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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. Ponce de Leon.

12. Florida, Discovery and Attempt to Settle, 12. Vasquez de

Ayllon, 13. Conquest of Mexico and Peru, 14.

ENGLISH AND FRENCH DISCOVERIES.

John Cabot discovers the American Continent, 16. His son, Sebas-

tian, 16. Voyages of Verrazzani, 17. Voyages of Cartier, 18. At-

tempts at Settlement, 20.

DE SOTO AND THE MISSISSIPPI.

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

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 Success, 36.

ENGLISH ENTERPRISE.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert, 38. The Fisheries-St. John's, Newfound-

land, 39. Sir Walter Raleigh, 39. Exploring Expedition-Vir-

ginia, 40. Failures to colonize, 41. Contest with Spain, 42. Death

of Sir Walter, 43.

THE SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA.

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

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

47. His Captivity, 49. Misery of the Colonists, 50. New Emi-

grants, 51. Lord Delaware, 52. Sir Thomas Gates, 53. Pocahon-

tas; her Capture and Marriage, 54. George Yeardley, 55. First

Legislative Assembly, 56.

COLONIZATION OF NEW ENGLAND.

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

of England, 59. The Puritans, 60. Congregation of John Robin-

son, 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. Thanksgiving, 72. Democratic Govern-

COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY.

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

ferred, 76. Boston and Vicinity settled, 77. Roger Williams: his

Banishment; he founds Providence, 78. Discussions renewed-

Anne Hutchinson; Settlement of Rhode Island, 80. The Dutch

at Hartford; Disputes with, 81. Migrations to the Connecticut;

Hooker and Haynes, 82. Pequod War, 84. Rev. John Daven-

port; Settlement of New Haven, 88. Sir Ferdinand Gorges;

New Hampshire, 89. The United Colonies, 90. Educated Men;

Harvard College, Printing Press, Common Schools, 91. Quakers:

Persecution of, 92. Eliot the Apostle-the Mayhews, 93. Prog-

VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.

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

ment of Maryland, 100. Clayborne's Rebellion, 101. Toleration

-Berkeley Governor of Virginia, intolerance, 102. State of So-

ciety, 103. Aristocratic Assembly, 104. War with the Susquehan-

nas-Nathaniel Bacon, 105. Disturbances, Obnoxious Assembly

dissolved, 106. Jamestown burned; Death of Bacon, 107. Tyr-

anny of Berkeley; Aristocratic Assembly; its Пlliberal Acts, 108.

Deplorable State of the Colony, 109. College of William and

Mary, 110. Troubles in Maryland, 111.

COLONIZATION OF NEW YORK.

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 Massacre, 119. Peace concluded, 122. Stuyves-

ant 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.

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. Emigrants under Sayle, 144. The Huguenots, 145.

People Independent, 146. Churchinen and Dissenters, 147. Rice

-Manufactures prohibited, 148. War-Failure to capture St.

Augustine, 149. The Ruin of the Apalachees, 150. Religious Con-

troversies, 151. Indian Wars-German Emigrants, 152. The

People repudiate the Authority of the Proprietaries, 155.

COLONIZATION OF GEORGIA.

Savannah-Encouragements, 158.

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

Germans from the Western

Alps, 159. The Moravians-Scotch Islanders, 161. The Wesleys-

Whitefield; his Orphan House, 162. War with Spain; its Cause,

163. Failure to capture St. Augustine, 164. Repulse of the Span-

ish Invaders, 165. The Colony becomes a Royal Province, 166.

NEW ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES II. AND JAMES II.

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 Nip-

mucks, 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. The Disasters of the

War, 176. James II.-his Intolerance, 177. The Charters in Dan-

ger-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 Leis-

ler and Melbourne, 184. Benjamin Fletcher, Governor; his fail-

ure at Hartford, 185. Yale College, 186. The Triumph of a Free

Press, 187. Witchcraft; 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 Pam-

phlet, 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 Ex-

plorers, 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, 20%. 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 Wal-

dron, 209. Schenectady burned-the inhuman Frontenac, 210.

The Colonists act for themselves - Invasion of Canada, 211.

Heroism of Hannah Dustin, 212. Deerfield Taken; Eunice Will-

iams, 213. D'Ibberville plants a Colony on the Pascagoula, 215.

Trading Posts on the Illinois and the Mississippi, 216. The Choc-

taws, 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

unsatisfactory, 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

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR-CONTINUED.

The French Acadiens-Their Industry and good Morals, 245. 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

destroyed, 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 Opera-

ations-Louisburg captured, 257. English_repulsed-Fort Fron-

tenac captured, 258. Washington takes Possession of Fort Du

Quesne, 259. Pittsburg, 260. The French abandon Ticonderoga,

261. Wolfe before Quebec, 282. The Battle on the Heights of

Abraham, 264. Deaths of Wolfe 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.

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-Diversity of Ancestry, 280.

CAUSES THAT LED TO THE REVOLUTION.

Restrictions of Trade and Manufactures-Taxes Imposed by Parlia-

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

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

onel 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 defends them, 292. Stamp Act repealed-Rejoic-

ings, 293. Dartmouth College, 294.

CAUSES THAT LED TO THE REVOLUTION-CONTINUED.

The English Ministry determine to obtain a Revenue, 295. Massa-

chusetts invites to harmonious Action, 296. The Sloop Liberty-

A British Regiment at Boston, 297. Collision with the Citizens-

Articles of Association proposed by Washington, 298. Tax upon

Tea, 299. The Gaspe captured, 300. The Resolutions not to re-

ceive the Tea, 301. Tea Thrown into Boston Harbor-Its Recep-

tion 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.

The Spirit of the People, 311. They seize Guns and Ammunition, 312.

The Massachusetts Provincial Congress; its Measures, 313. The

Restraining Bill, 314. Conflicts at Lexington and Concord, 315.

Volunteers fly to Arms, and Beleaguer Boston-Stark-Putnam,

317. Benedict Arnold-Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys,

318. Capture of Ticonderoga, 319. Lord Dunmore in Virginia-

Henry and the Independent Companies, 320. The News from

Lexington rouses a Spirit of Resistance, 321. The Second Conti-

nental Congress, 323. Its Measures, 324. Adopts the Army be-

fore Boston, and appoints Washington Commander-in-Chief, 325.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.

Battle of Bunker Hill, 328. Death of Warren-Generals Charles Lee

and Philip Schuyler, 333. State of Affairs in New York-Sir

William Johnson, 334. Condition of the Army, 335. Nathaniel

Greene-Morgan and his Riflemen, 336. Wants of the Army,

337. Expedition against Canada, 338. Richard Montgomery-

Allen's Rash Adventure, 339. Montreal captured-Arnold's toil-

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