NEW-ENGLAND. 389 



without the governor's consent in writing : and appeals for sums 

 above 300/. were admitted to the king and council. Notwithstanding 

 these restraints, the people had still a great share of power in this 

 colony; for they not only chose the assembly, but this assembly, with 

 the governor's concurrence, chose the council, and the governor de- 

 pended upon the assembly for his annual support. 



Indian incursions were very destructive to New-England, from the 

 first settlement till 1725, when a peace was re-established with the 

 natives, and a more just and temperate course being adopted, the 

 tranquillity of the provinces was seldom interrupted; except when 

 the savages were excited to commit hostilities by the French govern- 

 ors of Canada. 



In 1745 the New-England provinces planned, and, with the assist- 

 ance of a small English fleet, executed an expedition againsULouis- 

 burg, the capital of the French island of Cape Breton. This place 

 was of the first importance to the French colonies in North Ameri- 

 ca, and had long swarmed with privateers which infested the coast of 

 New-England. 



We shall now proceed to give an account of each state sepa~ 

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