Beginnings of the American People

Name: Beginnings of the American People
Author: Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus)

Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus)

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Population, of the colonies, 66, 161, 162;
  of Virginia, 69, 71;
  of Massachusetts Bay, 93;
  of Carolina, 129, 130;
  of New York, 132;
  of Pennsylvania, 134;
  of Louisiana, 152;
  of New France, 157;
  German and Scotch-Irish, 177.

Porto Rico, 32.

Portsmouth, 103.

Portugal, 19, 37, 150.

Post office established in the colonies, 191.

Potosi, mines of, 34.

Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts, 158.

Precious metals, European interest in Asia largely determined by the
  desire for, 10-14;
  America valuable to Spain because of, 31 _ff._;
  important for the national state of the sixteenth century, 49 _ff._;
  flow into England from Portugal and the West Indies, 150;
  lack of specie in frontier communities, 183;
  drain of specie leads to use of paper money, 208.

Presbyterians in America, 180 _ff._, 189, 190, 194.

Prices, 14, 149.

Prince, Thomas, 188.

Princeton College, 184, 190, 193 _ff._

Privateers, Elizabethan, 41 _ff._

Proclamation of 1763, 210, 215, 219.

Proprietary estates in Pennsylvania, taxation of, 164.

Proprietary feudal grant, as an instrument of colonization, 54, 55.

Protectorate, 127.

Protestant sects, in the sixteenth century, 111;
  on the American frontier, 185 _ff._;
  effect of the Great Awakening on, 188 _ff._

Protestantism;
  European origin of, 80 _ff._;
  in England, 86;
  a Church-State incompatible with the principles of, 110 _ff._

Providence, founding of, 103.

Provincialism in the eighteenth century, 170, 174.

Ptolemaic theory, 17.

Puritanism, origin of, 80 _ff._;
  conception of morals, 84;
  in England, 86 _ff._;
  in New England, 91 _ff._;
  and the Massachusetts State Church, 110 _ff._;
  decline of the rigid ideals of, 122, 125;
  in the eighteenth century, 168, 194.

Purse, control of the, 164.


Quakers, in Massachusetts, 108 _ff._;
  in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 133, 134;
  indifferent to defense of the frontier, 157;
  control Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century, 167 _ff._;
  Revolution destroys political power of the, 242.

Quebec, 45, 159.

Quincy, Josiah, 230, 238, 239, 249, 250.

Quit-rents, 68, 77, 95, 164, 178.


Radicals. _See_ Party.

Radisson, 141.

Raids, Clinton's policy of, 261 _ff._

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 46, 54, 55.

Rail, Colonel, 256.

Randolph, Edward, 121.

Randolph, Peyton, 245.

Receiver-general of the customs in Virginia, 77.

Redstone, 179, 266.

Reed, Joseph, 245, 261.

Reformation. _See_ Protestantism.

Religion, transformation of, 168 _ff._;
  on the frontier, 175, 180, 184;
  politics influenced by, 193;
  John Adams's ideal of, 197;
  Franklin's idea of, 198.
  _See_ Puritanism.

Renaissance, 31.

Representative government. _See_ Government.

Requisitions, 213.

Restraining Act, 226.

Revolution of 1688, 145, 147.

Rhode Island, 103, 107, 146, 168.

Rice, 130, 166.

Riders, assemblies make use of, 164.

Rights. _See_ Colonial rights.

Robinson, John, 88, 90.

Robinson, Rev. William, 186.

Rochelle, capture of, 86.

Rockingham Whigs, 223.

Rolfe, John, 69.

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Beginnings of the American People

Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus)

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Population, of the colonies, 66, 161, 162;
  of Virginia, 69, 71;
  of Massachusetts Bay, 93;
  of Carolina, 129, 130;
  of New York, 132;
  of Pennsylvania, 134;
  of Louisiana, 152;
  of New France, 157;
  German and Scotch-Irish, 177.

Porto Rico, 32.

Portsmouth, 103.

Portugal, 19, 37, 150.

Post office established in the colonies, 191.

Potosi, mines of, 34.

Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts, 158.

Precious metals, European interest in Asia largely determined by the
  desire for, 10-14;
  America valuable to Spain because of, 31 _ff._;
  important for the national state of the sixteenth century, 49 _ff._;
  flow into England from Portugal and the West Indies, 150;
  lack of specie in frontier communities, 183;
  drain of specie leads to use of paper money, 208.

Presbyterians in America, 180 _ff._, 189, 190, 194.

Prices, 14, 149.

Prince, Thomas, 188.

Princeton College, 184, 190, 193 _ff._

Privateers, Elizabethan, 41 _ff._

Proclamation of 1763, 210, 215, 219.

Proprietary estates in Pennsylvania, taxation of, 164.

Proprietary feudal grant, as an instrument of colonization, 54, 55.

Protectorate, 127.

Protestant sects, in the sixteenth century, 111;
  on the American frontier, 185 _ff._;
  effect of the Great Awakening on, 188 _ff._

Protestantism;
  European origin of, 80 _ff._;
  in England, 86;
  a Church-State incompatible with the principles of, 110 _ff._

Providence, founding of, 103.

Provincialism in the eighteenth century, 170, 174.

Ptolemaic theory, 17.

Puritanism, origin of, 80 _ff._;
  conception of morals, 84;
  in England, 86 _ff._;
  in New England, 91 _ff._;
  and the Massachusetts State Church, 110 _ff._;
  decline of the rigid ideals of, 122, 125;
  in the eighteenth century, 168, 194.

Purse, control of the, 164.


Quakers, in Massachusetts, 108 _ff._;
  in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 133, 134;
  indifferent to defense of the frontier, 157;
  control Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century, 167 _ff._;
  Revolution destroys political power of the, 242.

Quebec, 45, 159.

Quincy, Josiah, 230, 238, 239, 249, 250.

Quit-rents, 68, 77, 95, 164, 178.


Radicals. _See_ Party.

Radisson, 141.

Raids, Clinton's policy of, 261 _ff._

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 46, 54, 55.

Rail, Colonel, 256.

Randolph, Edward, 121.

Randolph, Peyton, 245.

Receiver-general of the customs in Virginia, 77.

Redstone, 179, 266.

Reed, Joseph, 245, 261.

Reformation. _See_ Protestantism.

Religion, transformation of, 168 _ff._;
  on the frontier, 175, 180, 184;
  politics influenced by, 193;
  John Adams's ideal of, 197;
  Franklin's idea of, 198.
  _See_ Puritanism.

Renaissance, 31.

Representative government. _See_ Government.

Requisitions, 213.

Restraining Act, 226.

Revolution of 1688, 145, 147.

Rhode Island, 103, 107, 146, 168.

Rice, 130, 166.

Riders, assemblies make use of, 164.

Rights. _See_ Colonial rights.

Robinson, John, 88, 90.

Robinson, Rev. William, 186.

Rochelle, capture of, 86.

Rockingham Whigs, 223.

Rolfe, John, 69.

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