_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 _b._ The document; from _New York Colonial Documents_ 359 XX. Harsh Phases of Colonial Life 115. Legal punishments in Virginia: "pillory and ducking stoole" in 1662-1748; from Hening's _Statutes at Large_ 364 116. White "servants" (indentured and others) in 1774; from Eddes' _Letters from America_ 364 117. Advertisements for runaway servants; newspaper extracts for the years 1770-1771, from the _New Jersey Archives_ 366 D. THE REVOLUTION XXI. Preliminary Period--to 1774 118. The Sugar Act of 1764; from the _Statutes of the Realm_ 369 119. The Stamp Act of 1765; _ib._ 373 120. Reception of the Stamp Act in America: _a._ Patrick Henry's Resolutions; from the _Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia_ 374 _b._ A Virginia County Association against the Act; _ib._ 375