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CONTENTS.

His Discoveries, 4 Misfortunes, 5. Death, 5. Amerigo Vespucci and the

name America, 6.

SPANISH DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS.

South Sea, 11. First Voyage round the World, 11.

Florida, Discovery and Attempt to Settle, 12.

Conquest of Mexico and Peru, 14.

Ponce de Leon, 12.
Vasquez de Ayllon, 13.

ENGLISH AND FRENCH DISCOVERIES.

John Cabot discovers the American Continent, 16. His son, Sebastian, 16.

Voyages of Verrazzani, 17. Voyages of Cartier, 18. Attempts at Set-

DE SOTO AND THE MISSISSIPPI.

Lands at Tampa Bay, 23. On the Mississippi, 25. Death of De Soto, 26.

THE REFORMATION AND ITS EFFECTS.

THE HUGUENOTS IN THE SOUTH.

Their Settlement destroyed, 30, 31. The Colony of St. Augustine, 32. De
Gourges, 34. Settlements in New France 35. Champlain, and his

Sir Humphrey Gilbert, 38.

ENGLISH ENTERPRISE.

The Fisheries-St. John's, Newfoundland, 39.

Sir Walter Raleigh, 39. Exploring Expedition-Virginia, 40. Fail

ures to colonize, 41. Contest with Spain, 42. Death of Sir Walter, 43

THE SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA.

London and Plymouth Companies, 46. King James' Laws, 46. The Voy.

age and Arrival--Jamestown, 47. John Smith; his energy, 47. His

Captivity, 49. Misery of the Colonists, 50. New Emigrants, 51.

Lord Delaware, 52. Sir Thomas Gates, 53. Pocahontas; her Cap-

ture and Marriage, 54. George Yeardley, 55. First Legislative As-

COLONIZATION OF NEW ENGLAND.

First Voyage to, 57. Explorations of John Smith, 58. The Church of

England, 59. The Puritans, 60. Congregation of John Robinson, 61.

Pilgrims in Holland, 62. Arrangements to emigrate, 63. The Voyage,

65. Their prominent Men, 66. A Constitution adopted, 67. Landing

at Plymouth, 68. Sufferings-Indians, 69. Weston's Men, 71. Thanks-

giving, 72. Democratic Government, 73.

COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY.

A Company organized; Settlement of Salem, 75. The Charter transferred,

76. Boston and Vicinity settled, 77. Roger Williams; his Banish-

ment; he founds Providence, 78. Discussions renewed-Anne Hutchin-

son; Settlement of Rhode Island, 80. The Dutch at Hartford; Dis-

putes with, 81. Migrations to the Connecticut; Hooker and Haynes,

82. Pequod War, 84. Rev. John Davenport; Settlement of New

Haven, 88. Sir Ferdinand Gorges; New Hampshire, 89. The United

Colonies, 90. Educated Men; Harvard College, Printing Press, Com-

mon Schools, 91. Quakers; Persecution of, 92. Eliot the Apostle-

the Mayhews, 93. Progress, 94.

VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND,

Slavery-Massacre by the Indians, 96. Lord Baltimore, 99. Settlement of

Maryland, 100. Clayborne's Rebellion, 101. Toleration-Berkeley

Governor of Virginia, Intolerance, 102. State of Society, 103.

tocratic Assembly, 104. War with the Susquehannas-Nathaniel

Bacon, 105. Disturbances, Obnoxious Assembly dissolved, 106, James-

town burned; Death of Bacon, 107. Tyranny of Berkeley; Aristo-

cratic Assembly; its Illiberal Acts, 108. Deplorable State of the

Colony, 109. College of William and Mary, 110. Troubles in Mary
land, 111.

Hudson's Discoveries, 112. A Change wrought, 113. The Fort on the Isle

of Manhattan, 114. Walloons-the first Settlers-Peter Minuits, 115.

The Patroons; Van Twiller Governor, 116. Kieft his Successor, 117.

