Nav-i-ga´tion Act, not observed in Massachusetts, 166 provisions of, 134, 135, 155, 214, 215 Ne-çes´si-ty, Fort, Washington builds, 198 Nē´gro slavery, in West Indies, 80 New Ăl´bi-on, explored, 82 New Am´ster-dam, description of, 144 founded, 105, 143 surrenders to English, 145, 146 New´burg, Washington's forces at, 321, 323 New En´gland (ing-), English settlements in, 125 explored, 95 government of, 125 New´f_o_ŭnd-land, Cabot explores, 60 ceded to British, 188 early explorations of, 174 taken by Gilbert, 83 New France, claimed by Cartier, 174 New Hamp´shir_e_, Mason founds colony in, 130 a separate royal province, 166 New Hā´ven, founded, 133 Goffe and Whalley flee to, 136 joined to Connecticut, 137 joins league, 134 school established at, 169 New Jēr´ş_e_ў, Washington retreats across, 257 New Jersey, East, sold to Penn, 146 New Jersey, West, sold to Quakers, 146, 147 New Lȯn´dȯn, Arnold sets fire to, 310 New Mex´i-co, Indians in, 20 Marcos visits, 68 New Něth´er-lands, settlements in, 102, 105, 144 surrenders to English, 146 New Ôr´le-ans, ceded to Spain, 213 French fort at, 183 French possession, 213 New´port, Americans attempt to seize, 280 settlement at, 130 New Swē´den, given to English, 151 settlements at, 145 New World, America known as, 13 New World, discovery of, 61 New York, British leave, 323 British plan to invade, 265 fight at Golden Hill in, 225 Howe and Clinton in, 256 King's College in, 252 New Amsterdam called, 146 statue of Hale in, 256 New York Bay, Howe enters, 252 Hudson enters, 103 Nī-ăg´a-ra ("The Thunder of Waters"), 73 British army to move to, 206 _Niña_ (neen´yah), Columbus's ship, 44 reaches Portugal, 51 Nôr´mans, explorations of, 25 Nôrse´men, explorations of, 25 North America, Norse settlement in, 28 North Carolina, English colony in, 85 North River, Hudson River called, 103 North Sea, coast explored, 25 Paul Jones coasts along, 294 North´men, attacked by Indians, 29 in America, 27 journeys of, 25 settle in Iceland, 25, 27 Northwest´ Passage, search for, 38, 80, 81, 94, 103, 105 Northwest Territory, land grants in, 325 Nôr´way, Northmen in, 25 Nō´va Sċō´tia (-shĭ-a), Acadia named, 188 Cabot explores, 60 French settlement in, 174 Northmen at, 28 Ō´gle-thorp_e_, James, Georgia granted to, 164, 165 returns to England, 166 O-hī´o, mounds in, 22 Ohio River, called "Beautiful River", 191 discovered, 180 explored, 179 Ohio Valley, claimed by French and English, 191, 198, 207 Old Do-min´ion (-yŭn), Virginia called, 155 Old South Meetinghouse, patriots assembled at, 226 Olive-branch petition, 232 Oñate (ōn-yah´tā), at Acoma, 76, 77 founds Santa Fé, 76 Ŏn-tā´ri-o, Lake, British army starts from, 265 Ŏr´anġe, Fort, built, 105