Settlements: Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

ENGLAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY — HENRY THE EIGHTH AND THE CHURCH — DAWN OF THE AGE OF REASON — RURAL POPULATION OF ENGLAND — FURNITURE, COSTUME, METHODS OF AGRICULTURE, LEARNING AND FINE ARTS IN ENGLAND — LONDON AND PLYMOUTH COMPANIES — SETTLEMENTS ATTEMPTED IN NEW ENGLAND — ENGLISH SETTLERS ON THE JAMES RIVER — CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH — SETTLEMENT AT JAMESTOWN.

CHAPTER II

ENERGY AND WISDOM OF CAPTAIN SMITH — HIS ENCOUNTER WITH INDIANS — SAVED FROM DEATH BY POCAHONTAS — HIS INFLUENCE AT JAMESTOWN, ANDHIS EXPLORATIONS — DEMANDS OF THE COMPANY — SMITH'S RULE — CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT — PERILOUS PASSAGE OF A GOVERNOR AND COMMISSIONERS — VALUABLE EMIGRANTS — POCAHONTAS SAVES JAMESTOWN — THE “STARVING TIME” — ABANDONMENT OF AND RETURN TO JAMESTOWN — LORD DELAWARE'S ADMINISTRATION — A BETTER SOCIAL SYSTEM — POCAHONTAS KIDNAPPED — HER BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE — FRIENDSHIP OF THE INDIANS — THE STAPLE OF VIRGINIA — REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED.

CHAPTER III

EXPLORATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND — KIDNAPPING INDIANS — RELIGIOUS PARTIES IN ENGLAND — PERSECUTIONS — A THEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE — BAD CONDUCT OF KING JAMES — PURITANS IN HOLLAND — LONGINGS FOR AMERICA — PREPARATIONS FOR EMIGRATION — “PILGRIMS” GO TO AMERICA — CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT SIGNED — FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH — SUFFERINGS OF THE EMIGRANTS — FIRST MARRIAGE IN PLYMOUTH COLONY.

CHAPTER IV

HUDSON'S VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES — BLOCK'S EXPLORATIONS — CHARTER FOR NEW NETHERLAND GRANTED — DUTCH TRADERS ON THE HUDSON — TROUBLES WITH THE ENGLISH — DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY CHARTERED — PREPARATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT — AN ENGLISH INTRUDER — ARRIVAL OF WALLOONS AT MANHATTAN — SETTLEMENT ON THE DELAWARE — POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF NEW NETHERLAND — NEW AMSTERDAM FOUNDED — FREEDOM THERE.

CHAPTER V

THE PLYMOUTH COMPANY IN PARLIAMENT — FIRST DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS — GRANTS OF TERRITORY EAST OF MASSACHUSETTS — SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER'S DOMAIN-EMIGRATION PLAN OF GORGES AND MASON — SETTLERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE — DISSOLUTION OF THE PLYMOUTH COMPANY — GORGES GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NEW ENGLAND — FOUNDING OF THE COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE — GEORGE CALVERT (LORD BALTIMORE) SEEKS A CHARTER FOR MARYLAND — HIS SON RECEIVES IT — ITS CHARACTER — VOYAGE OF EMIGRANTS TO MARYLAND — FIRST SETTLEMENT IN MARYLAND, AND FOUNDING OF ITS CAPITAL.

CHAPTER VI

CLAIMS OF THE DUTCH IN NEW ENGLAND — A DUTCH EMBASSY TO THE PILGRIMS — THE CAPITAL OF THE PILGRIMS — THE DUTCH AND ENGLISH IN THE VALLEY OF THE CONNECTICUT — FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT THERE — THE DUTCH EXASPERATE THE INDIANS — EMIGRATION OF PURITANS TO THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY — CONFLICTING CLAIMS TO THE TERRITORY — HOOKER'S EMIGRATION — THE PEQUODS JEALOUS — WAR WITH THE PEQUODS — THEIR DESTRUCTION.

CHAPTER VII

A SETTLEMENT BEGUN AT NEW HAVEN — A PECULIAR GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED THERE — THE DUTCH AND ENGLISH AT VARIANCE IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY — A GOVERNMENT FORMED AT HARTFORD — ROGER WILLIAMS IN MASSACHUSETTS — HIS BANISHMENT — WILLIAMS AND OTHERS FOUND PROVIDENCE — RHODE ISLAND SETTLED — FORM OF GOVERNMENT THERE — ANNE HUTCHINSON AND OTHERS DRIVEN FROM MASSACHUSETTS — WILLIAMS OBTAINS A CHARTER FOR RHODE ISLAND — INTOLERANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS — RECEPTION OF WILLIAMS ON HIS RETURN FROM ENGLAND.

CHAPTER VIII

SOCIAL CONDITION OF HOLLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY — INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLE IN NEW NETHERLAND — THE PATROONS, THEIR PRIVILEGES AND DEPENDANTS — A SETTLEMENT TN DELAWARE AND ITS FATE — THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE — THE DUTCH AND SWEDES AT VARIANCE — THE SWEDES MAINTAIN THEIR POSITION — NEW JERSEY GRANTED TO ROYAL FAVORITES — INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLE THERE — GOVERNOR CARTERET AND SETTLERS AT ELIZABETHTOWN — TROUBLE WITH THE SETTLERS — A REPUBLICAN PROPHET.

CHAPTER IX

THE “FRIENDS” OR “QUAKERS” — WILLIAM PENN OBTAINS A CHARTER FOR PENNSYLVANIA — EMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA — PENN VISITS AMERICA — THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE — TREATY WITH THE INDIANS — PENN VISITS NEW YORK — MEETS THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLY — VISITS LORD BALTIMORE — FOUNDS PHILADELPHIA — SETTLERS IN NORTH CAROLINA — THE CAROLINAS GRANTED TO ROYAL FAVORITES — SETTLEMENTS ON THE CAPE FEAR — CHARLESTON FOUNDED — GOVERNMENT FOR THE CAROLINAS FRAMED.

CHAPTER X

THE ENGLISH AND SPANIARDS — SLAVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA — PRISONERS FOR DEBT IN ENGLAND — REVELATIONS OF THE PRISONS — MEASURES FOR THE RELIEF OF THE PRISONERS — CHARTER FOR GEORGIA GRANTED — GENERAL OGLETHORPE ACCOMPANIES EMIGRANTS TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER — JOY OF THE CAROLINIANS — FRIENDSHIP OF THE INDIANS — TO-MO-CHI-CHI — A TREATY — INDIANS ACCOMPANY OGLETHORPE TO ENGLAND — THEIR RECEPTION THERE — OGLETHORPE RETURNS TO GEORGIA WITH THE WESLEY’S — AN UNWISE CODE FOR GEORGIA.