The Colonization Of North America, by Herbert Eugene Bolton, Ph.D

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Author

Marshall, Thomas Maitland, 1876-1936

Title

The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783

Credits

Marc D'Hooghe

Language

English

LoC Class

E186: History: America: Colonial History (1607-1775)

Subject

North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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Text

eBook-No.

36619

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36619

Release Date

July 4, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA — 1492-1783 — BY
2. 2.THOMAS MAITLAND MARSHALL, Ph.D. — PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — THE MACMILLAN COMPANY — 1920 — PREFACE
3. 3.THE COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA
4. 4.THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONIES — CHAPTER I — THE BACKGROUND AND THE DISCOVERY — GROWTH OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE — PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES — COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA — READINGS — CHAPTER II — THE FOUNDING OF NEW SPAIN (1492-1543) — SPAIN DURING THE CONQUEST — THE OCCUPATION OF THE WEST INDIES — BEGINNINGS OF COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY — EXPLORATION OF THE MAINLAND COASTS AND THE SEARCH FOR A STRAIT — THE MAYAS AND THE NAHUAS — THE CONQUEST OF CENTRAL AMERICA — THE CONQUEST OF THE VALLEY OF MEXICO — THE SPREAD OF THE CONQUEST — EXPLORATIONS IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND ON THE PACIFIC — THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN — READINGS — CHAPTER III — THE EXPANSION OF NEW SPAIN (1543-1609) — OLD AND NEW SPAIN UNDER PHILIP II — THE MINES OF NORTHERN MEXICO — THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD — FOREIGN INTRUSIONS IN THE ATLANTIC — THE PHILIPPINES AND CALIFORNIA — THE FOUNDING OF NEW MEXICO — SPANISH ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY — READINGS — CHAPTER IV — THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FRENCH COLONIES (1500-1700) — THE FRENCH BACKGROUND — EARLY EXPLORATIONS AND COLONIZING EFFORTS — ACADIA — THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY — REORGANIZATION AND THE IROQUOIS WARS — THE WEST INDIES — OPENING THE UPPER LAKE REGION AND THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY — READINGS — CHAPTER V — THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH EXPANSION (1485-1603) — THE TUDOR PERIOD — COMMERCIAL EXPANSION — THE ELIZABETHAN SEA-DOGS — SEARCH FOR A NORTHWEST PASSAGE — ATTEMPTS AT COLONIZATION — READINGS — CHAPTER VI — THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND INSULAR COLONIES (1603-1640) — ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY STUARTS, 1603-1640 — THE COLONIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM OF THE EARLY STUARTS — THE FOUNDING OF VIRGINIA — THE FOUNDING OF MARYLAND — THE BERMUDAS — GUIANA — THE LESSER ANTILLES — THE PROVIDENCE ISLAND COMPANY — READINGS — CHAPTER VII — THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND (1606-1640) — THE PURITAN MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND — PLYMOUTH COLONY — COLONIZING ACTIVITIES ON THE NEW ENGLAND COAST — THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY — EXPANSION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY — RHODE ISLAND — SETTLEMENTS IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY — READINGS — CHAPTER VIII — THE ENGLISH COLONIES DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD (1640-1660) — POLITICS, ADMINISTRATION, AND EXPANSION — NEW ENGLAND DEVELOPMENT — VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND, 1640-1660 — READINGS — CHAPTER IX — THE DUTCH AND SWEDISH COLONIES (1609-1644) — DUTCH EXPANSION — NEW NETHERLANDS — THE DUTCH AND THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE — ABSORPTION OF NEW NETHERLANDS BY THE ENGLISH — READINGS — CHAPTER X — THE OLD ENGLISH COLONIES UNDER THE LATER STUARTS (1660-1689) — COLONIAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION — MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT — MISRULE AND REBELLION IN VIRGINIA — DISCONTENT IN MARYLAND — ROYAL INTERFERENCE IN NEW ENGLAND — READINGS — CHAPTER XI — EXPANSION UNDER THE LATER STUARTS (1660-1689) — NEW YORK — THE JERSEYS — PENNSYLVANIA — THE INSULAR COLONIES — THE CAROLINAS — WESTERN TRADE AND EXPLORATION — HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY — READINGS — CHAPTER XII — THE ENGLISH MAINLAND COLONIES AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY — NEW ENGLAND — NEW YORK AND EAST NEW JERSEY — COLONIES ALONG DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY — THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION — SOUTH CAROLINA — READINGS
