The Colonies, 1492-1750

Name: The Colonies, 1492-1750
Author: Thwaites, Reuben Gold

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Albany, founded, 196;
    as Fort Nassau, 197;
    as Fort Orange, 198, 199;
    re-named by English, 203;
    characteristics, 228;
    fur-trade, 253;
    first Colonial Congress, 80, 206;
    second Colonial Congress, 270.

  Albemarle, 89;
    a district in Carolina, 88-91.

  Alexander VI., Pope, bull of partition, 24, 36, 196.

  Algonquian Indians, status, 9-12;
    as allies of the French, 206, 246, 250;
    uprising in New York, 200.

  Alleghany mountains. _See_ Appalachian.

  Andover, Mass., sacked by French and Indians, 254.

  Andros, Sir Edmund, governor of Virginia, 79;
    governor of New York and the Jerseys, 175, 176, 205, 206, 282;
    governor of New England, 175, 189, 211.

  Augusta, Ga., founded, 260;
    fur-trade, 261.

  Annapolis, Md., founded, 87, 98.

  --, Nova Scotia. _See_ Port Royal.

  Antigua, Leeward Islands, 237.

  Antinomian theory, held by Anne Hutchinson, 133, 134.

  Appalachian mountains, extent of, 3,4, 6, 7;
    early explorations, 4, 269;
    characteristics, 5, 6, 97, 179, 219;
    aborigines, 11;
    early Scotch settlements in, 269.

  Argall, Samuel, governor of Virginia, 73;
    destroys French settlements in Acadia, 242.

  Arizona, aborigines of, 8;
    early Spanish explorations, 28-30;
    Spanish missions, 31.

  Armada, the Spanish, interrupts American colonization, 40;
    defeat of, 48, 52.

  Asia, possible emigration from, to America, 2, 3;
    distance from America, 5;
    relation to American exploration, 25-27;
    early European commerce in, 23, 24.

  Assemblies, hampered by commercial companies and royal and proprietary
  interference, 58;
    hold the purse-strings, 59;
    origin of bicameral system, 61;
    representative system, 62, 63;
    in the South generally, 97, 109, 110;
    in Virginia, 73, 75, 77, 78;
    in the Carolinas, 90, 92;
    in Maryland, 82-86;
    in Pennsylvania, 215, 216;
    in New Jersey, 211, 212, 214;
    in New Netherlands, 200, 201;
    in New York, 200, 201, 204-206;
    in Connecticut, 142, 143;
    in Rhode Island, 147, 148;
    in Massachusetts, 123, 126, 128;
    quarrels with the royal governors (1700-1750), 271-279.

  Association for the defence of the Protestant religion in Maryland, 87.

  Atlantic slope, natural entrance of North America, 3, 5;
    rivers, 3, 4;
    three grand natural divisions, 5, 6;
    mining, 6;
    soil and climate, 6, 97;
    aborigines of, 9, 10;
    early fur-trade on, 18;
    early European explorations, 25-28;
    early English colonies on, 47.

  Aztecs. _See_ Mexico.


  Bacon, Nathaniel, rebellion of, 78, 79, 80.

  Bahamas, the, discovered by Columbus, 23;
    claimed by English, 44;
    included in Carolina, 90;
    send settlers to Carolina, 93, 97;
    historical sketch, 239, 240.

  Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, discovers Pacific ocean, 26.

  Baltimore, Md., founded, 87.

  --, Lord. _See_ Calvert.

  Baptists, in Carolina, 89;
    in Rhode Island, 159.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Albany, founded, 196;
    as Fort Nassau, 197;
    as Fort Orange, 198, 199;
    re-named by English, 203;
    characteristics, 228;
    fur-trade, 253;
    first Colonial Congress, 80, 206;
    second Colonial Congress, 270.

  Albemarle, 89;
    a district in Carolina, 88-91.

  Alexander VI., Pope, bull of partition, 24, 36, 196.

  Algonquian Indians, status, 9-12;
    as allies of the French, 206, 246, 250;
    uprising in New York, 200.

  Alleghany mountains. _See_ Appalachian.

  Andover, Mass., sacked by French and Indians, 254.

  Andros, Sir Edmund, governor of Virginia, 79;
    governor of New York and the Jerseys, 175, 176, 205, 206, 282;
    governor of New England, 175, 189, 211.

  Augusta, Ga., founded, 260;
    fur-trade, 261.

  Annapolis, Md., founded, 87, 98.

  --, Nova Scotia. _See_ Port Royal.

  Antigua, Leeward Islands, 237.

  Antinomian theory, held by Anne Hutchinson, 133, 134.

  Appalachian mountains, extent of, 3,4, 6, 7;
    early explorations, 4, 269;
    characteristics, 5, 6, 97, 179, 219;
    aborigines, 11;
    early Scotch settlements in, 269.

  Argall, Samuel, governor of Virginia, 73;
    destroys French settlements in Acadia, 242.

  Arizona, aborigines of, 8;
    early Spanish explorations, 28-30;
    Spanish missions, 31.

  Armada, the Spanish, interrupts American colonization, 40;
    defeat of, 48, 52.

  Asia, possible emigration from, to America, 2, 3;
    distance from America, 5;
    relation to American exploration, 25-27;
    early European commerce in, 23, 24.

  Assemblies, hampered by commercial companies and royal and proprietary
  interference, 58;
    hold the purse-strings, 59;
    origin of bicameral system, 61;
    representative system, 62, 63;
    in the South generally, 97, 109, 110;
    in Virginia, 73, 75, 77, 78;
    in the Carolinas, 90, 92;
    in Maryland, 82-86;
    in Pennsylvania, 215, 216;
    in New Jersey, 211, 212, 214;
    in New Netherlands, 200, 201;
    in New York, 200, 201, 204-206;
    in Connecticut, 142, 143;
    in Rhode Island, 147, 148;
    in Massachusetts, 123, 126, 128;
    quarrels with the royal governors (1700-1750), 271-279.

  Association for the defence of the Protestant religion in Maryland, 87.

  Atlantic slope, natural entrance of North America, 3, 5;
    rivers, 3, 4;
    three grand natural divisions, 5, 6;
    mining, 6;
    soil and climate, 6, 97;
    aborigines of, 9, 10;
    early fur-trade on, 18;
    early European explorations, 25-28;
    early English colonies on, 47.

  Aztecs. _See_ Mexico.


  Bacon, Nathaniel, rebellion of, 78, 79, 80.

  Bahamas, the, discovered by Columbus, 23;
    claimed by English, 44;
    included in Carolina, 90;
    send settlers to Carolina, 93, 97;
    historical sketch, 239, 240.

  Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, discovers Pacific ocean, 26.

  Baltimore, Md., founded, 87.

  --, Lord. _See_ Calvert.

  Baptists, in Carolina, 89;
    in Rhode Island, 159.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

The Colonies, 1492-1750

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