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Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xii |
European Backgrounds | p. 1 |
Norse Discoveries | p. 1 |
The Crusades | p. 2 |
The Renaissance | p. 3 |
Trade and the Nation-State | p. 4 |
Portuguese Exploration | p. 5 |
Spanish Exploration | p. 6 |
English and French Exploration | p. 9 |
Bibliography | p. 10 |
The Native Americans | p. 12 |
Native Americans Settle the Americas | p. 12 |
Native Americans of Central and South America | p. 13 |
The Native Americans of the Southwest and West | p. 17 |
The Native Americans of the Plains | p. 18 |
The Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands | p. 19 |
Estimates of Native American Population | p. 22 |
Bibliography | p. 23 |
The Spanish Empire in America | p. 24 |
Spanish Conquests | p. 24 |
The Exploration and Settlement of the Southwest | p. 25 |
The Government and Economy of the Spanish Empire | p. 27 |
Race Relations in the Spanish Empire | p. 29 |
Religious and Cultural Life in the Spanish Empire | p. 31 |
Bibliography | p. 32 |
The Portuguese, French, and Dutch Empires in America | p. 34 |
The Portuguese in the New World | p. 34 |
The French in the New World | p. 37 |
The Dutch in the New World | p. 41 |
Comparing and Contrasting the Non-English Empires | p. 44 |
Bibliography | p. 45 |
The Background of English Colonization | p. 47 |
Delay in English Colonization | p. 47 |
Economic Motives | p. 48 |
Religious Motives | p. 49 |
Political Motives | p. 51 |
Governmental Interest in Colonization | p. 52 |
The Beginnings of English Colonization | p. 54 |
Bibliography | p. 57 |
The Tobacco Colonies: Virginia and Maryland | p. 58 |
The London and Plymouth Companies | p. 58 |
The Founding of Jamestown | p. 59 |
Virginia Proves a Success | p. 61 |
Virginia Survives Native American Attacks | p. 63 |
Maryland Is Founded | p. 64 |
The Economic Growth of the Tobacco Colonies | p. 66 |
Bibliography | p. 68 |
The New England Colonies | p. 69 |
The Founding of the Plymouth Colony | p. 69 |
The Founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony | p. 71 |
Other New England Colonies | p. 74 |
Native American Relations in New England | p. 77 |
Bibliography | p. 79 |
The Control and Completion of Colonization | p. 81 |
The Colonies Under the Commonwealth | p. 81 |
The West Indies | p. 83 |
Colonial Policy under Charles II | p. 83 |
The Founding of the Carolinas | p. 85 |
The Founding of New York and the Jerseys | p. 86 |
The Founding of Pennsylvania | p. 88 |
The Founding of Georgia | p. 90 |
Bibliography | p. 91 |
Seventeenth-Century Revolts and Eighteenth-Century Stabilization | p. 93 |
The Effects of the Navigation Acts | p. 93 |
Bacon's Rebellion | p. 94 |
The Dominion of New England | p. 97 |
The Glorious Revolution in New York | p. 99 |
The Glorious Revolution in Maryland | p. 101 |
Comparing and Contrasting the 1689 Revolutions in America | p. 101 |
Eighteenth-Century Stabilization | p. 102 |
Bibliography | p. 102 |
Colonial Government | p. 104 |
English Agencies of Colonial Government | p. 104 |
Government in the American Colonies | p. 106 |
A Federal Empire? | p. 111 |
Local Government | p. 112 |
Taxation | p. 113 |
Bibliography | p. 113 |
African-Americans in the English Colonies | p. 115 |
The Slave Trade | p. 115 |
The Development of Slavery | p. 117 |
The Black Population | p. 119 |
Black Opposition to Slavery | p. 120 |
White Reaction to Slave Discontent | p. 122 |
Family and Religious Life | p. 123 |
Slavery in the Northern Colonies | p. 124 |
Free African-Americans | p. 126 |
Bibliography | p. 127 |
Immigration | p. 128 |
Push and Pull Factors | p. 128 |
Immigration Statistics | p. 129 |
The Huguenots | p. 129 |
The Germans | p. 131 |
The Scotch-Irish and Scots | p. 132 |
The Irish and the Jews | p. 134 |
The Naturalization Process | p. 134 |
Immigrants on the Frontier | p. 135 |
