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A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 1 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time — John Shaqi

A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 1 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present timeHowitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

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A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 1 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time

Name: A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 1 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time
Author: Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

United States -- History

New motives for colonisation in the seventeenth
 century.—England steps into the field of enterprise.—The
 Plymouth and London Companies founded.—Vain effort of the
 Plymouth Company.—The London Company despatches a squadron,
 which lands in Chesapeake Bay.—The settlement of Jamestown
 formed.—Wingfield and Smith.—Extraordinary adventures of
 Smith.—His life saved by the Indian girl, Pocahontas.—Gold,
 mania in the colony.—Dissatisfaction of the London
 Company.—Lord de la Ware appointed governor.—Famine in the
 colony.—New settlements and new charter.—Pocahontas visits
 England.—Land-law in Virginia.—Written constitution.—Unexpected
 rising among the Indians.—New laws.—Governors of
 Virginia.—Democratic spirit.—Tobacco                              39–75


                               CHAPTER V.

                        COLONISATION OF MARYLAND.

 The London Company’s second charter.—Clayborne.—Sir George
 Calvert, afterwards Lord Baltimore, obtains from James I. a
 grant of land, which is called Maryland.—Cecil Calvert sends
 Leonard Calvert to Maryland with emigrants.—Clayborne’s attempt
 to discourage the colonists.—His turbulence.—Incursions of the
 Indians.—Puritanism.—Toleration of the government.—Political
 troubles.—The dissensions compromised                             76–87


                               CHAPTER VI.

                     COLONISATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

 Smith’s Voyage to Massachusetts Bay.—New England.—Hunt kidnaps
 the Indians.—King James grants the “great patent.”—Puritanism
 in England.—The Pilgrim Fathers.—Commencement of English
 Nonconformity.—Policy of James I. towards the Church of
 England.—Oppression, and resistance of the bigotry of
 James.—Struggle between established authority and the spirit of
 liberty                                                           88–97


                              CHAPTER VII.

                          THE PILGRIM FATHERS.

 Many Puritans find refuge in Holland.—The congregation at
 Leyden determine to remove to America.—They obtain a patent
 from the Virginia Company.—The Mayflower and the Speedwell
 leave Leyden.—The Mayflower sails from Plymouth alone.—The
 emigrants land at Cape Cod.—Their sufferings.—The settlement of
 New Plymouth founded.—Hardship and labour.—Friendly relations
 established with the Indians.—The “unruly colony” at
 Weymouth.—Gradual rise of New Plymouth                           98–111


                              CHAPTER VIII.

                        MASSACHUSETTS-BAY COLONY.

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