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
In´dī-anş, aid British in Revolutionary War, 266
aid French against English settlers, 184, 185
as farmers, 17
attack Boonesboro, 289-292
attack colonists, 111, 139, 143, 158
attack Northmen, 29
barbarous, 17, 18
Captain Smith with, 89-94
characteristics of, 14
clans of, 19
conflict with Spaniards, 76-78
conquered by Standish, 123
conversion of, 176
cruelty of, 286
Eliot translates Bible for, 126
fortresses of, 21, 22
friendly with Pilgrims, 114, 118
Gen. Sullivan punishes, 287
hired by British, 286
in Mexico conquered, 66
mode of life, 15, 16
named by Columbus, 48
Penn's treaty with, 148, 149
Pequot, 132
Pueblo, 102
pursuits of, 15
religion of, 19
sold as slaves, 55
Southern, 21, 22
In´dĭ-go, cultivated in Carolina, 163
In-sur´ance Company, first in Philadelphia, 205
Ire´land, potatoes introduced into, 85
Ĭr-o-quoi_s_´ (Five Nations), at war with Algonquins, 175
attack of, 184
Īr´ving, Washington, Tales of, 146
Iş-a-bel´la, Queen of Spain, aids Columbus, 43, 44
death of, 59
Isabella, colony at, 54
Ja-mā_i_´ca, Columbus discovers, 55
James, Duke of York, land grant to, 142
James, Duke of York, orders surrender of New Amsterdam, 145
James I., imprisons Raleigh, 87
makes Virginia a royal province, 154
sends presents to Powhatan, 93
James II., appoints Andros, 167
dethroned, 168
sends prisoners to Virginia, 160, 161
James River, named, 87
James´town, burned, 159
Captain Smith governs, 92, 93
colony founded at, 87, 105
Dale governs, 97
first English city in United States, 93
House of Burgesses at, 101
seized by rebels, 158
slavery in, 101
starvation time in, 96
Ja-păn´, location of, on early maps, 39
traders seek new road to, 35
Jäs´per, Sergeant, killed, 298
rescues American flag, 248
Jěf'_f_er-son, Thomas, draws up Declaration of Independence, 250
John II., King of Portugal, 39
names Cape of Good Hope, 42
John´son, British colonel, 285
Joliet (zho-le-ā´), explorations of, 177
Jones, John Paul, captures English vessels, 293, 294
goes to serve Russia, 297
victory of, 295, 296
Ka-na:´w_h_a, Boone moves to, 293
Kegs, Battle of the, 265
Ken-tŭck´y, Indian raids in, 287
Kidd, pirate captain, 164
K_i_ēft, Governor, trouble with Indians, 143
King George's War, 189, 190
King Philip's War, 138-140
King William's War, 185
King's College, 252
Kings Mountain, battle of, 311
Kips Bay, troops stationed at, 254
Kir_k_-ċa:l´dy, Jones at, 294
_K_nox, American general, 318, 324
Kos-çĭ-us´ko, joins Washington, 264
Lăb-ra-dôr´, Cabot explores, 60
Northmen at, 28
_Lady Ar-bē´la_, Puritan ship, 123
Lady Re-bec´ca, Pocahontas baptized as, 99
Lä-fā-yět_te_´, at Yorktown, 316, 318
joins Americans, 262, 263
sent to Virginia, 316
wounded, 264
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