Accession of George I. -- Sir Robert Walpole -- The Pretender -- Invasion of Scotland -- The South Sea Bubble -- The South Sea Company -- Opposition of Walpole -- Mania for Speculation -- Bursting of the South Sea Bubble -- Enlightened policy of Walpole -- East India Company -- Resignation of Townshend -- Unpopularity of Walpole -- Decline of his power -- John Wesley -- Early life of Wesley -- Whitefield -- Institution of Wesley -- Itinerancy -- Great influence and power of Wesley. CHAPTER XX. THE COLONIZATION OF AMERICA AND THE EAST INDIES. (pp. 310-341.) Commercial Enterprise -- Spanish Conquests and Settlements -- Portuguese Discoveries -- Portuguese Settlements -- Early English Enterprise -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- London Company incorporated -- Hardships of the Virginia Colony -- New Charter of the London Company -- Rapid Colonization -- Indian Warfare -- Governor Harvey -- Arbitrary Policy of Charles II. -- Settlement of New England -- Arrival of the Mayflower -- Settlement of New Hampshire -- Constitution of the Colony -- Doctrines of the Puritans -- Pequod War -- Union of the New England Colonies -- William Penn -- Settlement of New York -- Conquest of New Netherlands -- Discovery of the St. Lawrence -- Jesuit Missionaries -- Prosperity of the English Colonies -- French Encroachments -- European Settlements in the East -- French Settlements in India -- La Bourdonnais and Dupleix -- Clive's Victories -- Conquest of India. CHAPTER XXI. THE REIGN OF GEORGE II. (pp. 342-359.) The Pelhams -- The Pretender Charles Edward Stuart -- Surrender of Edinburgh -- Success of the Pretender -- The Retreat of the Pretender -- Battle of Culloden -- Latter Days of the Pretender -- Maria Theresa -- Capture of Louisburg -- Great Colonial Contest -- Character of the Duke of Newcastle -- Unpopularity of the Pelhams -- Rise of William Pitt -- Brilliant Military Successes -- Military Successes in America -- Victories of Clive in India -- Resignation of Pitt -- Peace of Paris. CHAPTER XXII. LOUIS XV. (pp. 360-379.) Regency of the Duke of Orleans -- John Law -- Mississippi Company -- Popular Delusion -- Fatal Effects of the Delusion -- Administration of Cardinal Fleury -- Cornelius Jansen -- St. Cyran -- Arnauld -- Le Maitre -- The Labors of the Port Royalists -- Principles of Jansenism -- Functions of the Parliament -- The Bull Unigenitus -- Madame de Pompadour -- The Jesuits -- Exposure of the Jesuits -- Their Expulsion from France -- Suppression in Spain -- Pope Clement XIV. -- Death of Ganganelli -- Death of Louis XV. CHAPTER XXIII. FREDERIC THE GREAT. (pp. 380-390.) Frederic William -- Accession of Frederic the Great -- The Seven Years' War -- Battle of Rossbach -- Battle of Leuthen -- Fall of Dresden -- Reverses of Frederic -- Continued Disasters -- Exhaustion of Prussia by the War -- Death of Frederic -- Character of Frederic. CHAPTER XXIV. MARIA THERESA AND CATHARINE II. (pp. 391-401.)