26/31 All its affairs were managed by a board of eight commissioners,--two from each colony,--who must be church members. They had no power to lay taxes or to meddle with the internal concerns of the colonies, but they had entire control over all dealings with Indians or with foreign powers. The Year 1643.%--The year 1643 is thus an important one in colonial history. It was in that year that the New Haven colony was founded; that the league of The United Colonies of New England was formed; and that Roger Williams obtained the first charter of Rhode Island. New Charters.%--During the next twenty years no changes took place in the boundaries of the colonies. |