Glorious Revolution vs. Salem
The Glorious Revolution For years the colonies had considered themselves self-ruled. In fact, very few of the colonies had been established as royal colonies, most of them were founded under propriety share holders or by groups of people trying to escape persecutions. The colony of Plymouth had been founded by the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims set down their own laws and ruled over their own affairs, all of this done with out a charter approving it. They followed the Mayflower Compact, the rules that they had set before, they had agreed to rule equally and peaceably. The rule of the time was that basically, the king would grant a charter ensuring that the free men would have a voice in the legislation affecting them. Many colonies would then have elected representatives? rule the affairs. Many colonies also held town meetings in which the people could speak of their own concerns. The government of England was distracted by other affairs of the country to deal with this until 1660 when King Charles II took the throne. However, even now, the colonies were left largely undisturbed. It wasn?t until around the 1670?s that things started change for the colonists. The Lor
He demanded many of the charters back. They even started to hold a separate congregation preached by Parris of course. We just can?t really know what would have happened. By the end of August many thought the trials and hangings were getting out of control. Most of them had been jailed with spectral evidence. When interrogated Tituba confessed, at great length, describing fantastical happenings and accusing Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne both. All three were sent to prison in Boston after the confession. To understand what happened we need to take a look at the events leading up to the event. If Governor Andros had still been in office leading up to the Salem Witch Trials he would have been oppressing them and their Puritan ways, maybe they wouldn?t have believed in their ways so much and at least the younger generation wouldn?t have been so firmly rooted in it. ds of Trade and Plantation (a group dedicated to the enforcement of the mercantile system in the colonies) tried to revoke the Massachusetts Bay charter because of their refusal to follow the system. It was against the law to not go to church. He went so far as to declare charters and land grants invalid. In 1685 King James II replaced King Charles II. Maybe they would have had to work harder to provide enough tradable goods to satisfy Andros. The Glorious Revolution had been a bloodless one.
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