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The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763

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A

Abenaki Indians, 229, 230, 232, 245

Abercromby, General, 267, 272-74

Abolition of slave trade (1807), 190

Abraham, Heights of, 276, 278

Acadia, 35, 227, 233, 237, 243, 244, 248, 261, 264, 265

Adams, John, 254

Africa, 6

Agriculture, 174

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of, 256, 268

Alatamaha River, 159

Albany, 134, 135, 136, 140, 141, 225, 226, 227, 229, 259, 261, 272

Albemarle (district), 65, 67, 68, 70

Albemarle, Duke of, 64

Albemarle river, 64

Alcazar, Battle of, 10

Alexander VI., rule of, 6

Alexandria (America), 260

Alleghany Mountains, 166, 245, 256

Alleghany River, 258

Allen, Nathaniel, 151

Allen, Samuel, 126

Alva, Duke of, 2

Amelia Island, 161

Amherst, Jeffrey, 270-72, 275, 276

Amidas, Captain, 17, 20, 23, 63

Amsterdam, 79, 132

Andros, Sir Edmund, 102, 103, 112, 139, 140, 141, 148, 192

Annapolis, 197, 203, 237

Anson, Admiral, 251

Antigua, 68

Apalachee, 72

Aquedneck, 114, 175

Archangel, 9, 18

Archdale, Joseph, 71

Argall, Samuel, 34-37

Arkansas River, 215-18

Arlington, Lord, 46

Arnold, History of the State of Rhode Island, etc., 117 n.

Ashley River, 65, 69

Association for the Defence of the Protestant Religion, 60

Aubert (French voyager), 200

Augusta, 159

Austrian Succession, War of, 251

Ayscue, Sir George, 44

Azores, the, 22

B

Bacon, Sir Francis, 4, 31

Bacon, Nathaniel, 48

Bahamas, the, 158

Baltic Company, 118

Baltimore City, 62, 191

Baltimore, first Lord, 54, 55

Baltimore, second Lord, 55-59

Baltimore, fourth Lord, 61

Barbadoes, the, 64, 68, 96, 97, 188

Barbary, 10

Barlow, Captain, 17, 23, 63

Barrett, History and Antiquities of Bristol, 5 n.

Bateson, Cambridge Modern History, 200 n.

Beaujeu, Admiral, 220, 261

Beauport, 228, 276

Belcher, Governor, 194

Belknap, 249 n.

Bellomont, Earl of, 105, 106, 143

Bennet, Richard, 45

Berkeley, Lady, 49

Berkeley, Lord, 134, 139, 146, 147

Berkeley, Sir William, 42-49, 57, 64, 194

Bermudas, 31, 34, 64

Berry, Sir John, 48, 49

Beverley, Robert, 195

Beza, John, 151

Bienville, C. de, 256

Biggar, Voyages of the Cabots, etc., 5 n.

Bigot, 170

Black Watch, 273

Blair, Commissary, 51, 52, 194

Blake, Joseph, 71

Blenheim, Battle of, 232

Block Island, 101

Bolingbroke, Viscount, 237

Bolzius, Martin, 159

Boscawen, Admiral, 270, 271

Boston, 89, 96, 97, 100-104, 110, 115 118, 141, 144, 169, 170, 171, 173, 176, 181, 183, 184, 227, 228, 231, 235, 237-39, 241, 252

"Bostonnais," 227, 228, 233

Bougainville, 276

Bozman, History of Maryland, 57 n.

Braddock, General, 260-63, 266, 273

Bradford, William, 79, 82, 83

Bradley, Captain John Smith, 29 n.

Bradley, Fight with France for North America, 260 n., 271 n., 273 n.

Bradley, Life of Wolfe, 279 n.

Bradstreet, Anne, 183

Bradstreet, Colonel, 266, 267, 274

Bradstreet, Simon, 89, 169, 171, 179

Braintree (America), 171

Branford, 112

Brayne, Henry, 68

Brazil, 6, 8, 18

Breda, 44

Brewton, Colonel, 72

Bristol, 3-6

British Columbia, 15

Brodhead, 135

Brooke, Lord, 107, 124

Brown, Captain, 245

Browne, John, 90

Browne, Samuel, 90

Bryce, American Commonwealth, 108 n.

