The Colonies, 1492-1750

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

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Melendez de Aviles, Pedro, his massacre of Huguenots in Florida, 34.

  Mexico, aborigines of, 8;
    Spanish conquest of, 8, 11, 27-31, 42, 47;
    Spanish colonies, 31, 32.

  -- Gulf of, Spanish explorations of, 4, 27;
    aborigines of, 9, 11;
    Spanish possessions on, 43.

  Middletown, N. J., founded, 211.

  Milford, Conn., founded, 145.

  Mining, Spanish efforts at, 28-30;
    early English efforts, 6, 37, 39, 41;
    in Virginia, 6, 69, 71, 269;
    in New England, 180;
    in Pennsylvania, 219, 225.

  Minuit, Peter, founds New Amsterdam, 198;
    in employ of the Swedes, 201, 208.

  Mississippi River, portage-routes, 4;
    geography of basin, 6, 7;
    aborigines of valley of, 9-12;
    discovered by De Soto, 31, 44;
    French reaching out for the, 47;
    seen by Radisson and Grosseilliers, 247;
    seen by Jolliet and Marquette, 26, 248;
    early trade on, 18;
    drainage system, 219;
    La Salle on the, 248;
    early French settlements on, 253;
    as an element in French-English boundary disputes, 256.

  Mohawk Indians, status, 10, 11.

  Mohican Indians, status, 9, 10.

  Montreal, Cartier at, 32;
    Champlain's visit, 35;
    founded, 246.

  Montserrat, Leeward Islands, 237, 238.

  Moravians, in North Carolina, 97;
    in Pennsylvania, 229;
    in Georgia, 261.

  Morton, Thomas, at Merrymount, 122, 127.

  Mound-builders, 12.


  Nantasket, Mass., founded, 122.

  Narragansett Bay, early settlements on, 133, 146, 159, 161;
    Philip's War on, 171.

  Narragansett Indians, status, 9, 10;
    troubles with whites, 136, 137, 164;
    in Philip's War, 170.

  Narvaez, Pamphilo de, in Florida, 11, 28, 30, 47.

  Natchez Indians, 9.

  Navigation Acts, historical sketch of, 104-106;
    effect in South Carolina, 94;
    in Virginia, 78, 80, 280;
    in Maryland, 86;
    in Pennsylvania, 281;
    in the Jerseys, 231;
    in New York, 232;
    in Massachusetts, 173, 279, 280;
    in New England generally, 184;
    in the West Indies, 235, 236;
    one of the causes of the Revolution, 279.

  Nevis, Leeward Islands, 237, 238.

  New Amsterdam, founded, 198;
    Kieft's term, 208, 209;
    Stuyvesant's term, 201, 209;
    captured by English, 168, 202, 203;
    becomes New York, 203;
    fur-trade of, 253.
    _See_ Dutch.

  Newark, N. J., founded, 211.

  New Brunswick, De Monts' colony in, 36.

  Newcastle, Del., founded, 202, 215;
    characteristics, 228.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Melendez de Aviles, Pedro, his massacre of Huguenots in Florida, 34.

  Mexico, aborigines of, 8;
    Spanish conquest of, 8, 11, 27-31, 42, 47;
    Spanish colonies, 31, 32.

  -- Gulf of, Spanish explorations of, 4, 27;
    aborigines of, 9, 11;
    Spanish possessions on, 43.

  Middletown, N. J., founded, 211.

  Milford, Conn., founded, 145.

  Mining, Spanish efforts at, 28-30;
    early English efforts, 6, 37, 39, 41;
    in Virginia, 6, 69, 71, 269;
    in New England, 180;
    in Pennsylvania, 219, 225.

  Minuit, Peter, founds New Amsterdam, 198;
    in employ of the Swedes, 201, 208.

  Mississippi River, portage-routes, 4;
    geography of basin, 6, 7;
    aborigines of valley of, 9-12;
    discovered by De Soto, 31, 44;
    French reaching out for the, 47;
    seen by Radisson and Grosseilliers, 247;
    seen by Jolliet and Marquette, 26, 248;
    early trade on, 18;
    drainage system, 219;
    La Salle on the, 248;
    early French settlements on, 253;
    as an element in French-English boundary disputes, 256.

  Mohawk Indians, status, 10, 11.

  Mohican Indians, status, 9, 10.

  Montreal, Cartier at, 32;
    Champlain's visit, 35;
    founded, 246.

  Montserrat, Leeward Islands, 237, 238.

  Moravians, in North Carolina, 97;
    in Pennsylvania, 229;
    in Georgia, 261.

  Morton, Thomas, at Merrymount, 122, 127.

  Mound-builders, 12.


  Nantasket, Mass., founded, 122.

  Narragansett Bay, early settlements on, 133, 146, 159, 161;
    Philip's War on, 171.

  Narragansett Indians, status, 9, 10;
    troubles with whites, 136, 137, 164;
    in Philip's War, 170.

  Narvaez, Pamphilo de, in Florida, 11, 28, 30, 47.

  Natchez Indians, 9.

  Navigation Acts, historical sketch of, 104-106;
    effect in South Carolina, 94;
    in Virginia, 78, 80, 280;
    in Maryland, 86;
    in Pennsylvania, 281;
    in the Jerseys, 231;
    in New York, 232;
    in Massachusetts, 173, 279, 280;
    in New England generally, 184;
    in the West Indies, 235, 236;
    one of the causes of the Revolution, 279.

  Nevis, Leeward Islands, 237, 238.

  New Amsterdam, founded, 198;
    Kieft's term, 208, 209;
    Stuyvesant's term, 201, 209;
    captured by English, 168, 202, 203;
    becomes New York, 203;
    fur-trade of, 253.
    _See_ Dutch.

  Newark, N. J., founded, 211.

  New Brunswick, De Monts' colony in, 36.

  Newcastle, Del., founded, 202, 215;
    characteristics, 228.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

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