• Chronology Introduction Dictionary Select Bibliography.
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Did you know that: - the thirteen colonies which became the USA were not the most valuable British possessions in America? - Georgia was not the thirteenth but the fourteenth British colony in North America? - despite the claims in the Declaration of Independence, George III was not a tyrant? Information on these facts, and many many more, can be found in this fascinating and helpful A-Z guide. Colonial America's key events and personalities - from the first expedition to Roanoke Island in 1584 to the conclusion of the War of Independence - are readily accessible in this invaluable dictionary. Mary K. Geiter and W. A. Speck set the thirteen colonies which became the United States in an Atlantic context, dealing not only with the thirteen but also with Britain's other colonies in North America and the West Indies. The imperial connection is stressed too with entries on British monarchs and politicians, admirals and generals, Acts of Parliament and European wars which impacted on the American colonies. Also featuring a Select Bibliography and full Chronology to aid learning, this wide-ranging, clear and authoritative text is an essential reference for students, scholars and anyone with an interest in British America.
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• Natives, 13,000 B.C.-A.D. 1492
• Colonizers, 1400-1800
• New Spain, 1500-1600
• The Spanish frontier, 1530-1700
• Canada and Iroquoia, 1500-1660
• Virginia, 1570-1650
• Chesapeake colonies, 1650-1750
• New England, 1600-1700
• Puritans and Indians, 1600-1700
• The West Indies, 1600-1700
• Carolina, 1670-1760
• Middle colonies, 1600-1700
• Revolutions, 1685-1730
• The Atlantic, 1700-80
• Awakenings, 1700-75
• French America, 1650-1750
• The Great Plains, 1680-1800
• Imperial wars and crisis, 1739-75
• The Pacific, 1760-1820.

"American Colonies" starts with the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent and environs with the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait 15,000 years ago. It ends in around 1800 when the rough outline of the contemporary North America could be perceived. Dropping the usual Anglo centric description of North America's fate, Taylor brilliantly conveys the far more vivid and startling story of the competing interests - Spanish, French, English, Native, Russian - that over the centuries shaped and reshaped both the continent and its 'suburbs' in the Caribbean and the Pacific. It is one of the greatest of all human stories.
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• List of Maps. Preface. Part I: Europeans Encounter Another World: 1. The Age of European Exploration: Spain and Portugal. England: The Elizabethan Prelude. 2. The Peoples of Eastern North America: The Precontact Background. The Columbian Impact. Eastern North America, Circa 1600. Part II: The Seventeenth-Century Settlements: 3. The English Arrive: Virginia, 1607-60: The Virginia Company: Early Settlement. The Charter of Liberties. The Massacre of 1622 and Fall of the Company. Growth and Consolidation, 1625-60. 4. The Conquest Continues: New England, 1620-60: The Pilgrim Fathers. Massachusetts: A City on the Hill. The Struggle for Orthodoxy. The Commonwealth Secured. Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. 5. Maryland and New York, 1624-60: Maryland: A Catholic Proprietary. New York and Delaware: The Dutch and Swedish Beginnings. 6. The Restoration Era: The Return of Charles II. Mercantilism: The Navigation Years. New York Becomes an English Colony. The Carolinas: Early Settlement. 7. The Later Years of Charles II: Virginia: Bacon's Rebellion and Its Aftermath. Massachusetts: The Struggle to Remain Self-governing. New Jersey and Pennsylvania: The Beginnings. 8. James II and the Glorious Revolution: The Dominion of New England. Massachusetts Reclaims Control. New York: Leisler's Rebellion. Maryland. Aftermath. 9. The Era of William and Anne: William III's Colonial Policy. The Salem Witchcraft Trials. Proprietary Problems in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The End of Proprietary Government in the Carolinas. War and the American Colonies, 1689-1713. Part III: The Eighteenth-Century Provinces: 10. The Provincial Economy and Labor System: The Southern Plantation System. Northern Farming and Commerce. The Mercantilist System. Money and Taxation. The Standard of Living: Poverty and Prosperity. 11. European-American Family and Society: The Family Structure. Children. Social Structure: Rank and Class. 12. European-American Women: Old World Legacies: New World Opportunities? Life Cycles. Household Enterprises, Business, and the Professions. 13. European-American Religion, Education, and Culture, 1689-1760: Religion. Education. Libraries, Literature, and the Press. Science and the Arts. Popular Culture. Architecture: The Anglicization of Taste. 