Bulkeley, Peter, 99, 100

Burke, Edmund, 165, 273

Burnet, Governor, 144, 177, 246

Burrough, Edward, 96, 97

Byllinge, Edward, 147, 148

Byrd, Colonel, 195

C

Cabot, John, 3, 5, 6

Cabot, Sebastian, 3-6, 8, 9

Cadillac, La Mothe, 222

California, Gulf of, 215

Calvert, Cecil, 193

Calvert, Chas., 59, 60

Calvert, George, 54

Calvert, Leonard, 55-57

Cambridge (America), 89, 93, 184

Campbell, John, 184

Canada, 78, 141, 170, 180, 202-24, 225, 226, 227, 229, 232-34, 242, 244, 247, 251, 254, 257, 264, 273-82

Canary Islands, 6

Canso, 248

Cape Ann, 87

Cape Breton Island, 243, 252, 270, 280

Cape Cod, 81

Cape Fear, 64, 68

Cape Finisterre, 251

Cape Henry, 26

Carleton, Sir Guy, 276

Carlile, Captain, 16

Carolina, North, 17, 52, 63-75, 191, 196, 198

Carolina, South, 53, 63-75, 158, 162, 187, 190, 191, 194, 196-98, 264

Carolinas, The, 5, 107, 201, 235, 257, 258, 259, 261

Carr, Sir Robert, 121, 122, 125, 134

Carteret, Philip, 59, 134, 147, 148

Carteret, Sir George, 134, 139, 146, 147, 148

Cartier, Jacques, 201, 202, 280

Cartwright, 134

Carver, William, 82

Cary, Thomas, 73

Casco Bay, 119, 232

Castle Island, 90

Cataraqui River, 216

Cathay, 3, 6, 10

Cathay, Company of, 11

Cavendish, 18, 20

Cecil, Robert, 31

Champlain, Samuel, 203-208, 212, 213

Chancellor, Richard, 9

Charles I., 41, 42, 44, 54, 63, 64, 76, 90, 94, 95, 109, 119, 123, 132

Charles II., 44, 46, 48, 59, 72, 85, 93, 96, 97, 116, 119, 121, 122, 129, 132, 133, 138, 146, 176, 184, 196

Charles V., 9, 200

Charlestown, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 89, 90, 103, 196

Chauvin, 203

Chesapeake Bay, 26

Chesterfield, Lord, 280

Chicheley, Sir Henry, 49

Chowan River, 63

Chubb, 230, 231

Church, Major, 233

Clap, The Annals or History of Yale College, 182 n.

Clarendon, Earl of, 64

Clarendon Settlements, 70

Clarke, George (Junior), 144

Clarke, George (Senior), 145

Clayborne, William, 56-58

Clinton, George, 145

Clothmaking, 171

Cocheco River, 124

Coddington, William, 114, 175

Colbert, 208-11, 219

Colonial Congress, First, 141

Columbus, Christopher, 3, 4, 6, 25, 80, 200

Company of the One Hundred Associates, 207, 208

Company of the West, 210

Conant, Roger, 87

Condé, Prince de, 204

Connecticut, 93, 102, 107-14, 118, 119, 126, 129, 133, 168, 171, 173, 175, 176, 179, 181-84, 226, 249

