BY MARCIUS WILLSON,

66

AUTHOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY," "OUTLINES OF GENERAL HISTORY,"
66 PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY," ETC.

NEW YORK:

IVISON, PHINNEY, BLAKEMAN & CO.,
Nos. 47 & 49 GREENE STREET.

CHICAGO: S. C. GRIGGS & CO.

EMBELLISHMENTS.

FRONTISPIECE.-LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS,
POCAHONTAS SAVING THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SMITH,
DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE,

MAPS, CHARTS, PLANS OF BATTLES, &c.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the

Southern District of New York.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
MARCIUS WILLSON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

PART I.

VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES.

CHAPTER I.

VOYAGES, CONQUESTS, AND DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN POR-

TIONS OF NORTH AMERICA,

DIVISIONS.-I. Columbus.-II. De Leon.-III. De Ayllon.-IV. Conquest

of Mexico.-V. De Narvaez.-VI. Ferdinand De Soto.

CHAPTER II.

NORTHERN AND EASTERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA,

DIVISIONS.-I. John and Sebastian Cabot.-IL Corte real.-III. Verrazani.-

IV. Cartier.-V. Roberval.-VI. Ribault, Laudonniere, and Melendez.-

VII. Gilbert, Raleigh, and Grenville.-VIII. De La Roche.-IX. Gosnold.

X. De Monts.-XI. North and South Virginia.

PART II.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND COLONIAL HISTORY.

VIRGINIA,

CHAPTER I.

DIVISIONS.-I. Virginia under the first Charter.-II. Virginia under the

second Charter.-III. Virginia under the third Charter.-IV. Virginia

from the dissolution of the London Company in 1624, to the com

mencement of the French and Indian War in 1754.

MASSACHUSETTS,.

CHAPTER II.

SECTION I.-Massachusetts from its earliest history to the union

of the New England Colonies in 1643.

DIVISIONS.-I. Early History.-II. Plymouth Colony.-III. Massachu-

setts Bay Colony.-IV. Union of the New England Colonies.-V.

Early Laws and Customs.

SECTION II.-Massachusetts from the Union of the New England

Colonies in 1643, to the close of King William's War in 1697.

DIVISIONS -I. Events from the Union to King Philip's War.-II. King

Philip's War.-III. Controversies and Royal Tyranny.-IV. Massa-

chusetts during King William's War.

OTION III.-Massachusetts from the close of King William

War in 1697, to the commencement of the French and Indian

War in 1754.

DIVISIONS -I. Massachusetts during Queen Anne's War-II. King

George's War

DIVISIONS.-1. Early Settlements.-II. Pequod War.-III. New Haven

Colony.-IV. Connecticut under her own Constitution.-V. Connec-

ticut under the Royal Charter.

SECTION I-New Netherlands previous to the conquest by the

English in 1664.

SICTION II.-New York from the conquest of New Netherlands
in 1664, until the commencement of the French and Indian
War in 1754. (Delaware included until 1682.)

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR,

DIVISIONS.-I. Causes of the War, and Events of 1754.-II. 1755: Ex-

peditions of Monckton, Braddock, Shirley, and Winslow.-III. 1756:

Delays; Loss of Oswego; Indian Incursions.-IV. 1757: Designs

against Louisburg, and Loss of Fort Wm. Henry.-V. 1758: Reduc-

tion of Louisburg; Abercrombie's Defeat; The taking of Forts

Frontenac and Du Quesne.-VI. 1759 to 1763: Ticonderoga and

Crown Point Abandoned; Niagara Taken; Conquest of Quebec,-

Of all Canada; War with the Cherokees; Peace of 1763

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CHAPTER IV.

EVENTS OF 1778,

CHAPTER V.

EVENTS OF 1779,

CHAPTER VI.

EVENTS OF 1780,

CHAPTER VII.

EVENTS OF 1781.

CHAPTER VIII.

CL.OSE OF THE WAR, AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION,

PART IV.

THE UNITED STATES,

FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL

CONSTITUTION IN 1789, TO THE YEAR 1853.

CHAPTER I.

WASHINGTON'S ADMINISTRATION,

CHAPTER II.

ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION,

CHAPTER IV.

MADISON'S ADMINISTRATION. WAR WITH ENGLAND,

SECTION I.-Principal Events of 1809, '10, '11.

SECTION II.-Principal Events of 1812.

DIVISIONS.-I. Declaration of War, and Events in the West.-II. Events

on the Niagara Frontier.-III. Naval Events.

SECTION III.-Principal Events of 1313.

DIVISIONS.--I. Events in the West and South.-II. Events in the North.

-III. Naval Events.

SECTION IV.-Principal Events of 1814.

DIVISIONS.-I. Events on the Niagara Frontier.-II. Events in the vi

cinity of Lake Champlain.-III. Events on the Atlantic Coast.-IV.

Events in the South and close of the War.-War with Algiers.

MONROE'S ADMINISTRATION,

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

J. Q. ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION, .