The Colonies, 1492-1750

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

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Sault Ste. Marie, early French visits to, 247, 248;
    French settlement at, 253.

  Savannah, Ga., founded, 258.

  Say and Sele, Lord, attempts to introduce hereditary rank, 59, 129;
    Connecticut land-grant to, 141.

  Saybrook, Conn., founded, 136, 137, 141, 164;
    raided by Indians, 137.

  Scandinavians, pre-Columbian discoveries of, 21-23;
    on the Delaware, 51.

  Schenectady, N. Y., sacked by French and Indians, 206.

  Schuylkill River, conflicts between Dutch and English on, 200-202.

  Scotch, in Carolina, 93;
    in the Jerseys, 211, 213, 221.

  Scotch-Irish, in Georgia, 261, 263;
    in North Carolina, 97;
    in Virginia, 108;
    in Shenandoah valley, 269;
    in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 221, 222;
    in New England, 180;
    in Nova Scotia, 242.

  Seminoles, status of, 11.

  Seneca Indians, status of, 10, 11.

  Sewall, Samuel, denounces slavery, 182;
    in witchcraft trials, 191, 192.

  Shenandoah valley, a home for Scotch Presbyterians, 269.

  Shipbuilding in New England, 146, 185;
    Block's vessel, 196;
    in Pennsylvania, 226.

  Shrewsbury, N. J., founded, 211.

  Sioux Indians. _See_ Dakotahs.

  Six Nations. _See_ Iroquois.

  Slavery, in Georgia, 260, 263;
    in South Carolina, 99;
    in Virginia, 74, 81, 99;
    in the South generally, 98, 99, 103, 110;
    in the middle colonies, 223, 224;
    in New England, 58, 139, 182, 185;
    in Illinois, 192;
    in the West Indies, 234, 239-241.

  Smith, Capt. John, attempts to reach the Pacific, 26;
    member of the London Company, 66;
    experiences at Jamestown, 70-72;
    voyage to New England, 113, 114, 150.

  Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, work in South Carolina, 102;
    in New York, 229;
    in Georgia, 260.

  Somers, Sir George, member of London Company, 66, 69, 72;
    at Bermudas, 238.

  Somers's Islands. _See_ Bermudas.

  Sothel, Seth, governor of North Carolina, 92, 93;
    of South Carolina, 94.

  South Carolina as Chicora, 27;
    settlement of, 90;
    landed estates in, 58;
    occupations, 102;
    religion, 102, 109;
    trade, 102, 261;
    social life, 107;
    becomes a royal province, 267;
    boundary established, 268;
    Indian affairs, 277;
    Oglethorpe's expedition, 278;
    influence of Virginia ideas, 280;
    political condition, 281;
    population (1763), 266.

  Southern Indians, status of, 9, 11.

  Southold, L. I., founded, 145.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

Thwaites, Reuben Gold

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

Sault Ste. Marie, early French visits to, 247, 248;
    French settlement at, 253.

  Savannah, Ga., founded, 258.

  Say and Sele, Lord, attempts to introduce hereditary rank, 59, 129;
    Connecticut land-grant to, 141.

  Saybrook, Conn., founded, 136, 137, 141, 164;
    raided by Indians, 137.

  Scandinavians, pre-Columbian discoveries of, 21-23;
    on the Delaware, 51.

  Schenectady, N. Y., sacked by French and Indians, 206.

  Schuylkill River, conflicts between Dutch and English on, 200-202.

  Scotch, in Carolina, 93;
    in the Jerseys, 211, 213, 221.

  Scotch-Irish, in Georgia, 261, 263;
    in North Carolina, 97;
    in Virginia, 108;
    in Shenandoah valley, 269;
    in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 221, 222;
    in New England, 180;
    in Nova Scotia, 242.

  Seminoles, status of, 11.

  Seneca Indians, status of, 10, 11.

  Sewall, Samuel, denounces slavery, 182;
    in witchcraft trials, 191, 192.

  Shenandoah valley, a home for Scotch Presbyterians, 269.

  Shipbuilding in New England, 146, 185;
    Block's vessel, 196;
    in Pennsylvania, 226.

  Shrewsbury, N. J., founded, 211.

  Sioux Indians. _See_ Dakotahs.

  Six Nations. _See_ Iroquois.

  Slavery, in Georgia, 260, 263;
    in South Carolina, 99;
    in Virginia, 74, 81, 99;
    in the South generally, 98, 99, 103, 110;
    in the middle colonies, 223, 224;
    in New England, 58, 139, 182, 185;
    in Illinois, 192;
    in the West Indies, 234, 239-241.

  Smith, Capt. John, attempts to reach the Pacific, 26;
    member of the London Company, 66;
    experiences at Jamestown, 70-72;
    voyage to New England, 113, 114, 150.

  Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, work in South Carolina, 102;
    in New York, 229;
    in Georgia, 260.

  Somers, Sir George, member of London Company, 66, 69, 72;
    at Bermudas, 238.

  Somers's Islands. _See_ Bermudas.

  Sothel, Seth, governor of North Carolina, 92, 93;
    of South Carolina, 94.

  South Carolina as Chicora, 27;
    settlement of, 90;
    landed estates in, 58;
    occupations, 102;
    religion, 102, 109;
    trade, 102, 261;
    social life, 107;
    becomes a royal province, 267;
    boundary established, 268;
    Indian affairs, 277;
    Oglethorpe's expedition, 278;
    influence of Virginia ideas, 280;
    political condition, 281;
    population (1763), 266.

  Southern Indians, status of, 9, 11.

  Southold, L. I., founded, 145.

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The Colonies, 1492-1750

The Colonies, 1492-1750

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