Connecticut River, 107, 109

Contrecœur, 258

Convers, 230

Coode, John, 60

Coram, Thomas, 157

Cornbury, Lord, 143, 150

Cosby, William, 144

Costobelle, 238

Cotton, John, 92, 185

Courcelles, Governor, 211

Cranfield, Edward, 126

Cranston, Samuel, 117

Crispen, William, 151

Cromwell, Oliver, 44, 45, 58

Crownpoint, 246, 247, 251, 261, 263, 264

Culpeper, Lord, 46, 50, 67

Curwen, Samuel, 250

Cutts, John, 125

Cuyler, 141

D

Dale, Sir Thomas, 32, 33 n., 36, 37

Damariscotta, 248

Dare, Eleanor, 21

Darien, 233

Dautray, Sieur, 218, 219

Davenport, John, 118

Davies, Sylvanus, 226

D'Auville, Duc, 251

De Chastes, 203

D'Estournel, 251

De Lery, 266

De Ligueries, 274

De Loutre, 264

De Monts, 203

De Roberval, 202

De Ruyter, 135

Declaration of Indulgence, 162

Deerfield, 232, 233

Defoe, Daniel, 155

Delaware, 112, 153, 155, 187, 191

Delaware River, 134, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151-53

Delawarr, Lord, 32, 34

Denonville, 225

Denys, the voyager, 200

Detroit, 222-47

Diaz, Bartholomew, 3

Dieskau, Baron, 263

Digges, Edward, 45

Dinwiddie, Governor, 53, 256-62

Dongan, Thomas, 139, 140, 225

Dorchester (America), 86, 90, 108

Doughty, Thomas, 15

Dover (America), 124, 125

Doyle, Cambridge Modern History, 67 n., 91 n., 134 n., 165 n., 183 n.

Doyle, Colonies under the House of Hanover, 185 n., 195 n., 197 n., 250 n., 252 n., 255 n., 262 n.

Doyle, The English in America, 24 n., 38 n., 40 n., 87 n., 178 n., 193 n.

Drake, Sir Francis, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21

Drucour, Governor, 271, 272

Du Luth, 218, 222

Duchambon, 249, 250

Dudley, Thomas, 89

Dummer, Jeremiah, 237

Duquesne, Marquis, 256, 257

Duquesnel, 247

Dutch West India Company, 130-33

Dyre, William, 122

E

East Greenwich, manor of, 111

East India Company, 18, 24, 130

Eastchurch, Thomas, 67

Eaton, Theophilus, 117

Education, 182, 183, 194

Edward VI., 9

Egerton, A Short History of British Colonial Policy, 104 n.

Egerton, Origin and Growth of the English Colonies, 15 n.

Eldorado, 2, 18

Eliot, John, 180

Elizabeth, Queen, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 45, 78

Endecott, John, 87-91, 109

Eversen, Cornelius, 138

Exeter (America), 124

F

Fabian, Robert, 5

Fairfield, 182

Falmouth, 226, 227

Fendall, Josias, 58, 60

Fenwick, John, 147, 148

Ferrars, John, 36

Fish trade, 170, 172

Fitchett, Fights for the Flag, 229 n.

Five Nations (see also Iroquois), 139, 140, 204, 212, 213, 246

Flax, 175

Fletcher, Benjamin, 106, 142, 143, 153

Fletcher, Cornhill Magazine, 10 n.

Florida, 5, 6, 10, 64, 72, 74, 157, 161, 162

Forbes, General, 274

Force, Tracts, 33 n., 157 n., 158 n., 165 n.

Fort Bull, 266

Fort Casimir, 132

Fort Chartres, 247

Fort Christina, 131

Fort Crèvecœur, 217

Fort Cumberland, 257

Fort Duquesne, 258, 261, 274

Fort Edward, 269

Fort Frontenac, 212, 216, 217, 222, 274

Fort James, 138

Fort Loyal, 226

Fort Lyman, 263

Fort Necessity, 258

Fort Niagara, 217, 246, 247, 264, 275

Fort Orange, 134

Fort Pemaquid, 230, 231

Fort Richelieu, 208

Fort Rouillé, 246

Fort St Frederic, 247

Fort St Louis, 219-21

Fort William Henry, 264, 268, 269

Fortescue, Calendar of State Papers, Colonial, 49 n., 50 n., 67 n., 100 n., 101 n.

Fox River, 213

Francis I., 200

Franciscans, the, 205, 206

Franklin, Benjamin, 195, 259

Frederic the Great, 247

Frederica, 159, 161, 162

French, Historical Collections of Louisiana, 218 n., 219 n.

Frobisher Bay, 11

Frobisher Sir Martin, 11, 12

Frontenac, Count, 211-13, 219, 225-28

Fuller, Thomas, 19

Fundy, Bay of, 203

Fur trade, 170, 203, 205

G

Gainsborough, 79

Gardiner, History of the Commonwealth, 44 n.

