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The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783

Herbert Eugene Bolton · Public domain text

208,335 words · about 14 h 35 min to read

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Authors
Herbert Eugene Bolton (1870–1953), Thomas Maitland Marshall (1876–1936)
Language
English
Subjects
Great Britain › Colonies › America, Spain › Colonies › America, France › Colonies › America, North America › History › Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Length
208,335 words · about 14 h 35 min
Sections
151 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (151)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 9 min
  3. I. THE BACKGROUND AND THE DISCOVERY about 7 min
  4. COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA about 7 min
  5. II. THE FOUNDING OF NEW SPAIN (1492-1543) about 4 min
  6. THE OCCUPATION OF THE WEST INDIES about 3 min
  7. BEGINNINGS OF COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY about 7 min
  8. EXPLORATION OF THE MAINLAND COASTS AND THE SEARCH FOR A STRAIT about 5 min
  9. THE MAYAS AND THE NAHUAS about 3 min
  10. THE CONQUEST OF CENTRAL AMERICA about 5 min
  11. THE CONQUEST OF THE VALLEY OF MEXICO about 4 min
  12. THE SPREAD OF THE CONQUEST about 7 min
  13. EXPLORATIONS IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND ON THE PACIFIC about 10 min
  14. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN about 6 min
  15. III. THE EXPANSION OF NEW SPAIN (1543-1609) about 5 min
  16. THE MINES OF NORTHERN MEXICO about 8 min
  17. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD about 5 min
  18. FOREIGN INTRUSIONS IN THE ATLANTIC about 8 min
  19. THE FOUNDING OF NEW MEXICO about 7 min
  20. IV. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FRENCH COLONIES (1500-1700) about 9 min
  21. ACADIA about 2 min
  22. THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY about 5 min
  23. REORGANIZATION AND THE IROQUOIS WARS about 7 min
  24. OPENING THE UPPER LAKE REGION AND THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY about 11 min
  25. V. THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH EXPANSION (1485-1603) about 3 min
  26. COMMERCIAL EXPANSION about 2 min
  27. THE ELIZABETHAN SEA-DOGS about 4 min
  28. ATTEMPTS AT COLONIZATION about 3 min
  29. VI. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND INSULAR COLONIES (1603-1640) about 2 min
  30. THE COLONIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM OF THE EARLY STUARTS about 2 min
  31. THE FOUNDING OF VIRGINIA about 16 min
  32. THE FOUNDING OF MARYLAND about 6 min
  33. THE BERMUDAS about 1 min
  34. GUIANA about 1 min
  35. THE LESSER ANTILLES about 1 min
  36. THE PROVIDENCE ISLAND COMPANY about 2 min
  37. VII. THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND (1606-1640) about 8 min
  38. COLONIZING ACTIVITIES ON THE NEW ENGLAND COAST about 2 min
  39. THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY about 6 min
  40. EXPANSION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY about 4 min
  41. SETTLEMENTS IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY about 5 min
  42. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  43. POLITICS, ADMINISTRATION, AND EXPANSION about 3 min
  44. NEW ENGLAND DEVELOPMENT about 12 min
  45. IX. THE DUTCH AND SWEDISH COLONIES (1609-1644) about 5 min
  46. NEW NETHERLANDS about 9 min
  47. THE DUTCH AND THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE about 3 min
  48. ABSORPTION OF NEW NETHERLANDS BY THE ENGLISH about 2 min
  49. X. THE OLD ENGLISH COLONIES UNDER THE LATER STUARTS (1660-1689) about 4 min
  50. MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT about 3 min
  51. MISRULE AND REBELLION IN VIRGINIA about 8 min
  52. DISCONTENT IN MARYLAND about 1 min
  53. ROYAL INTERFERENCE IN NEW ENGLAND about 10 min
  54. XI. EXPANSION UNDER THE LATER STUARTS (1660-1689) about 4 min
  55. THE JERSEYS about 5 min
  56. PENNSYLVANIA about 6 min
  57. THE INSULAR COLONIES about 6 min
  58. WESTERN TRADE AND EXPLORATION about 5 min
  59. Chapter XII under 1 min
  60. NEW ENGLAND about 6 min
  61. NEW YORK AND EAST NEW JERSEY about 5 min
  62. COLONIES ALONG DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY about 4 min
  63. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION about 4 min
  64. SOUTH CAROLINA about 3 min
  65. XIII. THE SPANISH ADVANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY about 2 min
  66. FRONTIER ADMINISTRATION about 2 min
  67. THE MISSIONS about 2 min
  68. THE JESUITS IN SINALOA AND SONORA about 3 min
  69. EFFORTS TO OCCUPY LOWER CALIFORNIA about 1 min
  70. THE SETTLEMENT OF CHIHUAHUA about 1 min
  71. NEW MEXICO IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY about 6 min
  72. COAHUILA OCCUPIED about 3 min
  73. FIRST ATTEMPTS IN EASTERN TEXAS about 2 min
  74. THE STRUGGLE WITH RIVALS IN THE WEST INDIES about 3 min
  75. THE STRUGGLE WITH THE ENGLISH ON THE CAROLINA BORDER about 5 min
  76. XIV. THE WARS OF THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH SUCCESSIONS (1684-1713) under 1 min
  77. THE PRELIMINARY STRUGGLE FOR THE NORTHERN FUR COUNTRY about 14 min
