistance at Massachusetts Bay advised by the
  Congregational ministers; remarks on Mr. Bancroft's attacks and statements; official representations,
  and conduct of parties concerned