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The Colonization of North America

by Herbert E. Bolton and Thomas M. Marshall

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  1. 11492-1783 — Herbert Eugene Bolton, Ph.D.… — Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Background and the Discovery
  3. 3Growth of Geographical Knowledge
  4. 4Portuguese Discoveries
  5. 5Columbus and the Discovery of America
  6. 6Readings
  7. 7Chapter II — The Founding of New Spain (1492-1543)
  8. 8The Occupation of the West Indies
  9. 9Beginnings of Colonial Administration and Policy
  10. 10Exploration of the Mainland Coasts and the Search for a Strait
  11. 11The Mayas and the Nahuas
  12. 12The Conquest of Central America
  13. 13The Conquest of the Valley of Mexico
  14. 14The Spread of the Conquest
  15. 15Explorations in the Northern Interior and on the Pacific
  16. 16The Establishment of the Viceroyalty of New Spain
  17. 17Readings
  18. 18Chapter III — The Expansion of New Spain (1543-1609)
  19. 19The Mines of Northern Mexico
  20. 20The Settlement of the Atlantic Seaboard
  21. 21Foreign Intrusions in the Atlantic
  22. 22The Philippines and California
  23. 23The Founding of New Mexico
  24. 24Spanish Achievements in the Sixteenth Century
  25. 25Readings
  26. 26Chapter IV — The Establishment of the French Colonies (1500-1700)
  27. 27Early Explorations and Colonizing Efforts
  28. 28Acadia
  29. 29The St. Lawrence Valley
  30. 30Reorganization and the Iroquois Wars
  31. 31The West Indies
  32. 32Opening the Upper Lake Region and the Mississippi Valley
  33. 33Readings
  34. 34Chapter V — The Beginnings of English Expansion (1485-1603)
  35. 35Commercial Expansion
  36. 36The Elizabethan Sea-dogs
  37. 37Search for a Northwest Passage
  38. 38Attempts at Colonization
  39. 39Readings
  40. 40Chapter VI — The Chesapeake Bay and Insular Colonies (1603-1640)
  41. 41The Colonial Administrative System of the Early Stuarts
  42. 42The Founding of Virginia
  43. 43The Founding of Maryland
  44. 44The Bermudas
  45. 45Guiana
  46. 46The Lesser Antilles
  47. 47The Providence Island Company
  48. 48Readings
  49. 49Chapter VII — The Beginnings of New England (1606-1640)
  50. 50Plymouth Colony
  51. 51Colonizing Activities on the New England Coast
  52. 52The Massachusetts Bay Colony
  53. 53Expansion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
  54. 54Settlements in the Connecticut Valley
  55. 55Readings
  56. 56Chapter VIII — The English Colonies During the Revolutionary Period…
  57. 57New England Development
  58. 58Virginia and Maryland, 1640-1660
  59. 59Readings
  60. 60Chapter IX — The Dutch and Swedish Colonies (1609-1644)
  61. 61New Netherlands
  62. 62The Dutch and the Swedes on the Delaware
  63. 63Absorption of New Netherlands by the English
  64. 64Readings
  65. 65Chapter X — The Old English Colonies Under the Later Stuarts (1660-…
  66. 66Machinery of Government
  67. 67Misrule and Rebellion in Virginia
  68. 68Discontent in Maryland
  69. 69Royal Interference in New England
  70. 70Readings
  71. 71Chapter XI — Expansion Under the Later Stuarts (1660-1689)
  72. 72The Jerseys
  73. 73Pennsylvania
  74. 74The Insular Colonies
  75. 75The Carolinas
  76. 76Western Trade and Exploration
  77. 77Hudson’s Bay Company
  78. 78Readings
  79. 79Chapter XII — The English Mainland Colonies at the Close of the Sev…
  80. 80New England
  81. 81New York and East New Jersey
  82. 82Colonies Along Delaware River and Bay
  83. 83The Chesapeake Bay Region
  84. 84South Carolina
  85. 85Readings
  86. 86Expansion and International Conflict — Chapter XIII — The Spanish A…
  87. 87Frontier Administration
  88. 88The Missions
  89. 89The Jesuits in Sinaloa and Sonora
  90. 90Efforts to Occupy Lower California
  91. 91The Settlement of Chihuahua
  92. 92New Mexico in the Seventeenth Century
  93. 93Coahuila Occupied
  94. 94First Attempts in Eastern Texas
  95. 95The Struggle With Rivals in the West Indies
  96. 96The Struggle With the English on the Carolina Border
  97. 97Readings