East-West Friction | p. 136 |
Bibliography | p. 139 |
Colonial Agriculture | p. 140 |
The Beginnings | p. 140 |
Farm Implements | p. 142 |
Agriculture in the New England Colonies | p. 142 |
Agriculture in the Middle Colonies | p. 143 |
Agriculture in the Southern Colonies | p. 144 |
Bibliography | p. 146 |
Colonial Commerce | p. 147 |
The Colonies as Suppliers and Markets | p. 147 |
Triangular Trade Routes? | p. 149 |
Anglo-American Trade Relations | p. 150 |
Domestic Trade | p. 152 |
Piracy | p. 153 |
Land Transportation and Communication | p. 153 |
The Fur Trade | p. 155 |
Bibliography | p. 155 |
Colonial Industry | p. 157 |
Obstacles to the Growth of Industry | p. 157 |
Forest-Based Industries | p. 158 |
Sea-Based Industries | p. 160 |
Earth-Based Industries | p. 161 |
Other Colonial Industries | p. 163 |
Workers and Wages | p. 164 |
Bibliography | p. 166 |
Money and Social Status | p. 167 |
Hard Money | p. 167 |
Monetary Experiments | p. 168 |
Paper Money and Land Banks | p. 169 |
Wealth and Social Class | p. 171 |
Social Mobility | p. 174 |
Bibliography | p. 175 |
The Colonial Town | p. 177 |
Characteristics of Colonial Towns | p. 177 |
Urban Problems | p. 180 |
The Urban Economy | p. 184 |
Urban Culture | p. 187 |
Bibliography | p. 187 |
The Colonial Family | p. 189 |
Marriage | p. 189 |
Premarital and Extramarital Affairs | p. 191 |
Characteristics of the Family | p. 192 |
The Legal Status of Women | p. 194 |
The Concept of Childhood | p. 195 |
Bibliography | p. 197 |
Religion in Colonial America | p. 199 |
The Anglican Church | p. 199 |
The Congregational Church | p. 201 |
Religious Groups in the Middle Colonies | p. 206 |
The Presbyterian Church | p. 207 |
The Great Awakening and Its Results | p. 208 |
Bibliography | p. 212 |
Education in Colonial America | p. 213 |
Education in the Southern Colonies | p. 213 |
Education in the Middle Colonies | p. 214 |
Education in the New England Colonies | p. 215 |
Higher Education | p. 218 |
Bibliography | p. 222 |
Language and Literature | p. 223 |
The Growth of American English | p. 223 |
The Development of American Literature | p. 224 |
Literary Tastes of Colonial Americans | p. 229 |
Newspapers and Magazines | p. 230 |
Bibliography | p. 231 |
Colonial Arts and Sciences | p. 233 |
American Scientists | p. 233 |
Medicine | p. 235 |
Art | p. 237 |
Crafts | p. 239 |
Bibliography | p. 241 |
Everyday Life in Colonial America | p. 242 |
Demographic Characteristics | p. 242 |
Homes and Furnishings | p. 244 |
Dress | p. 247 |
Sports and Amusements | p. 248 |
Bibliography | p. 251 |
The Colonial Wars | p. 253 |
King William's War | p. 253 |
Queen Anne's War | p. 254 |
King George's War | p. 255 |
The Background of the French and Indian War | p. 255 |
The French and Indian War | p. 256 |
The Results of the French and Indian War | p. 259 |
Bibliography | p. 262 |
The Road to Revolution | p. 263 |
The Constitutional Background | p. 263 |
The Anglican Bishop Controversy | p. 264 |
The Proclamation of 1763 | p. 264 |
The Sugar Act | p. 266 |
The Stamp Act | p. 267 |
The Townshend Acts | p. 270 |
The Tea Act and Its Repercussions | p. 271 |
The First Continental Congress and the Outbreak of Violence | p. 273 |
The Second Continental Congress and Independence | p. 275 |
Bibliography | p. 278 |
The Revolutionary War | p. 279 |
Military Advantages and Disadvantages | p. 279 |
The Campaigns of 1776-1777 | p. 282 |
The Campaigns of 1778-1781 | p. 283 |
Peace Negotiations | p. 284 |
Domestic Effects of the Revolution | p. 286 |
Bibliography | p. 289 |
Governments for a New Nation | p. 291 |
State Constitution Making | p. 291 |
The Articles of Confederation | p. 292 |
Western Land Laws | p. 293 |
Economic Problems | p. 295 |
The Constitutional Convention | p. 296 |
The Ratification Struggle | p. 300 |
Bibliography | p. 302 |
Index | p. 305 |
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