8 SETTLEMENTS OF THE

called Swedeland, and on which they made settle-

,ments, and built forts. The first settlement in Massachusetts Bay was

formed in 1628, by Captain John Endicot, Who set- tled there With his wife. Plymouth, which was annexed in 1691, was previously a separate colony. Lord Baltimore, who established a colony at New- foundland some time before, commenced settling Maryland in 1633. Settlements were also formed in North Carolina in 1628 ; in Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1635 ; in New Jersey (part of New Nether- lands) and in Vermont about 1664.

In the year 1669, plantations were made in South Carolina; and the celebrated Mr Locke drew up a system of laws for its government.

A regular, just, and prudent plan of colonization was commenced by William Penn, in 1682, under the right of a royal charter.

He purchased the land from the Indians, whose attachment he secured ; and his colony, which he named Pennsylvania, prospered more rapidly, and with more certain security of success, than any pre- viously attempted. His measures were wise and just, and his character and example will ever be regarded . with esteem and admiration.*

From this period the settlement of America pro- ceeded with astonishing rapidity. Multitudes of men, stimulated by the spirit of adventure, expatriated themselves in order to find in distant countries those

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