The Story of the Thirteen ColoniesGuerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
History
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Dôr´ches-ter Heights, fortified, 247
Dō´ver, attacked by Indians, 184
burned, 185
settled, 130
Drāk_e_ Francis, voyages of, 81, 82
Duck´ing stool, mode of punishment, 172
Du´er, loyalty of, 274
Duquesne (doo-kān´), French governor, 196
Duquesne, Fort, abandoned by French, 210
British defeat at, 207, 208
built, 198
Dŭs´tin, Hannah, story of, 185-187
Dutch, build Fort Orange, 105
build trading stations in Connecticut, 131
explorations of, 102, 103
oppose Connecticut colonists, 132
regain New Amsterdam, 146
settlements of, 105, 143, 144
Ẽ_a_rth, discovery and shape of, 32
East River, Washington crosses, 254
Ē´d_e_n, Garden of, 57
Ed´ward, Fort, captured by Burgoyne, 265
E´ġypt, 88
Ěl Dō-rä´dō ("Land of Gold"), search for, 68
E-lec-trĭç´i-ty, discoveries in, by Franklin, 205
"El´e-ġy Written in a Country Churchyard," Gray's, 211
El´ĭ-ot, John, translates Bible into Indian language, 126
E-liz´a-beth, Queen, knights Drake, 82
Em´er-son, quoted, 237
En´dĭ-cott, John, influence of, 122
punishes Indians, 132
En´gland (ing-), Charles I. beheaded in, 155
claims New Netherlands, 145, 146
Commonwealth in, 134, 155
French and Indian War, 198-213
gains Canada, 213
gives Florida back to Spain, 323
Holland declares war against, 146
King George's War, 189
King-killers in, 136
King William's War, 184, 185
Land grants of Charles II., 142
Navigation Act passed, 134, 135
passes Townshend Acts, 224
rebellion under James I., 160
Restoration, 166
Revolutionary War, 234-322
Separatists leave, 107
Seven Year's War, 210
Stamp Act, 219, 220, 223
takes Virginia charter away, 154
treatment of colonies, 214, 232
war of Austrian Succession, 189
war with Spain, 81, 165
En´glish (ing-) Church, established by Henry VIII., 106
English colonies. See _Settlements_.
English explorations, 60, 80-85
English settlements, in Boston, 124
in Carolina, 162
in Connecticut, 132
in Georgia, 165
in Maine, 130
in Maryland, 152
in Massachusetts, 122
in New England, 111, 125
in North Carolina, 85
in Pennsylvania, 147
in Rhode Island, 129
in Virginia, 87
English Turn in the Mississippi, 182
Er´iċ the Red, discovers Greenland, 27
Es´kĭ-mōş, trade with Northmen, 27
_E_ū´rȯp_e_, civilization in fifteenth century, 24, 25
inhabitants of, 14
_E_ū´ta:_w_ Springs, battle of, 314
"Ē-văn´ġe-līn_e_," Longfellow's, 209
Ex-plo-rā´tions, Dutch, 103, 105
English, 60, 80-86
French, 71-74, 174-179
Portuguese, 42, 61
Spanish, 47-58, 62-70
Fair´fax, Lord, sends Washington as surveyor, 193, 194
Făl´m_o_ŭth (Portland), burned, 246
Fan´e_ui_l Hall, meetings at, 226
"Father of Waters," Mississippi called, 67, 177
Fire brigade, first in Philadelphia, 205
Fire water, Indians' name for rum, 104
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