_a._ "Laws agreed upon in England" (1683); from Hazard's _Annals of Pennsylvania_ 311
_b._ The "Charter of Privileges" of 1701; from _Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania_ 314
104. Berkeley's Report on Virginia in 1671; from Hening's _Statutes_ 319
105. The franchise in Virginia restricted (the Act of 1670); _ib._ 324
106. "Bacon's Laws" (the legislation of the revolutionary Assembly of 1676); _ib._ 325
107. The proclamation of July, 1676, by Nathaniel Bacon, "Generall by Consent of the People"; from the _Massachusetts Historical Society Collections_ 328
108. Testimony by various county courts showing that democratic political discontent was a chief cause of Bacon's Rebellion; from the _Virginia Magazine of History_ 329
_a._ The royal order; from Hening's _Statutes at Large_ 330
_b._ The repeal of "Bacon's Laws" by the Assembly of 1677; _ib._ 331
110. Self-government in Massachusetts restricted:
_a._ Randolph's report to the Lords of Trade; from Hutchinson's _Original Papers_ 331
_b._ The Massachusetts charter of 1691; from _Acts and Resolves of the Province of Massachusetts Bay_ 333
111. Attempts by England at closer control:
_a._ Recommendation of the Board of Trade (1701) that all charter colonies be transformed into royal provinces by act of parliament; from the _North Carolina Colonial Records_ 339
_b._ The feeling of the colonists (extracts from a pamphlet by John Wise, minister of Ipswich) 342
_c._ The action of a Boston town meeting relative to a proposed permanent salary for the colonial Governor; from the _Boston Town Records_ 343
_d._ Connecticut's refusal to obey a royal officer commissioned to command her militia (a private letter of Governor Fletcher, describing his repulse); from the _New York Colonial Documents_ 347
112. The commission of a royal governor (from George III to Benning Wentworth); from the _New Hampshire Provincial Papers_ 349
113. Freedom of speech vindicated: the trial of John Peter Zenger for criticising the governor of New York; from Zenger's _Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryall_ 352
114. Franklin's "Albany Plan" for the union of the colonies under the crown:
_a._ An account of the motives for the proposal; from _Franklin's Works_ 358