Gates, Sir Thomas, 24, 31-33, 36

George II., 252

George III., 101

Georgia, 156-67

Germantown, 192, 198

Gigglesworth, Michael, 183

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19

Gilbert, Raleigh, 77

Glen, Governor, 259

Godfrey, Thomas, 195

Goelet, Captain Francis, 169

Goffe, William, 118

Gondomar, 38

Goose Creek, 196

Gorges, Ferdinando, 121-24

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 24, 86, 119, 120, 121, 123

Gorton, Samuel, 115

Gosnold, Bartholomew, 22, 26, 27

Grand Pré, 233

Granville County, 74

Green, J., Short History of the English People, 81 n., 82 n.

Green, W., William Pitt, 174 n.

Greenland, 11

Greenwich, 6

Grenville, Sir R., 20

Grenville Correspondence, 273 n.

Guildford (America), 118

Guinea, 14, 18

H

Hakluyt, Richd., 8, 14, 16, 22, 23, 24, 40

Hakluyt, Discourse of Western Planting, 23

Hakluyt, Voyages, 6 n., 20 n., 23 n., 63 n., 201 n., 203 n.

Hall, John, 176

Hamilton, Andrew, 149

Hammond, John, 54, 56 n., 58 n.

Hamor, Ralph, 34, 35 n.

Hampton, 52, 124, 260

Hankey, Sophia, 159, 160

Hardy, Captn., 74

Harley, 241

Harmon, Captn., 245

Harrison, Washington, 262 n.

Hartford, 108, 113, 182

Harvard, 93, 102, 182, 183

Harvard, Mr, 93

Harvey, Governor, 41, 42

Haverfield, 233

Haviland, General, 280

Hawkins, Sir John, 14

Hayes, Edward, 13

Hazard, Historical Collection, 140 n.

Heage, Wm., 151

Heath, Captn., 245

Heath, Sir Robert, 63

Henning, Statutes at Large, 46 n.

Hennepin, Father, 217, 218

Henrico, 33

Henry VII., 3, 6, 8

Henry VIII., 7, 8

Henry of Navarre, 204

Hiacoomes, 180

Hill, Abigail, 240

Hill, General, 240, 241

Holborne, Admiral, 268

Holstead, Captn., 66

Hooker, Thos., 92

Hore, Master, 7

Howard of Effingham, Lord, 50

Howe, Lord, 272-74

Howe, Thos., 151

Hudson Bay, 243

Hudson River, 129, 130, 134, 139, 146, 147, 150, 226

Hunt, Political History of England, etc., 281 n.

Huron Indians, 205, 214

Hutchinson, A Collection of Original Papers, 98 n., 103 n.

Hutchinson, Mrs Anne, 92, 114

Hyde, Edward, 73

I

Iberville, 226-31

Iceland, 18

Ile d'Orléans, 276

Illinois Indians, 214

Illinois River, 215-19

Indian Bible, 180

Indigo, 192

Ingle, 57

Ingoldsby, Major Ralph, 142

Ipswich (America), 102

Iron, 171, 192

Iroquois (see also Five Nations), 209, 211, 212, 222, 223, 225, 226, 229, 263

J

Jack the Feather, 38

James I., 24, 25, 38, 39, 40, 80, 83, 132

James II., 101, 102, 104, 112, 113, 117, 140, 141, 142, 150, 153, 231

James as Duke of York, 132, 134-38, 146-48, 189, 190

James III. (the Old Pretender), 231

James River, 27, 51

Jamestown, 26-33, 45, 47, 48, 189, 197

Janney, Life of W. Penn, 152 n.

Japazaus, 34

Jeffreys, Sir Herbert, 48, 49

Jenkinson, Anthony, 9

Jesuits, the, 180, 205, 206, 209, 213, 216, 229, 232

Johnson, A History of New England, 118 n.

Johnson, Edward, 183

Johnson, William, 255, 262, 265, 267

Johnstone, Sir Nathaniel, 72, 73, 74

Joliet, Louis, 213-15

Jonquière, Marquis de la, 251, 256

Josselyn, An Account of Two Voyages to New England, 120 n., 123 n.