Difficulties with the Indians, 118. They seek Protection; their Mas-

sacre, 119. Peace concluded, 122. Stuyvesant Governor, 123. The

Swedish Settlement on the Delaware; Pavonia, 124. New Netherlands

Surrendered to England, 126. The Influence of the Dutch, 127

Settlements in New Jersey; Scotch Presbyterians, 128.

COLONIZATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

The Quakers, 130. William Penn; his Education, 131. Obtains a Charter,

133. Lands at New Castle; Philadelphia founded, 134. Rights of the

Indians, 135. German Emigrants, 136. Fletcher the Royal Governor,

137. New Charter granted the People-Presbyterians from Ireland

and Scotland, 138. Trials of Penn; his Death-Benjamin Franklin, 139.

COLONIZATION OF THE CAROLINAS.

The first Settlers, 141. Grants to Royal Favorites-The "Grand Model,'

142. Settlement at Cape Fear River-Sir John Yeamans, 143. Emi-

grants under Sayle, 144. The Huguenots, 145. The People Independ-

ent, 146. Churchmen and Dissenters, 147. Rice-Manufactures pro-

hibited, 148. War-Failure to capture St. Augustine, 149. The Ruin

of the Apalachees, 150. Religious Controversies, 151. Indian Wars—

German Emigrants, 152. The People repudiate the Authority of the

Proprietaries, 155.

COLONIZATION OF GEORGIA.

Founded in Benevolence-Oglethorpe, 156. First Emigration, 157. Sa-

vannah-Encouragements, 158. Germans from the Western Alps, 159.

The Moravians-Scotch Highlanders, 161. The Wesleys-Whitefield;

his Orphan House, 162. War with Spain; its Cause, 163. Failure to

capture St. Augustine, 164. Repulse of the Spanish Invaders, 165.

The Colony becomes a Royal Province, 166.

The Restoration, 167. The Commissioners--Progress of Trade, 168.

Causes of King Philip's War, 169. Death of Wamsutta, 170. State of

the Colony-Attack at Swanzey, 171. Philip among the Nipmucks,

172. Attacks on Northfield--on Hadley, Goffe, 173. Tragedy at

Bloody Brook-The Narraganset Fort destroyed, 174. Philip returns

to Mount Hope to die, 175. Disasters of the War, 176. James II.-

his Intolerance, 177. The Charters in danger-Andros Governor-his

Illegal Measures, 178. Charter of Rhode Island taken away-Andros

at Hartford, 179. Andros in Jail; the Charters resumed, 180. The

Men of influence, 181.

COMMOTION IN NEW YORK-WITCHCRAFT IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Leisler acting Governor of New York, 182. The Old Council refuses to

yield-Sloughter Governor, 183. Trial and Execution of Leisler and

Melbourne, 184. Benjamin Fletcher, Governor; his failure at Hartford,

185. Yale College, 186. The Triumph of a Free Press, 187. Witch-

craft; belief in, 188. Cotton Mather, 189. Various Persons accused

at Salem, 190. Stoughton as Judge, and Parris as Accuser, 191.

Minister Burroughs, 192. Calef's Pamphlet, 193. Mather's stand in

favor of Inoculation, 194.

MISSIONS AND SETTLEMENTS IN NEW FRANCE

The Emigrants, 196. The Jesuits; their zeal as Teachers and Explorers,

197. The Chief Ahasistari, 198. The Five Nations, or Iroquois, 199.

Father Jogues, 200. The Abenakis; Dreuilettes, 201. French Settlers

at Oswego-Father Allouez, 202. James Marquette-The Mississippi,

203. La Salle, 204. His Enterprise; his Failure and Tragical End, 206.

MARAUDING EXPEDITIONS; SETTLEMENT OF LOUISIANA; CAPTURE OF

Mohawks hostile to the French, 208. Dover attacked; Major Waldron, 209.