14. African-American Society and Culture, 1689-1760: Coming to America: The Middle Passage. The African-American Family. Work and Culture. White Over Black: The Slave Codes. Free African-Americans. 15. American Indian Society and Culture, 1689-1760: The Coastal Reservations. The Nations of the Northern Frontier. The Nations of the Southern Frontier. 16. The Institutions of Government: The Royal Framework. Local Government: Town Meeting and Country Court. The Provincial Assembly: Crown Versus People. Parties and Factions in the Age of Walpole. Toward a Republican Ideology. 17. Immigration and Expansion, 1714-50: The Germans and Scots-Irish. The Founding of Georgia. The Urban Frontier. 18. Imperial Neighbors: Spain and France in Florida, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana: Florida. New Mexico. Texas. Louisiana. 19. Britain, France, and Spain: The Imperial Contest, 1739-60: The War of Jenkins'Ear. The Struggle for the Ohio. The Conquest of Canada. Part IV: The Path To Independence: 20. The Rights of British America, 1760-66: The Empire in 1760. The Grenville Ministry and Imperial Reform. The American Response: The Rights of British Subjects Internal Conflict. 21. Revolution and Independence, 1767-76: The Struggle Renewed: The Townshend Duties. Interlude, 1770-73. The Intolerable Acts. War and Independence. Select Bibliography. Index.
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The thirteen North American colonies established by Great Britain eventually formed the nucleus of the United States. This outstanding book describes the history of these colonies, both individually and collectively. Since its first publication in 1992 it has become the established textbook for students of this period in American history. The third edition, revised throughout and substantially expanded, now includes a chapter on the Spanish in Florida, New Mexico, and Texas, together with an account of the French settlements in Louisiana. Accompanied by maps, contemporary illustrations, chronologies, documents, and a fully updated and expanded bibliography, this comprehensive and readable history of the colonial period offers a fascinating analysis of the evolution of a new and distinctive society.
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The Human Tradition in Colonial America is an entertaining as well an enlightening book that brings the colonial period to life through the stories of the colorful participants who helped mold the British dependency that would eventually become the United States.
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• Part 1 The 17th century settlements introduction - the age of exploration: Virginia, 1607-1660-- New England, 1607-1660-- Maryland and New York, 1624-1660-- the restoration era-- the later years of Charles Ii-- James II and the glorious revolution-- the era of William and Anne. Part 2 The 18th century provinces: the provincial economy and labour system-- European-American family and society-- women-- religion, education and culture-- African-American society and culture-- the American-Indians-- the institutions of government-- immigration and expansion 1714-1750-- Britain, France and Spain - the imperial contest, 1714-1760. Epilogue - the colonial period and the revolution.
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This is a single-volume narrative history of the 13 North American British colonies which eventually formed the nucleus of the United States. The author covers the entire period from foundation and the first settlement of the Pilgrim fathers to the colonies' emergence in the 18th century as mature provinces with advanced economies and distinct cultures. In addition to the narrative chapters the author also discusses at length various important and recurring themes, notably the relationship between the settlers and the native Americans, the changing position and role of women, the beginnings of slavery, and the evolution of political and social structures. Arguing that the War of Independence was by no means the inevitable result of colonial ambitions, Richard Middleton provides a comprehensive history of the colonial period which shows it to be much more than simply the prologue to independence. Each chapter is prefaced by a chronology and is illustrated by maps and contemporary paintings and etchings. There is a substantial section of annotated further reading.
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• v. 1. The pioneers, or The sources of the Susquehanna. The last of the Mohicans. The prairie
• v. 2. The pathfinder, or The inland sea. The deerslayer, or The first war-path.

Relates the history of the colonial period through eyewitness accounts drawn from such contemporary sources as letters, diaries, reminiscences, novels, poetry, press reports, and selections from key public documents.
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