The Colonies, 1492-1750

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

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Pilgrims, their staying qualities, 43;
    in Holland, 115-117;
    voyage of "Mayflower," 117, 118;
    settlement of Plymouth, 118-120;
    land-grant on the Hudson, 197.

  Piracy, English, on Spanish commerce, 94;
    in New York, 206, 207;
    in the West Indies, 239, 240;
    in Virginia, 273;
    in Rhode Island, 276.

  Plantation, as a political unit, 56, 73.

  Plymouth, England, seat of Plymouth Company, 41, 66, 113, 150, 152.

  Plymouth Colony, settled, 116-120, 144;
    development, 120-124;
    characteristics, 123, 124, 139;
    marriages in, 132;
    Williams at, 132;
    fur-trade on the Connecticut, 140;
    in the Gorton case, 160;
    treatment of Quakers, 166;
    receives royal commissioners, 169;
    Indian affairs, 170-172;
    joins the confederation, 156;
    rule of Andros, 175;
    shipbuilding, 185;
    merged in Massachusetts, 124, 176;
    lesson of the colony, 53.

  Plymouth Company, chartered, 66;
    Baltimore a councillor, 81;
    southern boundary, 82;
    relations with New Englanders, 120, 122, 124;
    sends out Popham colony, 113;
    reorganizes, 114;
    grant to Massachusetts Bay Company, 125;
    grant to Brook and Say and Sele, 141;
    surrenders its charter, 131, 150, 152.

  Pokanoket Indians, relations with Plymouth, 121, 170.

  Poor whites, genesis of, 74, 100, 110.

  Popham, George, heads the Popham colony, 113.

  --, Sir John, interest in American colonization, 66, 113.

  Population, of Indian tribes, 9-11, 15;
    excess of, in Europe, 50, 53, 65;
    of Virginia (1650-1670), 76, (1697) 81;
    of the South generally (1688), 97;
    of Pennsylvania and Delaware (1700), 221, 222;
    of the Jerseys (1700), 221;
    of New York (1674), 205, (1690) 253, (1700) 220, 221;
    of Connecticut (1636), 141;
    of Rhode Island (1638), 147;
    of Plymouth (1643), 121;
    of Massachusetts (1634), 129;
    of New England generally (1690), 253, (1700) 180;
    of the English colonies generally (1700-1750), 265, 266;
    of New France (1690), 253.

  Portage paths, situation and importance of, 4;
    Indian villages on, 13.

  Port Royal, Nova Scotia, founded, 36, 48;
    captured by English, 242, 243, 252, 254, 278.

  --, S. C., founded by Huguenots, 33, 93;
    destroyed by Spanish, 93, 94.

  Portsmouth, N. H., founded, 152, 153;
    Tory element at, 189.

  --, R. I., founded, 147;
    declaration, 147, 148;
    chartered, 149.

  Portuguese, early explorations of, 24, 25, 27;
    Alexander's bull of partition and the, 24;
    fishing colony at Newfoundland, 26, 37, 241;
    South American colonies of the, 44;
    colonial policy of, 48;
    over-population, 50;
    trade with New England, 185.

  Presbyterians, in England, 115;
    in Scotland, 115, 132, 161;
    on the Continent, 115;
    in Virginia, 108;
    in Massachusetts, 161, 162;
    in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 221;
    in middle colonies generally, 230;
    in the Shenandoah valley, 269.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Pilgrims, their staying qualities, 43;
    in Holland, 115-117;
    voyage of "Mayflower," 117, 118;
    settlement of Plymouth, 118-120;
    land-grant on the Hudson, 197.

  Piracy, English, on Spanish commerce, 94;
    in New York, 206, 207;
    in the West Indies, 239, 240;
    in Virginia, 273;
    in Rhode Island, 276.

  Plantation, as a political unit, 56, 73.

  Plymouth, England, seat of Plymouth Company, 41, 66, 113, 150, 152.

  Plymouth Colony, settled, 116-120, 144;
    development, 120-124;
    characteristics, 123, 124, 139;
    marriages in, 132;
    Williams at, 132;
    fur-trade on the Connecticut, 140;
    in the Gorton case, 160;
    treatment of Quakers, 166;
    receives royal commissioners, 169;
    Indian affairs, 170-172;
    joins the confederation, 156;
    rule of Andros, 175;
    shipbuilding, 185;
    merged in Massachusetts, 124, 176;
    lesson of the colony, 53.

  Plymouth Company, chartered, 66;
    Baltimore a councillor, 81;
    southern boundary, 82;
    relations with New Englanders, 120, 122, 124;
    sends out Popham colony, 113;
    reorganizes, 114;
    grant to Massachusetts Bay Company, 125;
    grant to Brook and Say and Sele, 141;
    surrenders its charter, 131, 150, 152.

  Pokanoket Indians, relations with Plymouth, 121, 170.

  Poor whites, genesis of, 74, 100, 110.

  Popham, George, heads the Popham colony, 113.

  --, Sir John, interest in American colonization, 66, 113.

  Population, of Indian tribes, 9-11, 15;
    excess of, in Europe, 50, 53, 65;
    of Virginia (1650-1670), 76, (1697) 81;
    of the South generally (1688), 97;
    of Pennsylvania and Delaware (1700), 221, 222;
    of the Jerseys (1700), 221;
    of New York (1674), 205, (1690) 253, (1700) 220, 221;
    of Connecticut (1636), 141;
    of Rhode Island (1638), 147;
    of Plymouth (1643), 121;
    of Massachusetts (1634), 129;
    of New England generally (1690), 253, (1700) 180;
    of the English colonies generally (1700-1750), 265, 266;
    of New France (1690), 253.

  Portage paths, situation and importance of, 4;
    Indian villages on, 13.

  Port Royal, Nova Scotia, founded, 36, 48;
    captured by English, 242, 243, 252, 254, 278.

  --, S. C., founded by Huguenots, 33, 93;
    destroyed by Spanish, 93, 94.

  Portsmouth, N. H., founded, 152, 153;
    Tory element at, 189.

  --, R. I., founded, 147;
    declaration, 147, 148;
    chartered, 149.

  Portuguese, early explorations of, 24, 25, 27;
    Alexander's bull of partition and the, 24;
    fishing colony at Newfoundland, 26, 37, 241;
    South American colonies of the, 44;
    colonial policy of, 48;
    over-population, 50;
    trade with New England, 185.

  Presbyterians, in England, 115;
    in Scotland, 115, 132, 161;
    on the Continent, 115;
    in Virginia, 108;
    in Massachusetts, 161, 162;
    in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 221;
    in middle colonies generally, 230;
    in the Shenandoah valley, 269.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

The Colonies, 1492-1750

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