Schenectady burned-the inhuman Frontenac, 210. The Colonists act

for themselves-Invasion of Canada, 211. Heroism of Hannah Dustin,

212. Deerfield taken; Eunice Williams, 213. D'Ibberville plants a

Colony on the Pascagoula, 215. Trading Posts on the Illinois and the

Mississippi, 216. The Choctaws, 217. Destruction of the Natchez, 218.

Attempts to subdue the Chickasaws, 219. King George's War; Capture

of Louisburg, 220. The English Ministry alarmed, 222. Jonathan

Edwards-The "Great Revival," 223. Princeton College, 224.

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

The Valley of the Ohio-French and English Claimants, 225. Gist, the

Pioneer, 226. George Washington, 227. His Character-His Mission

to the French on the Alleghany, 229. St. Pierre's Letter unsatisfac-

tory, 231. Fort du Quesne built-Washington sent to defend the

Frontiers, 232. The first Conflict of the War-Fort Necessity, 233.

British Troops arrive in America, 234. Plan of Operations-General

Braddock, 235. The Army on the March--Captain Jack, 236. The

Battle of Monongahela, 238. Death and Burial of Braddock, 240.

Dunbar's Panic-The Effects of these Events, 241.

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-CONTINUED.

The French Acadiens-Their Industry and good Morals, 243. Their
Mournful Exile, 246. Expedition against Crown Point, 248. The

English defeated-Death of Colonel Williams, 249. Repulse of the

French-Death of Dieskau-Williams College, 250. Kittaning destroy-

ed, 251. Montcalm acts with Energy, 253. Fort William Henry taken,

254. Canada Exhausted, 255.

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-CONTINUED.

William Pitt, Prime Minister, 256. Lord Amherst-Plan of Operations—

Louisburg captured, 257. English repulsed-Fort Frontenac captured,

258. Washington takes Possession of Fort Du Quesne, 259. Pitts-

burg, 260. The French abandon Ticonderoga, 261.

Quebec, 262. The Battle on the Heights of Abraham, 264. Deaths of

Wolf and Montcalm-their Memories, 265. Quebec Capitulates-

Cherokee War, 266. Destruction of their Crops and Villages, 268.

Pontiac, 269. Desolations along the Frontiers, 270. General Bouquet,

271. Pontiac's Death, 272.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COLONISTS.

Religious Influences among the early Settlers, 273. Love of domestic Life,

274. Laws enjoining Morality, 275. Systems of Education; Common

Schools, 276. Free Inquiry and Civil Liberty, 277. John Calvin--The

Anglo-Saxon Element; the Norman, 278. The Southerner; the

Northerner-Influences in Pennsylvania, 279. In New York-Diver-

sity of Ancestry, 280.

CAUSES THAT LED TO THE REVOLUTION.

Restrictions of Trade and Manufactures-Taxes imposed by Parliament,

282. Writs of Assistance, 283. James Otis-Samuel Adams, 284.

The "Parsons"" Case in Virginia-Patrick Henry, 285.

Barre's Speech--The Stamp Act, 287. Excitement in the Colonies--

Resolutions not to use Stamps, 289. "Sons of Liberty," 290. A Call

for a Congress; it Meets, 291. Self-denial of the Colonists--Pitt de-

fends them, 292. Stamp Act repealed-Rejoicings, 293. Dartmouth

CAUSES THAT LED TO THE REVOLUTION-CONTINUED.

The English Ministry determine to obtain a Revenue, 295. Massachusetts

invites to harmonious Action, 296. The Sloop Liberty--A British
Regiment at Boston, 297. Collision with the Citizens--Articles of As-

sociation proposed by Washington, 298. Tax upon Tea, 299. The
Gaspe captured, 300. The Resolutions not to receive the Tea, 301.

Tea thrown into Boston Harbor-Its Reception at other Places, 303.

Boston Port Bill-Aid sent to Boston, 304. Gage's Difficulties, 305.

Alexander Hamilton, 306. The Old Continental Congress-The first

Prayer, 307. The Papers issued by the Congress, 309. Views of Pitt

in relation to them, 310.

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