Chapter III

WILLIAMS OBTAINS A GRANT OF LAND AND FOUNDS A COLONY.--FORM OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONY.--WILLIAMS GOES TO ENGLAND TO OBTAIN A
ROYAL CHARTER.

Early inhabitants of Rhode Island, 11

Williams makes peace between Canonicus and Massasoit, 12

He receives a grant of land from Canonicus and begins
a settlement, 12

Compact of the colonists at Providence, 13

Experiment of separation of church from state tried
in the new Colony, 13

The right of suffrage not regarded as a natural right.
Illustrated by Joshua Verin and his wife, 14

1639. The first church founded in Providence, 15

Five select men appointed to govern the Colony, subject
to the action of the Monthly Town Meeting, 15

Massachusetts Colony applied for a new charter to cover
the land occupied by Providence, 15

1643. Providence in connection with Aquidneck and Warwick
sent Williams to England to obtain a Royal charter, 15

1644. Williams returns in 1644 successful, and is
received with exultation, 16