  98. 98Chapter XIV — The Wars of the English and Spanish Successions (1684…
  99. 99The Preliminary Struggle for the Northern Fur Country
  100. 100The War of the English Succession
  101. 101The War of the Spanish Succession
  102. 102Readings
  103. 103Chapter XV — The French in Louisiana and the Far Northwest (1699-1762)
  104. 104Louisiana Under the Company of the Indies (1717-1731)
  105. 105Louisiana Under the Royal Governors
  106. 106The Trans-Mississippi West
  107. 107The Advance Toward New Mexico
  108. 108The Far Northwest
  109. 109Readings
  110. 110Chapter XVI — Texas, Pimería Alta and the Franco-Spanish Border Con…
  111. 111Northeastward Advance of the Spanish Frontier
  112. 112The Founding of Texas
  113. 113War With France
  114. 114The Expansion of Texas
  115. 115The Franco-Spanish Border
  116. 116Pimería Alta
  117. 117The Jesuits in Lower California
  118. 118Readings
  119. 119Chapter XVII — The English Advance Into the Piedmont, 1715-1750
  120. 120Defence of the Northern Frontier
  121. 121Reorganization of the Carolinas
  122. 122The Founding of Georgia
  123. 123The German and Swiss Migration
  124. 124The Scotch-Irish
  125. 125Significance of the Settlement of the Piedmont
  126. 126Readings
  127. 127Chapter XVIII — English Colonial Society in the Middle Eighteenth C…
  128. 128New England Industry
  129. 129The Middle Colonies
  130. 130The Southern Colonies
  131. 131Labor Systems
  132. 132Features of Society
  133. 133Barbados, the Leeward Isles, and Jamaica
  134. 134Readings
  135. 135Chapter XIX — The English Colonial System (1689-1763)
  136. 136The First Reorganization of William III
  137. 137William’s Second Reorganization
  138. 138The Colonial System During the Reign of Anne
  139. 139The Colonial System Under the Whigs
  140. 140Readings
  141. 141Chapter XX — A Quarter-Century of Conflict: The Expulsion of the Fr…
  142. 142The War of Jenkins’ Ear
  143. 143The War of the Austrian Succession
  144. 144The Approach of Another Conflict
  145. 145The French and Indian War
  146. 146Readings
  147. 147Chapter XXI — The Russian Advance: The Occupation of Alta Californi…
  148. 148The Russian Menace
  149. 149The Founding of Alta California
  150. 150Northern Explorations
  151. 151Louisiana Under Spain, 1762-1783
  152. 152Readings
  153. 153Chapter XXII — The New British Possessions (1763-1783)
  154. 154The Occupation of the Floridas
  155. 155Military Occupation of the Illinois Country
  156. 156Land Speculation and Plans for Western Colonies
  157. 157Trans-Alleghany Settlement
  158. 158The Province of Quebec
  159. 159The Northern Fur Traders
  160. 160Readings
  161. 161The Revolt of the English Colonies — Chapter XXIII — The Controvers…
  162. 162Reforms of the Grenville Ministry
  163. 163Repeal of the Stamp Act
  164. 164The Townshend Acts
  165. 165Beginning of Organized Resistance
  166. 166The Tea Controversy
  167. 167Lord North’s Coercive Policy
  168. 168The First Continental Congress
  169. 169Readings
  170. 170Chapter XXIV — From Lexington to Independence (1775-1776)
  171. 171The Second Continental Congress
  172. 172Progress of the War
  173. 173The Loyalists
  174. 174The Declaration of Independence
  175. 175Readings
  176. 176Chapter XXV — The Struggle for the Muddle States (1776-1777)
  177. 177The New Jersey Campaign
  178. 178The Struggle With Burgoyne
  179. 179The Contest for Philadelphia
  180. 180Readings
  181. 181Chapter XXVI — The War as an International Contest
  182. 182The War in the West
  183. 183Spain in the War
  184. 184The War on the Sea and the Dutch Alliance
  185. 185Readings
  186. 186Chapter XXVII — The Closing Years of the Revolution (1778-1781)
  187. 187The Yorktown Campaign
  188. 188The Treaty of Peace
  189. 189Readings
  190. 190Chapter XXVIII — Governmental Development During the Revolution
  191. 191The Second Continental Congress
  192. 192Financial Affairs
  193. 193State Governments During the Revolution
  194. 194The Articles of Confederation
  195. 195Governmental Reorganization
  196. 196Readings

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