Josselyn, John, 122, 123

Jumonville, Lieutenant, 258

K

Keith, Mr, 154

Kennebec River, 77, 104, 120, 245

Kent, Isle of, 56-58

Kidd, Captain, 106

Kieft, Governor, 130

King, Colonel, 239, 242

King Philip's War, 125

King William's War, 113

King's College (Columbia), 194

Kirke, David, 54, 207, 227

Knight, Mrs, 179

Knight, Sir John, 47

L

La Baye, 247

La Chine, 216, 226

La Corne, 269

La Galissonière, 256

La Prairie, 227

La Rochelle, 207, 220, 251

La Salle, Sieur de, 216-22

Labrador, 7

Laconia Company, 123

Lake Champlain, 226, 235, 246

Lake Erie, 216, 222

Lake George, 264, 265

Lake Huron, 213, 222

Lake Michigan, 213, 216, 217

Lake Ontario, 216, 217

Lake Superior, 214

Lake Winnebago, 213, 215

Lane, Ralph, 20

Laud, Archbishop, 76, 89, 90

Laudonnière, 63

Laurence, Governor, 264, 270

Laurie, Gawen, 148

Laws, Peculiar, 185

Le Caron, 205

Le Clercq, Father, 209

Le Clercq, First Establishment of the Faith in New France, 210 n.

Le Moyne, 209

Lead, 171

Leete, William, 112

Leisler, Jacob, 141, 142, 226

Léry, Baron de, 200

Lescarbot, 204

Leslie, Lieutenant, 261

Levant, The, 18

Leverett, Governor, 97

Lévis, French General, 268, 269, 272, 279

Levitt, 119

Leyden, 79, 80, 83

Literature, 183, 184

Locke, John, 66

Locke's Fundamental Constitution, 66, 71

Logan, James, 156

Lok, Michael, 11

London Company, 24, 25, 31, 34-42

Long Island, 118, 129, 130, 133, 135-38

Loudoun, Earl of, 267, 268

Louis XIV., 138, 140, 208, 211, 217, 219, 221, 223, 228, 231, 243, 244

Louis XV., 280

Louisburg, 244, 247-52, 268, 270, 272, 276

Louisiana, 167, 219, 247, 275

Lovelace, Francis, 137, 138

Lucas, Historical Geography of the British Colonies—Canada, 248 n., 263 n.

Ludwell, Philip, 71

Lynn (America), 171

M

Macaulay, Essays, 78 n.

Macaulay, Lord, 86

Magellan, Straits of, 15

Maine, 8, 35, 77, 94, 119-23, 126, 229, 230, 248, 249

Maisonneuve, 209

Malplaquet, 232

Manhattan Island, 130, 249

Manning, Captain, 138

Manoa, city of, 3

March, Colonel, 233

Marie de Medici, 35, 204

Marin, 257

Marlborough, Duke of, 223, 234, 237, 241-43

Marquette, Jacques, 214-16, 222

Martha's Vineyard, 180

Martin, Advocate of the London Company, 35

Martinique, 73

Mary, Queen, 225

Maryland, 54-62, 74, 107, 150, 187, 190-93, 196, 197, 198, 235, 255, 257, 259, 261, 262

Masham, Mrs, 241

Mason, Captain John, 109, 110, 123, 126

Mason, family of, 124

Massachusetts, 76, 86-100, 112, 114-17, 121-26, 137, 140, 143, 168, 171-82, 227, 228, 230, 232-38, 242, 244-46, 248, 254, 257, 259, 260, 263, 264, 271, 281

Mather, Cotton, 183

Mather, Increase, 102, 105

Mathews, Samuel, 45

Mathews, Virginian settler, 41

Maumee, 247

Maverick, 136

Mayhew, Thomas, 179

Mazarin, Cardinal, 208

Meade, Old Churches of Virginia, 196 n.

Mellborne, Jacob, 142

Membré, Father, 218

Menendez, 63

Mercer, Colonel, 266

Merrimac River, 233

Merry Mount, 87

Meta Incognita, 12

Metacam, 97, 98

Mexico, 9

Mexico, Bay of, 78, 167, 215, 217, 219

Miami Indians, 257

Michillimackinac, 247

Milford (America), 118

Miller, Thomas, 67

Minnesota River, 218

Minuit, 131

Missionaries, 179, 180

Mississippi River, 72, 213-15, 217

Missouri River, 215, 218

Mitchell, Contest in America, 247 n.

