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
Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
United States -- History
South Virginia.—Carolina.—Tract of land granted by Charles I.
to Sir Robert Heath.—William Drummond.—Barbadoes planters in
Clarendon county.—The settlement of Albemarle.—Locke’s grand
model constitution and its provisions.—Its indifferent
reception among the colonists.—George Fox visits
Carolina.—Dissatisfaction with the English
government.—Navigation Laws.—John Culpepper’s arrest and
acquittal.—Governor Sothel’s tyranny.—Emigrants at Port
Royal.—Carteret county.—Charleston founded.—Prosperity of South
Carolina.—Influx of emigrants.—Huguenot fugitives.—The
Menigault family.—Slavery.—The buccaneers favoured in South
Carolina.—Disturbances.—Return of Sothel.—The grand model
constitution abrogated 213–234
CHAPTER XVIII.
VIRGINIA UNDER CHARLES II.
The Restoration disastrous to Virginia.—Sir William Berkeley
elected governor.—Loyalty of the colony.—Change in the form of
government.—Slavery in Virginia.—Tobacco cultivation.—Picture
of life in Virginia.—The Navigation Act enforced.—The English
episcopal church becomes the state religion.—The justiciary
government changed.—Exploring expedition.—Arbitrary grants of
land.—Dissatisfaction in the colony.—Incursions of the
Indians.—Nathaniel Bacon’s insurrection.—He obtains his
commission as commander against the Indians.—Berkeley’s
treachery.—Power of Bacon.—Sir William Berkeley at
Jamestown.—His flight.—Jamestown taken and burnt by the
insurgents.—Death of Bacon.—Cruelty of Berkeley.—His
death.—Culpepper’s administration.—Slave-code.—Spirit of the
Virginians in 1688 235–257
CHAPTER XIX.
MARYLAND UNDER CHARLES II.
Lord Baltimore’s liberal policy.—His toleration and
justice.—The Quakers and their position.—George Fox.—Adventure
of John Jay.—Administration of Thomas Notley.—Lord Baltimore
persecuted in England on account of his tolerance.—The
liberties of Maryland threatened, but preserved by the
dethronement of James II. 258–263
CHAPTER XX.
SETTLEMENT OF NEW JERSEY.—THE QUAKERS.
The land between the Hudson and Delaware made over to Lord
Berkeley and Sir G. Carteret.—The Delaware Indians in New
Jersey.—Philip Carteret arrives in Newark Bay.—Disorders in the
colony.—Lord Lovelace’s system of government.—The Duke of
York’s tyranny.—The “holy experiment” of the Quakers.—Creed of
the Quakers.—Their steadfastness under oppression and
persecution.—The fundamental laws of New Jersey as established
by the Quakers.—Emigrating Quaker-companies.—Resignation of the
territory by the Duke of York.—The Quakers firmly settled in
the New World 264–275
CHAPTER XXI.
THE SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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