The Beginnings of America 1607-1763, edited by Richard B. Morris and James Woodress
by Richard B. Morris
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Woodress, James Leslie, 1916-2011
- Title
- The Beginnings of America, 1607-1763
- Credits
- Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E186: History: America: Colonial History (1607-1775)
- Subject
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66701
- Release Date
- November 10, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICA 1607-1763
- 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 3.Preface
- 4.Settlements North and South
- 5.The Founding of Jamestown — William Simmonds Describes the Settlers’ Problems — John Smith 1580-1631 — THE INDIANS — THEIR RELIGION
- 6.The Founding of Plymouth — William Bradford — THE STARVING TIME — SQUANTO — THE FIRST THANKSGIVING — John Winthrop 1588-1649 — Cotton Mather Describes John Winthrop — MATHER’S SKETCH OF WINTHROP — THE FIRST LETTER: BEFORE LEAVING ENGLAND — THE SECOND LETTER: FROM MASSACHUSETTS BAY
- 7.Religious Life in America
- 8.New England — Edward Taylor 1645-1729 — The Salem Witch Trials — Samuel Sewall’s Confession of Error — The Great Awakening
- 9.Other Colonies — John Woolman’s Journal
- 10.Colonial Problems
- 11.Indian Troubles — Mrs. Rowlandson’s Captivity — THE ATTACK — THE FIRST REMOVE — THE SECOND REMOVE — THE THIRD REMOVE
- 12.Conflict with France — George Washington’s Letter on Braddock’s Defeat — Benjamin Franklin’s Comments
- 13.Colonial Life
- 14.Transportation — Sarah Kemble Knight 1666-1727 — THE THIRD DAY — THE SIXTH DAY
- 15.Life in the South — William Byrd 1674-1744 — LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA — A VISIT TO COLONEL SPOTSWOOD
- 16.Life in a City — From Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography
- 17.Transcriber’s Notes
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