  78. THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION about 11 min
  79. XV. THE FRENCH IN LOUISIANA AND THE FAR NORTHWEST (1699-1762) about 7 min
  80. LOUISIANA UNDER THE ROYAL GOVERNORS about 3 min
  81. THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST about 3 min
  82. THE ADVANCE TOWARD NEW MEXICO about 4 min
  83. THE FAR NORTHWEST about 3 min
  84. Chapter XVI about 1 min
  85. NORTHEASTWARD ADVANCE OF THE SPANISH FRONTIER about 4 min
  86. THE FOUNDING OF TEXAS about 4 min
  87. WAR WITH FRANCE about 4 min
  88. THE EXPANSION OF TEXAS about 4 min
  89. THE FRANCO-SPANISH BORDER about 7 min
  90. THE JESUITS IN LOWER CALIFORNIA about 4 min
  91. XVII. THE ENGLISH ADVANCE INTO THE PIEDMONT, 1715-1750 about 3 min
  92. DEFENCE OF THE NORTHERN FRONTIER about 2 min
  93. REORGANIZATION OF THE CAROLINAS about 2 min
  94. THE FOUNDING OF GEORGIA about 15 min
  95. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PIEDMONT about 3 min
  96. XVIII. ENGLISH COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY about 2 min
  97. NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRY about 1 min
  98. THE MIDDLE COLONIES about 3 min
  99. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES about 3 min
  100. LABOR SYSTEMS about 2 min
  101. FEATURES OF SOCIETY about 4 min
  102. BARBADOS, THE LEEWARD ISLES, AND JAMAICA about 5 min
  103. XIX. THE ENGLISH COLONIAL SYSTEM (1689-1763) about 1 min
  104. THE FIRST REORGANIZATION OF WILLIAM III about 4 min
  105. WILLIAM'S SECOND REORGANIZATION about 6 min
  106. THE COLONIAL SYSTEM DURING THE REIGN OF ANNE about 3 min
  107. THE COLONIAL SYSTEM UNDER THE WHIGS about 8 min
  108. Chapter XX under 1 min
  109. SPAIN AND THE POWERS, 1715-1739 about 4 min
  110. THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR about 4 min
  111. THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION about 3 min
  112. THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER CONFLICT about 5 min
  113. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR about 20 min
  114. Chapter XXI under 1 min
  115. READJUSTMENT IN SPANISH NORTH AMERICA about 6 min
  116. THE RUSSIAN MENACE about 1 min
  117. THE FOUNDING OF ALTA CALIFORNIA about 7 min
  118. NORTHERN EXPLORATIONS about 1 min
  119. LOUISIANA UNDER SPAIN, 1762-1783 about 10 min
  120. XXII. THE NEW BRITISH POSSESSIONS (1763-1783) about 4 min
  121. THE OCCUPATION OF THE FLORIDAS about 5 min
  122. MILITARY OCCUPATION OF THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY about 2 min
  123. LAND SPECULATION AND PLANS FOR WESTERN COLONIES about 4 min
  124. TRANS-ALLEGHANY SETTLEMENT about 9 min
  125. THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC about 4 min
  126. THE NORTHERN FUR TRADERS about 5 min
  127. Chapter XXIII under 1 min
  128. THE BACKGROUND OF THE CONTEST about 7 min
  129. REFORMS OF THE GRENVILLE MINISTRY about 11 min
  130. REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT about 3 min
  131. THE TOWNSHEND ACTS about 7 min
  132. BEGINNING OF ORGANIZED RESISTANCE about 6 min
  133. THE TEA CONTROVERSY about 2 min
  134. LORD NORTH'S COERCIVE POLICY about 3 min
  135. THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS about 10 min
  136. XXIV. FROM LEXINGTON TO INDEPENDENCE (1775-1776) about 3 min
  137. Part I about 15 min
  138. PROGRESS OF THE WAR about 17 min
  139. XXV. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MUDDLE STATES (1776-1777) about 6 min
  140. Part II about 3 min
  141. THE NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGN about 6 min
  142. THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGOYNE about 1 min
  143. Part II about 7 min
  144. THE CONTEST FOR PHILADELPHIA about 7 min
  145. XXVI. THE WAR AS AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST about 11 min
  146. THE WAR IN THE WEST about 5 min
  147. SPAIN IN THE WAR about 2 min
  148. THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE DUTCH ALLIANCE about 9 min
  149. XXVII. THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE REVOLUTION (1778-1781) about 8 min
  150. THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN about 14 min
  151. XXVIII. GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE REVOLUTION about 2 h 7 min

The opening of Preface

This book represents an attempt to bring into one account the story of European expansion in North America down to 1783. Text-books written in this country as a rule treat the colonization of the New World as the history, almost solely, of the thirteen English colonies which formed the nucleus of the United States. The authors have essayed to write a book from a different point of view. It has been prepared in response to a clear demand for a text written from the standpoint of North America as a whole, and giving a more adequate treatment of the colonies of nations other than England and of the English colonies other than the thirteen which revolted. This demand is the inevitable result of the growing importance of our American neighbors and of our rapidly growing interest in the affairs of the whole continent, past as well as present.

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