Mohawk River, 249

Mohawks, 236, 262, 267, 275

Monckton, General, 276

Monongahela River, 258, 261

Montcalm, Marquis de, 246, 266-69, 272, 273, 277-79

Montmagny, 208

Montmorenci, Duc de, 206

Montmorency, Falls of, 277

Montreal, 204, 208-10, 232, 235, 280

Moore, Colonel, 72

Moore, James, 72

Morley, Walpole, 173 n., 192 n.

Morris, Lewis, 154, 191

Morton, 87

Moryson, Colonel Francis, 48, 49

Motley, Thomas, 59

Moulton, Captain, 245

Murray, General, 276, 279, 280

Muscovy Company, 9

N

Nantes, Revocation of Edict of, 202

Nantucket, 180, 228

Narragansett Bay, 91, 94

Narragansett Indians, 109

Naumkeag, 87

Navigation Acts, 52, 99, 128, 129, 170, 174, 281

Neale, Daniel, 172

Negro slavery, 178, 179

Nelson, Lord, 279

Nesmond, Marquis de, 231

New Albion, 15

New Amstel, 132

New Amsterdam, 130-33

New Brunswick, 135

New England Company, 77, 83, 86, 87, 107, 120

New England Confederacy, 93, 94, 97, 111, 119, 124, 126

New Hampshire, 105, 123-27, 143, 172, 173, 226, 229, 235, 236, 238, 246, 249, 259, 267

New Haven, 93, 111, 113, 117, 118, 119, 132, 133, 138, 168, 175, 182, 230

New Inverness, 159

New Jersey, 105, 134, 135, 139, 145-50, 154, 187-95, 234, 247, 257, 259, 263

New London, 113, 182, 184

New Netherlands, 128-45

New Plymouth, 97, 178, 180-84

New Somersetshire, 119

New Sweden, 130-32

New York, 74, 105, 106, 113, 136-54, 184, 187, 188, 190-98, 225, 226, 229, 233-36, 244, 246, 247, 254, 257, 258, 261, 263, 268

New York Weekly Journal, 144

Newcastle, Duke of, 145

Newcastle (America), 132, 155

Newfoundland, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 54, 201, 243

Newport, Christopher, 26, 27, 51

Newport (America), 114, 115, 169, 198

Newspapers, 184

Nicollet, Jean, 213

Nicholls, Colonel R., 133-37, 146, 197

Nicholson, Francis, 51, 60, 74, 140, 141, 234-37, 240

North-East Passage, 9, 11

North-West Passage, 6, 9, 10, 11

Nova Scotia (see also Acadia), 35, 202, 264

Nyantic Indians, 95

O

O'Callaghan, Documents relative to Colonial History, etc., 106 n., 177 n., 182 n., 246 n.

Oglethorpe, James, 156-65

Ohio Company, 256, 257.

Ohio River, 215-18, 255-58, 265, 266

Oldham, John, 109

Onondaga River, 246

Opechancanough, 38-43

Oregon, 15

Oswego, 246, 264-66

Ottawa, 205

Oudenarde, Battle of, 232

Oxford, Earl of, 237

Oyster Point, 69

Oyster River, 230

P

Paper bills, 177

Paris, Treaty of, 243, 280-82

Parkhurst, Anthony, 8

Parkman, Half a Century of Conflict, 232 n., 235 n., 239 n., 242 n., 244, n. 246 n.

Parkman, La Salle, 217 n.

Parkman, Wolfe and Montcalm, 260 n., 270 n.

Pastorius, Geographical Description of Pennsylvania, 153 n.

