Old Times in the Colonies by Libraries of Hope

Old Times in the Colonies Charles Carleton Coffin

Libraries of Hope

Old Times in the Colonies

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Contents Chapter I Discovery of San Salvador ................................................................7 Chapter II Forces of Civilization...................................................................... 27 Chapter III First Settlement ............................................................................... 42 Chapter IV The Wise Fool of England and His Times ....................................... 59 Chapter V The Beginning of Two Civilizations................................................ 74 Chapter VI How Beaver-skins and Tobacco Helped on Civilization .................. 84 Chapter VII The Pilgrims ................................................................................... 97 Chapter VIII First Years at Plymouth................................................................. 111 Chapter IX Settlement of New Hampshire, New York, and Canada ................. 123 Chapter X The Puritan Beginning .................................................................. 133 Chapter XI The Puritans Take Possession of New England.............................. 151 Chapter XII Rhode Island and New Hampshire ................................................ 164 Chapter XIII Affairs at Manhattan ..................................................................... 174 Chapter XIV The Struggle for Liberty in England .............................................. 185 Chapter XV The Quakers ................................................................................. 195

Chapter XVI The End of Dutch Rule in America................................................203 Chapter XVII The Times of Charles II.................................................................213 Chapter XVIII King Philip’s War .........................................................................220 Chapter XIX Louis Frontenac in Canada ............................................................230 Chapter XX Governor Berkeley and the Virginians ...........................................238 Chapter XXI How the King Took Away the Charters of the Colonies .................244 Chapter XXII King William’s War ......................................................................250 Chapter XXIII New Jersey and Maryland .............................................................267 Chapter XXIV Settlement of Pennsylvania............................................................273 Chapter XXV Witches .........................................................................................279 Chapter XXVI The Legacy of Blood.....................................................................294 Chapter XXVII Maine and New Hampshire ...........................................................303 Chapter XXVIII The Carolinas ................................................................................311 Chapter XXIX Georgia .........................................................................................324 Chapter XXX The Negro Tragedy .......................................................................331 Chapter XXXI The Beginning of a Great Struggle ................................................337 Chapter XXXII Defeat of General Braddock ..........................................................347

Chapter XXXIII The Emperor of Austria’s Will ...................................................... 362 Chapter XXXIV Incompetent and Cowardly Generals ............................................. 378 Chapter XXXV Two Civilizations.......................................................................... 391 Chapter XXXVI The Destiny of an Empire ............................................................. 407

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PREFACE

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DISCOVERY OF SAN SALVADOR

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FORCES OF CIVILIZATION

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FIRST SETTLEMENTS

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