56. Agreement between the Massachusetts Company in England and the Rev. Francis Higginson, on his removal to America; from Young's _Chronicles of Massachusetts_ 148 57. Establishment of a subordinate government in the colony (April, 1629), by order of the Company in England; from the _Massachusetts Colonial Records_ 150 XII. The Colony Becomes Puritan 58. The decision to transfer the government and charter to the colony: _a._ The first official proposal, by Governor Cradock, at a meeting of the Company in London (July 28, 1629); from the _Massachusetts Colonial Records_ 153 _b._ The Cambridge Agreement; from _Young's Chronicles of Massachusetts_ 154 _c._ The final decision by the Company; from the _Colonial Records_ 156 59. Decision of Puritan gentlemen to settle in the colony: _a._ John Winthrop's argument for a Puritan colony; from Winthrop's _Life and Letters of John Winthrop_ 157 _b._ Winthrop's reasons for himself coming to America; _ib._ 159 _c._ The decision of John Winthrop, Jr.; _ib._ 160 _d._ Higginson's "News from New England"; from Young's _Chronicles of Massachusetts_ 161 60. The attitude of the early Puritan colonists toward the Church of England: _a._ Winthrop's farewell letter to the Church of England; _Life and Letters_ 162 _b._ Captain John Smith's opinion of the Puritans in 1630 (not Separatists); from Smith's _Works_ 164 61. Political principles of the Puritan leaders (distrust of democracy): illustrated by extracts from Calvin's _Institutes_ 164 62. Early hardships and religious tendencies: _a._ From Winthrop's _History of New England_, 1630-1631 168 _b._ From Winthrop's letters to his wife; _Life and Letters_ 171 _c._ From Thomas Dudley's letter to the Countess of Lincoln (1631); from Young's _Chronicles of Massachusetts_ 174 XIII. Development of Democracy 63. Oligarchic usurpations in 1630-1631; from the _Colonial Records_ 178 64. The "Watertown Protest" against taxation without representation (the first popular movement), in 1632, and the consequent resumption by the democracy of some of their rights; from Winthrop's _History of New England_ 180 65. Sample legislation under aristocratic rule, 1630-1633; from the _Colonial Records_ 183 66. The beginning of town government, at Dorchester; from the _Dorchester Records_ 188 67. The development of representative government: