The Colonies, 1492-1750

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

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Fur-trade, early spread of, 17, 18;
    by Norsemen, 22;
    by other early European explorers, 26, 28, 35, 52, 53;
    of New France, 35, 49, 50, 247-251, 256-258;
    by Claiborne, 76, 77;
    of Georgia, 259, 261;
    of Carolina, 93, 104;
    of Virginia, 104, 269;
    of Maryland, 104;
    of Pennsylvania, 225, 226;
    of New Amsterdam, 118;
    of New Sweden, 208, 209;
    of New York, 198, 202, 221, 225, 226, 228;
    in middle colonies generally, 232;
    of Connecticut, 140, 141, 155;
    of Plymouth, 122, 124;
    of New Hampshire, 152;
    of New England generally, 113;
    by Hudson's Bay Company, 243, 244;
    by American and Northwest companies, 244.


  Gama, Vasco da, reaches India, 25.

  George II., king of England, name-giver for Georgia, 259;
    grants land to Ohio Company, 283.

  Georgia, settlement of, 258-262;
    fur-trade, 259, 261;
    expedition against Florida Spaniards, 262, 278;
    becomes a royal province, 263;
    population (1750), 266;
    political spirit, 281.

  Germans, in Georgia, 269, 261, 263;
    in North Carolina, 97;
    in Virginia, 269;
    in Maryland, 266;
    in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 217, 221, 222, 225, 229, 230, 274, 277;
    in New York, 221.

  Germany, colonial policy of, 51;
    Presbyterian movement in, 115.

  Gomez, Estevan, on the North American coast, 27, 28.

  Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, early interest in American colonization, 41, 66,
  150;
    member of Plymouth Company, 113, 114;
    lord proprietor of Maine, 150-152, 158;
    allied with Mason in colonizing New Hampshire, 125, 152.

  --, Robert, governor-general of New England, 122, 132;
    land-grants to, 125.

  --, Thomas, deputy-governor of Maine, 152.

  Gorton, Samuel, difficulties with Rhode Islanders, 160, 161, 164.

  Gosnold, Bartholomew, voyages to America, 41, 65, 66, 69, 71.

  Green Bay, Wis., Nicolet at, 12, 248.

  Green Mountain Boys, origin of, 268.

  Greenland, discovered by Norsemen, 21;
    Norwegian settlements in, 21-23.

  Grenada, Windward Islands, 237.

  Grenadines, the, Windward Islands, 237.

  Grenville, Sir Richard, leads colony to Roanoke, 38-40, 52;
    resists the Armada, 40.

  "Guinea," the, in Chesapeake Bay, 76.

  Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, interest in American colonization, 51,
  208.

  Guzman, Nuño Beltran de, founds Culiacan, 28, 29;
    expedition to Cibola, 29.


  Hadley, Mass., shelters the regicides, 167.

  Hakluyt, Richard, early English chronicler, 37;
    interest in American colonization, 66, 69.

  Hartford, Conn., founded, 136, 140, 141;
    raided by Indians, 137;
    the charter-oak story, 175;
    early Dutch settlement at, 199;
    Fletcher's visit, 276, 277.

  Harvard College founded, 80, 130, 188;
    aided by New England Confederation, 158;
    social distinctions at, 181.

  Hawkins, Sir John, visits Florida, 34;
    resists the Armada, 40.

  Heath, Sir Robert, first proprietor of Carolina, 88.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Fur-trade, early spread of, 17, 18;
    by Norsemen, 22;
    by other early European explorers, 26, 28, 35, 52, 53;
    of New France, 35, 49, 50, 247-251, 256-258;
    by Claiborne, 76, 77;
    of Georgia, 259, 261;
    of Carolina, 93, 104;
    of Virginia, 104, 269;
    of Maryland, 104;
    of Pennsylvania, 225, 226;
    of New Amsterdam, 118;
    of New Sweden, 208, 209;
    of New York, 198, 202, 221, 225, 226, 228;
    in middle colonies generally, 232;
    of Connecticut, 140, 141, 155;
    of Plymouth, 122, 124;
    of New Hampshire, 152;
    of New England generally, 113;
    by Hudson's Bay Company, 243, 244;
    by American and Northwest companies, 244.


  Gama, Vasco da, reaches India, 25.

  George II., king of England, name-giver for Georgia, 259;
    grants land to Ohio Company, 283.

  Georgia, settlement of, 258-262;
    fur-trade, 259, 261;
    expedition against Florida Spaniards, 262, 278;
    becomes a royal province, 263;
    population (1750), 266;
    political spirit, 281.

  Germans, in Georgia, 269, 261, 263;
    in North Carolina, 97;
    in Virginia, 269;
    in Maryland, 266;
    in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 217, 221, 222, 225, 229, 230, 274, 277;
    in New York, 221.

  Germany, colonial policy of, 51;
    Presbyterian movement in, 115.

  Gomez, Estevan, on the North American coast, 27, 28.

  Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, early interest in American colonization, 41, 66,
  150;
    member of Plymouth Company, 113, 114;
    lord proprietor of Maine, 150-152, 158;
    allied with Mason in colonizing New Hampshire, 125, 152.

  --, Robert, governor-general of New England, 122, 132;
    land-grants to, 125.

  --, Thomas, deputy-governor of Maine, 152.

  Gorton, Samuel, difficulties with Rhode Islanders, 160, 161, 164.

  Gosnold, Bartholomew, voyages to America, 41, 65, 66, 69, 71.

  Green Bay, Wis., Nicolet at, 12, 248.

  Green Mountain Boys, origin of, 268.

  Greenland, discovered by Norsemen, 21;
    Norwegian settlements in, 21-23.

  Grenada, Windward Islands, 237.

  Grenadines, the, Windward Islands, 237.

  Grenville, Sir Richard, leads colony to Roanoke, 38-40, 52;
    resists the Armada, 40.

  "Guinea," the, in Chesapeake Bay, 76.

  Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, interest in American colonization, 51,
  208.

  Guzman, Nuño Beltran de, founds Culiacan, 28, 29;
    expedition to Cibola, 29.


  Hadley, Mass., shelters the regicides, 167.

  Hakluyt, Richard, early English chronicler, 37;
    interest in American colonization, 66, 69.

  Hartford, Conn., founded, 136, 140, 141;
    raided by Indians, 137;
    the charter-oak story, 175;
    early Dutch settlement at, 199;
    Fletcher's visit, 276, 277.

  Harvard College founded, 80, 130, 188;
    aided by New England Confederation, 158;
    social distinctions at, 181.

  Hawkins, Sir John, visits Florida, 34;
    resists the Armada, 40.

  Heath, Sir Robert, first proprietor of Carolina, 88.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

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