Patagonia, 10

Pawtuxet, 115

Peckham, Sir George, 16

Penn, John, 156

Penn, Thomas, 156

Penn, William, 148-56, 255

Pennsylvania, 146, 149-56, 187-96, 234, 249, 255-59, 261, 263, 268, 274

Penobscot, Indians of the, 245

Penruddock, Colonel, 188

Pepperell, William, 249, 250, 252

Pert, Sir Thomas, 8

Peru, 9, 15, 200

Philadelphia, 192, 194, 195, 198

Philip II., 2, 202

Phipps, Sir William, 104, 105, 227-30, 278

Pilgrim Fathers, 54, 80-82, 103

Piscataqua River, 123

Pitt, William, 173, 269, 271, 273, 276

Pittsburg, 274

Plymouth, 76-87, 93, 107, 108, 168, 169, 171, 175

Plymouth Company, 24, 77, 78

Pocahontas, 29, 34, 35

Pokanoket Indians, 97

Pontgravé, 203, 204

Popham, George, 77

Popish Plot, the, 100

Port Royal, 35, 63, 72, 158, 203, 227, 229, 233, 237

Portland, 226

Portsmouth (America), 114, 115, 125

Portugal, 236

Postal service, 184

Potomac, the, 34

Pouchot (French commander), 275

Powhattan, 27, 29, 32, 34, 38

Prado, Albert de, 7

Prices, 177

Prideaux, General, 275

Pring, Martin, 22, 23

Printing, 184

Providence, 114-19, 182

Prowse, History of Newfoundland, 243 n.

Puritans, the, 181,182

Pym, John, 90, 94

Q

Quaker settlements, 146-56

Quakers, the, 96, 97, 98, 116, 272

Quebec, 202, 204, 207, 210, 211, 225, 227, 228, 231, 232, 244, 275-80

Quincy, Samuel, 158

Quinipiac River, 118

R

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 63, 200

Raleigh, Professor, 19 n.

Ramesay, French governor, 235

Ramillies, Battle of, 232

Randolph, Edward, 72, 98, 99, 100

Rasle, Sebastian, 245

Ratcliffe, Captain John, 26, 27, 32

Religion, 195-97

Rhode Island, 98, 105, 114-19, 171, 173, 175, 176, 178, 179, 182, 184, 235, 236, 238, 249, 259

Rice, 191, 192

Richebourg, 51

Richelieu, 207, 209

Richelieu River, 208, 226, 280

Richmond, 27

Rigby, Edward, 120, 121

Rio de la Plata, 9

Roanoke, 20

Robinson, John, 79, 82

Roche, Marquis de la, 202

Rogers, Robert, 265, 267, 274, 276, 280

Rolfe, John, 35

Rowley, 171

Roxbury, 180

Royal African Company, 190

Rut, John, 7

Ryswick, Treaty of, 231

S

Sable Island, 202

Sacheverell, Dr, 237

Saco, 119

St Augustine, 72, 161, 162

St Foy, Battle of, 279

St Ignace, 214

St John, 241, 242

St Joseph, 247

St Luc de la Corne, Chevalier, 247

St Lawrence River, 16, 166, 201, 202, 204, 207, 208, 239, 240, 251, 268, 276, 280

St Lawrence, Gulf of, 200

St Mary's, 57, 197

St Simon's, 74

St Sulpice, 209

Salem, 87, 91, 148

Salmon Falls, 226

Salzburgers, 159, 164

San Domingo, 220

Sandford, Peleg, 117

Sandys, colonist, 42

Sandys, Sir Edwin, 25, 36, 38, 39, 40

Savannah River, 16, 157-59

Saye and Sele, Lord, 107, 124

Sayle, William, 68, 69

Schenectady, 140, 226, 227, 275

Schuyler, Peter, 236

Scrooby, 79

Sculkill River, 152

Secker, Archbishop, 181

Seeley, Growth of British Policy, 128 n., 129 n.

Seignelay, 219

Seneca Indians, 212

Seven Years' War, 265, 266

Shaftesbury, Earl of, 47, 64, 66, 69, 191

Sharpe, Governor, 260

Sheep, 175

Shipbuilding, 173

Shirley, Governor, 248-52, 257, 259-61, 263-67

Silver, 171

Sioux Indians, 218

Slaughter, Colonel, 142

Slavery, 188, 189, 190

Slye, Gerald, 61

Smith, Adam, 170, 174

Smith, Adam, Wealth of Nations, 174 n.

Smith, A Description of New England, 78 n., 81 n.

Smith, Captain John, 26-31, 40, 77, 81

Smith, Thomas, 71

Smythe, Ambrose, 188

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 180, 184

Somers, Sir George, 24, 31

Somers Islands, 34

Sothel, Seth, 67, 70

Southampton, Earl of, 22, 36, 38, 40

Spanish Succession, War of, 223, 242

Specie, 175-77, 193

Spithead, 241

Spotswood, Alexander, 52, 53, 190, 196

Stamford (America), 118

Standish, Miles, 81

Stith, Rev. William, 195

Stone, Captain, 109

Stone, William, 57, 58

Stoughton, William, 99, 100, 168 n., 230

Stukeley, Thomas, 10

Stuyvesant, Peter, 131-33, 135, 191

Sunderland, Earl of, 234

Swift, Dean, 241

T

Tadoussac, 203, 217

Talon, the Intendant, 211, 214

Tew, Captain, 143

Texas, 220, 221

Thomas, Gabriel, 154

Thompson, David, 123

Thorne, Master, 11

Three Rivers, 210

Thwaites, The Colonies, 1492-1750, 84 n., 181 n.

