Chapter VIII

TROUBLES IN OBTAINING A NEW CHARTER.--PROVISIONS OF THE
CHARTER.--DIFFICULTIES CONCERNING THE NARRAGANSETT
PURCHASE.--CURRENCY.--SCHOOLS.

The new charter gave a democratic government, 41

Some of its provisions, 41

Religious liberty recognized by it, 42

Assembly and courts reörganized, 43

State magistrates chosen by the freemen, 44

Jealousy of Massachusetts, 44

Trouble concerning the ownership of Narragansett, 45

Attempt to dispossess Rhode Island of part of her
territory, 46

The Narragansetts compelled to mortgage their lands
to the United Colonies, 47

New charter obtained by Connecticut extending its
bounds to the Narragansett River, 48

1663. The boundary line left to arbitrators who fix it at
the Pawcatuck River, 49

The intrigues of John Scott for the purchase of the
Narragansett tract, 49

Letter obtained from the King, putting the
Narragansett purchase under protection of
Massachusetts and Connecticut, 50

This was rendered null by the second charter of
Rhode Island grant soon afterward, 51

Wampum used as money in the Colony, 52

Also used as an article of ornament by the natives, 52

1652. Massachusetts began to coin silver in 1652, 53

Rhode Island abolished the use of wampum ten years
later, 53

1662. New England shilling made legal tender in Rhode
Island, 53

1640-1663. First schools established at Providence and
Newport, 53

Affirmation is declared to be equal to an oath, 54