With the restoration of the government in 1690, after the fall of Andros, Rhode Island enters upon a new period of her history, a period marked within by a stronger central authority and a more settled and orderly government.[74] In 1695, the governor was granted a salary of £10 a year, the deputy governor £6 and the assistants £4 each. All these officers had previously been exempted from taxation.[75] Without the period was one of successive wars against the French and Spaniards, wars which required the support of a paid soldiery and, for a colony situated as was Rhode Island with her great extend of sea coast, the maintenance of strong defences against hostile ships. The charter was also endangered by the attacks of the Narragansett proprietors, and later of Bellemont and Dudley, and this required considerable expenditures to meet the expenses of the agent in England. The taxes and the purposes for which they were levied during the remainder of the period of which we are now treating can be seen in the following table. _Date of _Amount._ _Purpose._ _Payment may be Ass'm'nt._ made in_ [76]May 1690 £300 "for the support of wool, butter, their Majesties' Indian corn, rye interest against and pork. the French and Indian enemies." July 1695 2d. in the pound. Same as last. Oct. 1695 1d. in the pound. Agent, and, if surplus, to pay the colony's debts. May 1696 2d. in the pound. July 1696 Aug. 1698 £800 "pay the Colony's debts, and putting monies in bank, for sending an agent for England." Oct. 1699 £600 "for sending agent for England" March 1700/1 £400 "current "for paying the money of this Collony's debts and Colony" defraying of the publick Charge." March 1701/2 £200 "in money" "for the use and benefit" of the colony according to the direction of the governor and council. May 1702 £300 "in money or Same as last. Money, indian corn, good pay oats, barley, rye. equivalent." Feb. 1702/3 £500 £200 for fort £150 money, indian corn, for jail £150 for barley, wheat, rye, debts oats, wool.