74. The Wheelwright controversy, with special reference to political phases; _ib._ 199
75. Political and social conditions in Massachusetts in 1636:
_a._ "Proposals" of Lords Say and Brooke, with the answers of John Cotton; from the Appendix to Hutchinson's _History of Massachusetts Bay_ 201
_b._ Legislation of 1651 regarding dress of different classes; from the _Colonial Records_ 205
_a._ An order in Council in England for its surrender; from Hutchinson's _Original Papers_ 206
_b._ The defiant refusal of the Colony; from Winthrop's _History of New England_ 207
77. Democratic discontent with aristocratic privilege in 1639 (Winthrop's denial of the right of petition; the abolition of Life Council; delay in conceding a written code); _ib._ 210
78. The "Body of Liberties"; from Whitmore's _Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of Massachusetts Colony_ 214
79. A Puritan view of the rules of fair trade (Cotton's sermon upon the conviction of a shopkeeper for exacting exorbitant profits); from Winthrop's _History of New England_ 225
80. The separation of the General Court into two Houses (the first two-chambered legislature in America); the story from Winthrop's _History of New England_, and the preamble of the act of 1644 from the _Colonial Records_ 226
81. A town code of school laws (1645); from the _Dorchester Records_ 230
82. Colonial school laws (1642 and 1647); from the _Colonial Records_ 233
83. Representative town records (_Watertown Records_, 1634-1678) 236
XIV. Massachusetts and Religious Persecution
84. Puritan arguments for and against persecution:
_a._ From Nathaniel Ward's _Simple Cobbler of Aggawamm_ (1647) 246
_b._ From Captain Edward Johnson's _Wonder-working Providence of Sions Saviour in New England_ (1654) 248
_c._ The discussion between Saltonstall and Cotton (about 1650); from Hutchinson's _Original Papers_ 249
85. Criticism of the Massachusetts way, by a moderate Episcopalian and royalist (Lechford's _Plaine Dealing_; 1641) 252
86. A Presbyterian demand for the franchise in 1646 (the letter of Dr. Robert Child and others to the Governor and General Court); from Hutchinson's _Original Papers_ 255
87. Trial and punishment of nonconformists for not attending approved churches; from the _Colonial Records_ 259