History of the United States of America : from the discovery of the continent [to 1789]

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 6 volumes ; 23 cm This work examines the history of North American colonization and the United States from the thirteen colonies to 1789 "The author's last revision." volume 1. Early voyages, French settlements in America -- The Spaniards in Florida and on the Pacific coast -- The Spaniards in the Mississippi Valley -- The Spaniards hold Florida -- The English attempt colonization -- England plants a new nation in Virginia -- Virginia obtains civil liberty -- Slavery, dissolution of the London Company -- Restriction on colonial commerce -- Colonization of Maryland -- Prelates and Puritans -- The Pilgrims -- New England's plantation -- Self-government in Massachusetts -- The providence plantations -- Colonization of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut -- The Prelates and Massachusetts -- The united colonies of New England -- The place of Puritanism in history -- The fall and restoration of the Stuarts -- The Navigation Acts -- Connecticut, Rhode Island and Charles II -- Massachusetts and Charles II -- New England its red men -- The overthrow of the charter of Massachusetts -- Shaftsbury and Locke legislate for Carolina -- Settlements in South Carolina -- Maryland after the restoration -- How the Stuarts reward the loyalty of Virginia -- The great rebellion in Virginia -- New Netherland -- New Netherland and New Sweden -- New Netherland, New Jersey, and New York -- The people called Quakers in the United States -- Pennsylvania -- Despotism of James II in the northern colonies -- The revolution of 1686 - The result so far volume 2. The southern states after the revolution -- The middle states after the revolution -- New England after the revolution -- Parliament and the colonies -- The red men east of the Mississippi - The languages and manners of the red men -- Policy and religion of the red men -- The nature and origin of the red men -- Prog