CONTENTS.

PART I.

OCCUPATION.

1492-1638.

CHAPTER I.

DISCOVERY.

Traditional-Historical, 3. Fulness of the Time, 4.

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CHAPTER II.

SPANISH SETTLEMENTS.

Spanish adventures - Ponce de Leon in Florida - Various expedi-

tions, 5. Luis de Cancello-Menendez, 6. De Espejio and Vizcaino-

Motives, 7. Institutions-Circumstances-Extent of Spanish claims, 8.

CHAPTER III.

FRENCH SETTLEMENTS.

Expedition to

New France Carolina: Fate of its Huguenots, 9.

avenge them-Acadie and Maine: De Monts and De Saussaye, 10.

Canada: Champlain Collisions with the English, 11. Priests and

missionaries -Other settlers - Institutions - Circumstances, 12. Ex-

tent of French claims, 13.

CHAPTER IV.

ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS.

Section 1.-Early movements - England and Columbus-Voyages

of the Cabots, 14. Interval: Gilbert and Drake, 15. Raleigh - Fail-

ures of his colonies, 16. Gosnold and others-Ill success of the Eng-

lish, 17.

Section 2.-Companies - Organized efforts, 18. Patent of Virginia,

18. London Company: Members and colonists - Jamestown - New

charters, 19. Fortunes of the colony- Institutions, 20. An infant

colony-Fall of the company, 21. Virginia a royal province - Growth

of the colony, 22. Plymouth Company: Members Colonization

attempted, 23. Various proprietors and companies - Settlement of

Plymouth, 24. Its distinction in history, 25. Political Forms - Spirit,

26. Grants Attempt at general government Chaos, 27.

New

Hampshire and New Somersetshire - Cape Ann and Salem, 28. Com-

pany of Massachusetts Bay-Boston, 29. Increase and independence

Charter government, 30. Puritan principles - External relations

Internal relations, 31. Connecticut, 32. Providence and Rhode

Island-Dissolution of the council, 33. End of companies - Position

of New England - Thomas Morton, 34.

Section 3.- Proprietors Grant of [aryland, 35. A proprietary

government-Religious liberty-Troubles, 36. Other proprietors -

Conclusion English motives, 37. Institutions - Circumstances ·

English names, 38.

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CHAPTER V.

DUTCH SETTLEMENTS.

Group of traders-Spirit in Holland - Dwindled in America - Hud-

son's voyage, 39. Company of New Netherland, 40. Proposals of the

Plymouth Puritans - West India Company - Walloon colony, 41.

New Amsterdam-Patroons, 42. English claims, 43. Trade of the

colony, 44.

CHAPTER VI.

SWEDISH SETTLEMENTS.

Idea of Gustavus Adolphus-Oxenstiern calls in Germany - Re-

sults, 46. Opposing claims, 47.

CHAPTER VII. .

INDIAN RACES.

European races-Indian races - Names and numbers, 48. Algon-

quins Iroquois, 49. Mobilians - Customs and institutions, 50. In-

fluence upon the European Counter influence upon the Indian, 51.

African race- The country, 52.

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PART II.

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ENGLISH DOMINION.

1638-1763.

CHAPTER I.

THE THIRTEEN COLONIES.

Old and new colonies - Plymouth annexed-Maine annexed, 55.

New Hampshire-Massachusetts, 56. Connecticut-Rhode Island —

Four Colonies in New England, 57. Virginia, Maryland, 58. Caro-

lina, North and South, 59. New York, 60. New Jersey, 61. Pennsyl-

vania, 62. Delaware - Georgia, 63. Aspect of the thirteen, 64.

CHAPTER II.

COLONIAL RELATIONS.

Races Classes, 66. Of the old world, 67. Institutions belong to

the freemen-English law, 68. Colonial governments, 69. Towns, 70.

Assemblies, 71. Churches - Persecution in Massachusetts: Child, 72.

Baptists, 73. Saltonstall's remonstrance-Dunster of Harvard College,

74. Quakers, 75. Witches, 76. Persecution elsewhere, 77. Save in

Rhode Island, 78.
Inter-colonial difficulties Shawomet and Massa-

chusetts, 79. United Colonies of New England, 80. Treatment of

Rhode Island - Disagreements, 81. Dissensions elsewhere - Penn and

Baltimore, 82. Relations to the mother country - The crown-

Charles II. and Massachusetts, 83. Loss of the Massachusetts and

other charters-Parliament, 85. Navigation acts-Duties, 86. Royal

governors - Berkeley in Virginia - Bacon's rebellion, 87. Andros in

New England, 88. Revolution-But not liberty, 89. Fletcher in New

York, 90. General strictness, 91. Perils of the frontier, 92.

CHAPTER III.

INDIAN WARS.

Spirit of the Indians Spirit of the Europeans, 93. Missionary
labors The Mayhews and Eliot, 94. Supports - Results, 95. Wars
in Virginia and Maryland, 96. Pequot war - Narragansets, 97. King
Philip, 98. War throughout New England - Destruction of the Nar-
ragansets, 99. Of Philip - Peace, 100. Abenakis in arms-Peace in

the centre and south-War in North Carolina, 101. In South Carolina

-With Cherokees-With western tribes, 102. Pontiac's war- - Indians

in Pennsylvania, 103. Other wars, but the issue decided-Later mis-

sions, 104.

CHAPTER IV.

DUTCH WARS.

Wars with Indians, 106. Effect upon New Netherland - Internal

restrictions, 107. Religious persecution - Subjection of New Sweden,

108. New Amstel-English aggressions, 109. War: Loss of the

province-Recovery and final loss, 111.

CHAPTER V.

SPANISH WARS.

Spanish race Its colony- Collisions with the English, 112. Effect

on the colony-War: Attacks on St. Augustine and Charleston, 113.

Treaty of Utrecht-Second war: Descents on Florida - Third war:

Georgia and Florida, 114. Fourth war: Cession of Florida, 115. Spain

in Louisiana and California - Character of the Spanish wars, 116.

CHAPTER VI.

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FRENCH POSSESSIONS.

French race-New France-System of government, 117. Relations

with Indians and English, 118. Acadie, including Maine - Canada,

including New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, 119. The Mississippi:

Illinois-Louisiana, 120. French dominion Colony in Texas, 121.

Colony in Mississippi - Colony in Alabama-Grant to Crozat, 122.

Western settlements: Indiana-Loss of Acadie-Forts: Pennsylvania

and Ohio, 123. Mississippi Company: New Orleans - Missouri: the

thirteen of France - Vastness and weakness, 124.

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CHAPTER VII.

FRENCH WARS.

Wars with Indians in the north-In the south-Strife between the

French and the English, 125. Indecisive wars-King William's war,

126. Its character and course, 127. Religious differences- Queen

Anne's war, 128. Collision in the west, 129. And in the east- King

George's war, 130. Blood shed in Nova Scotia, 131. The Ohio Com-

pany - Blood shed in Pennsylvania: George Washington - The final

struggle, 132. Extent, 133. Losses of the English-Their subsequent

victories, 134. Conclusion of the war - The French retire, 135. French

and English compared, 136.