Ticonderoga, 204, 263, 266, 268, 272, 274, 275

Timber trade, 172

Tison, Thomas, 14

Tobacco, 41, 174, 188, 191, 192, 193

Tonty, Henri de, 217-21

Toronto, 246

Townshend, General, 276

Townshend, Lord, 174

Tracey, Marquis de, 211

Trade and Plantations, Committee of, 100, 103, 171, 189, 246

Tull, Jethro, 174

Tuscarora Indians, 52, 73, 74

U

Ulster Protestants, 187, 265

Underhill, Captain, 109, 110

Underhill, Newes from America, 110 n.

Usselinx, William, 131

Utrecht, Treaty of, 73, 223, 243, 244

V

Van der Douch, 130

Van Twiller, 130

Vane, Henry, 92

Vasco de Gama, 3, 200

Vauban, 248, 272

Vaudreuil, Governor, 276

Vaughan, 248, 250

Venango, 257

Venice, 3

Ventadour, Duc de, 205, 206

Vergennes, 281

Verrazano, 200, 201

Vervins, Treaty of, 202

Vetch, Samuel, 233, 234, 235, 240

Vignau, Nicholas, 205

Villebon, 229

Virginia, 17, 19-59, 61-65, 71, 74, 76, 77, 81, 88, 97, 107, 170, 187-98, 204, 235, 255-57, 260-62, 264, 265, 274

Virginia Company, 28 n., 193

W

Wabash River, 247

Wages, 177, 178

Walker, Sir H., 239, 240, 241

Walker, Journal, 241 n.

Walpole, Horace, 260

Walpole, Sir Robert, 160, 173, 191

Walsingham, Francis, 17

Wampum, 175

Ward, Nathaniel, 183

Warren, Admiral, 249-51

Warwick, Earl of, 11, 37

Washington, George, 256-62, 265

Watertown, 89, 102

Webb, General, 267

Wells, 232

Wentworth, Governor, 172

Wesley, Charles, 159

Wesley, John, 159, 160

Wesley, Journal, 159 n., 160 n.

West Indies, 6, 14, 170, 188

West Joseph, 69, 70

Westminster, Treaty of, 138, 147

Wethersfield, 108, 109

Whalley, Edward, 118

Wheelwright, John, 92

White, Father, 55

White, John, 87

Whitefield, George, 62, 164, 181, 196, 249

Whitmore, 270

William III., 49, 60, 103, 141, 223, 225

William and Mary College, 51, 194

Williams, John, 232

Williams, Roger, 91, 109, 114, 115, 116

Williamsburg, 52, 197

Williamson, Mr, 160

Williamson, Sir Joseph, 137

Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 9

Windsor, 108

Wine, 171

Wingfield, Edward, 27

Winslow, Edward, 82, 83

Winslow, John, 102, 114

Winslow, John (Junior), 264, 267

Winthrop, John, 88-92

Winthrop, John (Junior), 108, 111, 112, 119, 171, 172

Winthrop, History of New England, etc., 89 n., 92 n., 118 n., 177 n.

Wisconsin River, 213, 215

Wolfe, General James, 228, 267, 270, 272, 274, 276-79, 280

Wood, Siege of Quebec, 278 n.

Wood Creek, 235

Woodward, Thomas, 65

Wool, 171-75

Wright, Life of Wolfe, 267 n.

Wyatt, Sir Francis, 41, 42

Y

Yale College, 182, 183

Yamassee Indians, 53, 74

Yeamans, Sir John, 68, 69

Yeardley, Sir George, 36, 37, 41

York (Paine), 230

Young, Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers, 84 n.M

Z

Zengler, John P., 144

TURNBULL AND SPEARS, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH

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