Colonial America

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: European Backgrounds

Norse discoveries

Crusades

Renaissance

Trade and the nation-state

Portuguese exploration

Spanish exploration

English and French exploration

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2: Native Americans

Native Americans settle the Americas

Native Americans of Central and South America

Native Americans of the Southwest and West

Native Americans of the plains

Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands

Estimates of Native American population

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3: Spanish Empire In America

Spanish conquests

Exploration and settlement of the Southwest

Government and economy of the Spanish empire

Race relations in the Spanish empire

Religious and cultural life in the Spanish empire

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4: Portuguese, French, And Dutch Empires In America

Portuguese in the New World

French in the New World

Dutch in the New World

Comparing and contrasting the non-English empires

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5: Background Of English Colonization

Delay in English colonization

Economic motives

Religious motives

Political motives

Governmental interest in colonization

Beginnings of English colonization

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6: Tobacco Colonies: Virginia And Maryland

London and Plymouth companies

Founding of Jamestown

Virginia proves a success

Virginia survives Native American attacks

Maryland is founded

Economic growth of the tobacco colonies

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7: New England Colonies

Founding of the Plymouth colony

Founding of the Massachusetts Bay colony

Other New England colonies

Native American relations in New England

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8: Control And Completion Of Colonization

Colonies under the Commonwealth

West Indies

Colonial policy under Charles II

Founding of the Carolinas

Founding of New York and the Jerseys

Founding of Pennsylvania

Founding of Georgia

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9: Seventeenth-Century Revolts And Eighteenth-Century Stabilization

Effects of the Navigation Acts

Bacon's Rebellion

Dominion of New England

Glorious revolution in New York

Glorious revolution in Maryland

Comparing and contrasting the 1689 revolutions in America

Eighteenth-century stabilization

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10: Colonial Government

English agencies of colonial government

Government in the American colonies

Federal empire?

Local government

Taxation

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11: African-Americans In The English Colonies

Slave trade

Development of slavery

Black population

Black opposition to slavery

White reaction to slave discontent

Family and religious life

Slavery in the northern colonies

Free African-Americans

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12: Immigration

Push and pull factors

Immigration statistics

Huguenots

Germans

Scotch-Irish and Scots

Irish and the Jews

Naturalization process

Immigrants on the frontier

East-west friction

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13: Colonial Agriculture

Beginnings

Farm implements

Agriculture in the New England colonies

Agriculture in the middle colonies

Agriculture in the southern colonies

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14: Colonial Commerce

Colonies as suppliers and markets

Triangular trade routes?

Anglo-American trade relations

Domestic trade

Piracy

Land transportation and communication

Fur trade

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15: Colonial Industry

Obstacles to the growth of industry

Forest-based industries

Sea-based industries

Earth-based industries

Other colonial industries

Workers and wages

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16: Money And Social Status

Hard money

Monetary experiments

Paper money and land banks

Wealth and social class

Social mobility

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17: Colonial Town

Characteristics of colonial towns

Urban problems

Urban economy

Urban culture

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18: Colonial Family

Marriage

Premarital and extramarital affairs

Characteristics of the family

Legal status of women

Concept of childhood

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19: Religion In Colonial America

Anglican church

Congregational church

Religious groups in the middle colonies

Presbyterian church

Great awakening and its results

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20: Education In Colonial America

Education in the southern colonies

Education in the middle colonies

Education in the New England colonies

Higher education

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21: Language And Literature

Growth of American English

Development of American literature

Literary tastes of colonial Americans

Newspapers and magazines

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22: Colonial Arts And Sciences

American scientists

Medicine

Art

Crafts

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23: Everyday Life In Colonial America

Demographic characteristics

Homes and furnishings

Dress

Sports and amusements

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24: Colonial Wars

King William's War

Queen Anne's War

King George's War

Background of the French and Indian War

French and Indian War

Results of the French and Indian War

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25: Road To Revolution

Constitutional background

Anglican bishop controversy

Proclamation of 1763

Sugar Act

Stamp Act

Townshend Acts

Tea Act and its repercussions

First Continental Congress and the outbreak of violence

Second Continental Congress and independence

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26: Revolutionary War

Military advantages and disadvantages

Campaigns of 1776-1777

Campaigns of 1778-1781

Peace negotiations

Domestic effects of the revolution

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27: Governments For A New Nation

State constitution making

Articles of Confederation

Western land laws

Economic problems

Constitutional convention

Ratification struggle

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Index.