ABSTRACT
Virginia, New England, Maryland, all present special features, are all examples of a distinct method of treatment. But for whoever had eyes to read the signs of the times, there could be no question which type would, in the long run, prevail. In the American Colonies there was in New England naturally no royalist party, as the method of the colonists in dealing with those who differed on fundamentals had been to put them on a ship and send them home again. The Navigation Acts, as a whole, had two objects in view: the one, the encouragement of English shipping; the other, the encouragement of English manufactures. If in New England matters Oliver Cromwell evolved a subtle policy, the full significance of which has perhaps been generally overlooked, of his general Colonial policy there is no room for doubt. In the nature of things, Cromwell was much occupied with the transportation of political prisoners.
