Chapter II: Preface: 3

CONTENTS 5

INTRODUCTION 8

PART I.

PRIMITIVE AMERICA.

CHAPTER

I.--The Aborigines 11

PART II.

VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY.

II.--The Norsemen in America 21

III.--Spanish Discoveries in America 24

IV.--Spanish Discoveries in America.--Continued 28

V.--The French in America 35

VI.--English Discoveries and Settlements 41

VII.--English Discoveries and Settlements.--Continued 47

VIII.--Voyages and Settlements of the Dutch 53

PART III.

COLONIAL HISTORY.

IX.--Virginia.--The First Charter 57

X.--Charter Government.--Continued 65

XI.--Virginia.--The Royal Government 70

XII.--Massachusetts.--Settlement and Union 76

XIII.--Massachusetts.--War and Witchcraft 84

XIV.--New York.--Settlement and Administration of Stuyvesant 94

XV.--New York under the English 100

XVI.--Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire 106

XVII.--New Jersey and Pennsylvania 115

XVIII.--Maryland and North Carolina 122

XIX.--South Carolina and Georgia 128

XX.--French and Indian War 135

PART IV.

REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION.

XXI.--Causes of the Revolution 149

XXII.--The Beginning of the Revolution.--Events of 1775 157

XXIII.--The Events of 1776 163

XXIV.--Operations of 1777 171

XXV.--Events of 1778 and 1779 178

XXVI.--Reverses and Treason.--Events of 1780 187

XXVII.--Events of 1781 192

XXVIII.--Confederation and Union 199