5. 5.EXPANSION AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT — CHAPTER XIII — THE SPANISH ADVANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY — SPAIN AND THE COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY — FRONTIER ADMINISTRATION — THE MISSIONS — THE JESUITS IN SINALOA AND SONORA — EFFORTS TO OCCUPY LOWER CALIFORNIA — THE SETTLEMENT OF CHIHUAHUA — NEW MEXICO IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY — COAHUILA OCCUPIED — FIRST ATTEMPTS IN EASTERN TEXAS — THE STRUGGLE WITH RIVALS IN THE WEST INDIES — THE STRUGGLE WITH THE ENGLISH ON THE CAROLINA BORDER — READINGS — CHAPTER XIV — THE WARS OF THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH SUCCESSIONS (1684-1713) — THE PRELIMINARY STRUGGLE FOR THE NORTHERN FUR COUNTRY — THE WAR OF THE ENGLISH SUCCESSION — THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION — READINGS — CHAPTER XV — THE FRENCH IN LOUISIANA AND THE FAR NORTHWEST (1699-1762) — THE FOUNDING OF LOUISIANA — LOUISIANA UNDER THE COMPANY OF THE INDIES (1717-1731) — LOUISIANA UNDER THE ROYAL GOVERNORS — THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST — THE ADVANCE TOWARD NEW MEXICO — THE FAR NORTHWEST — READINGS — CHAPTER XVI — TEXAS, PIMERÍA ALTA AND THE FRANCO-SPANISH BORDER CONFLICT (1687-1763) — NORTHEASTWARD ADVANCE OF THE SPANISH FRONTIER — THE FOUNDING OF TEXAS — WAR WITH FRANCE — THE EXPANSION OF TEXAS — THE FRANCO-SPANISH BORDER — PIMERÍA ALTA — THE JESUITS IN LOWER CALIFORNIA — READINGS — CHAPTER XVII — THE ENGLISH ADVANCE INTO THE PIEDMONT, 1715-1750 — THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT — DEFENCE OF THE NORTHERN FRONTIER — REORGANIZATION OF THE CAROLINAS — THE FOUNDING OF GEORGIA — THE GERMAN AND SWISS MIGRATION — THE SCOTCH-IRISH — SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PIEDMONT — READINGS — CHAPTER XVIII — ENGLISH COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY — GENERAL FEATURES — THE MIDDLE COLONIES — THE SOUTHERN COLONIES — LABOR SYSTEMS — FEATURES OF SOCIETY — BARBADOS, THE LEEWARD ISLES, AND JAMAICA — READINGS — CHAPTER XIX — THE ENGLISH COLONIAL SYSTEM (1689-1763) — THE FIRST REORGANIZATION OF WILLIAM III — WILLIAM'S SECOND REORGANIZATION — THE COLONIAL SYSTEM DURING THE REIGN OF ANNE — THE COLONIAL SYSTEM UNDER THE WHIGS — READINGS — CHAPTER XX — A QUARTER-CENTURY OF CONFLICT: THE EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH (1715-1763) — SPAIN AND THE POWERS, 1715-1739 — THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR — THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION — THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER CONFLICT — THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR — READINGS
6. 6.CHAPTER XXI — THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE: THE OCCUPATION OF ALTA CALIFORNIA AND LOUISIANA BY SPAIN (1763-1783) — READJUSTMENT IN SPANISH NORTH AMERICA — THE RUSSIAN MENACE — THE FOUNDING OF ALTA CALIFORNIA — NORTHERN EXPLORATIONS — LOUISIANA UNDER SPAIN, 1762-1783 — READINGS — CHAPTER XXII — THE NEW BRITISH POSSESSIONS (1763-1783) — PROVISIONS FOR DEFENCE, GOVERNMENT, AND THE FUR TRADE — THE OCCUPATION OF THE FLORIDAS — MILITARY OCCUPATION OF THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY — LAND SPECULATION AND PLANS FOR WESTERN COLONIES — TRANS-ALLEGHANY SETTLEMENT — THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC — THE NORTHERN FUR TRADERS — READINGS — THE REVOLT OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES — CHAPTER XXIII — THE CONTROVERSY OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES WITH THE HOME GOVERNMENT (1763-1775) — THE BACKGROUND OF THE CONTEST — REFORMS OF THE GRENVILLE MINISTRY — REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT — THE TOWNSHEND ACTS — BEGINNING OF ORGANIZED RESISTANCE — THE TEA CONTROVERSY — LORD NORTH'S COERCIVE POLICY — THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS — READINGS — CHAPTER XXIV — FROM LEXINGTON TO INDEPENDENCE (1775-1776) — THE OPENING OF HOSTILITIES — THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS — PROGRESS OF THE WAR — THE LOYALISTS — THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — READINGS — CHAPTER XXV — THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MUDDLE STATES (1776-1777) — THE CONTEST FOR NEW YORK — THE NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN — THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGOYNE — THE CONTEST FOR PHILADELPHIA — READINGS — CHAPTER XXVI — THE WAR AS AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST — THE FRENCH ALLIANCE — THE WAR IN THE WEST — SPAIN IN THE WAR — THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE DUTCH ALLIANCE — READINGS — CHAPTER XXVII — THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE REVOLUTION (1778-1781) — THE WAR IN THE SOUTH — THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN — THE TREATY OF PEACE — READINGS — CHAPTER XXVIII — GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE REVOLUTION — THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS — FINANCIAL AFFAIRS — STATE GOVERNMENTS DURING THE REVOLUTION — THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION — GOVERNMENTAL REORGANIZATION — READINGS

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