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Q. Who was the founder of Rhode-Island?
A. Roger Williams, a clergyman.

Q. On what account did he leave Massachusetts ?

A. On account of his religious opinions.

Q. In what year was Rhode-Island founded?

A. In the year 1636.

Q. What did Williams call the town where he settled? A. Providence, on account of the protecting care of God over him.

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Teacher. Describe the settlement of Connecticut. Pupil. About 100 families, with their favorite minister, Mr. Hooker, of Massachusetts, after a fatiguing march through woods and swamps, settled on the Connecticut river, in the year 1636.

Q. What towns did they first commence!

A. Windsor, Hartford, and Weathersfield.

Q. Can you tell how these towns are situated ?-(See map of the United States.)

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Q. By whom was the first settlement made in NewHampshire?

A. By the Rev. Mr. Wheelwright, and his followers. Q. On what account did Mr. Wheelwright leave Massachusetts ?

A. He had been banished on account of his opposition to the church government.

Q. When and by whom was Maine settled?

A. About the same time of Rhode-Island and Connecti

cut, by Ferdinand Gorges.

Q. When was it united to Massachusetts ?

A. In 1652, when it took the name of Yorkshire.

Q. When was the first printing-press established in the colonies, and at what place?

A. In the year 1639, at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Q. Which is the oldest literary production in America: A. Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Q. Did the New-England colonies experience any danger from the Indians?

A. They did.

Q. What were the names of the two principal tribes? A. The Narragansets and Pequods.

Note. These two nations had long been at war with each other, but, foreseeing the extinction of their race, if the Europeans were suffered to spread among them, the Pequods applied to the Narragansets, to forget old animosities, and unite to expel the common enemy; but the Narragansets, perceiving in this an opportunity to crush a powerful rival, instead of accepting the offer of friendship, discovered the design of the Pequods to the governor of Massachusetts, and joined in alliance with the English. Long and bloody wars ensued, but as the colonies increased in number, and extended in territory, the uncivilized savages fell before the superior skill of their invaders, and in a few years many powerful nations were totally extirpated.

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SOUTHERN AND MIDDLE STATES.

Q. When and by whom was Maryland founded?

A. Maryland began to be settled in 1633, by a colony of Roman Catholics, under Lord Baltimore, a native of England.

Q. Did their charter establish free toleration in religion? A. It did; the plan of government was liberal, and the country was settled with ease.

Q. To what did the settlers apply themselves?

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