HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA, 
CHAPTER XIL 
PEACE AND PROGRESS 
We have no wars to tell of in this chapter. It 
was a time of peace and progress. Many of the 
Loyalists who had settled in the province were edu- 
cated and intelligent, and their influence on society 
and in public affairs tended to improvement, "The 
people began to take more interest in the government 
of the country, and many of the men whom they 
elected.to make their laws were possessen of ability, 
such as would have graced the legislative halls of 
much older countries. "The historian Murdoch says 
of this time, that it was “one of the happy and hal- 
cyon periods of Nova Scotia.” 
Previous to the year 1783, Roman Catholics were not 
allowed to own lands or to hold public worship in Nova Scotin. 
These hard laws were then repealed; but still, for many yearsı 
Roman Catholics had not the same privileges as others. 
In 1792, the Assembly passed the Septennial Act, which 
required that a new House should be elected every seven years, 
Before this time the Assembly wns not chosen for any fixed 
period, but continued during the pleasure of the governor. The 
House eleoted in 1770 was not dissolved until 1785, and it is hence 
sometimes called the Long Parliament of Nova Scotia. 
King’s College.— As there was no college or 
academy in Nova Scotia, young men were accustomen 
to go to the United States for higher education. The 
Assembly, fearing they would learn disloyalty in that 
country, resolved to found an academy at Windsor. 
The institution was opened in 1789, and a few years 
after i. obtained :. royal charter as King’s College. 
IS. tar Tıyo-Jaws ronuired all students to attend wor