History of the United States Volume I Part 4

"Devil's Authority."

The End.

CHAPTER IV. THE MIDDLE COLONIES

English Conquest of New Netherland.

Duke of York's Government.

Andros.

Revolution of 1688.

Leisler.

Problems which Teased Royal Governors.

New Jersey.

Its Political Vicissitudes.

William Penn.

Character.

Liberality of Pennsylvania Charter.

Penn and James II.

Penn's Services for his Colony.

Prosperity of the Latter.

Fletcher's Rule.

Gabriel Thomas's History of Pennsylvania.

Penn's Trials.

And Victory.

Delaware.

CHAPTER V. MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, CAROLINA

Maryland after the Stuart Restoration.

Navigation Act.

Boundary Disputes.

Liberality of Religion.

Agitation to Establish Anglicanism.

Maryland under William and Mary.

English Church Established.

Not Oppressive.

Fate of Virginia after the Restoration.

Virginia's Spirit, Numbers, Resources.

Causes of Bacon's Rebellion.

Evil of the Navigation Acts.

Worthless Officials.

Course of the Rebellion.

Result.

Dulness of the Subsequent History.

William and Mary College.

Governor Spotswood.

Blackbeard.

Carolina.

Its Const.i.tution.

Conflict of Parties.

Georgia.

CHAPTER VI. GOVERNMENTAL INSt.i.tUTIONS IN THE COLONIES.

Origin of American Political Inst.i.tutions.

Local Self-Government.

Representation.

Relation of Colonies to England.

Cla.s.sification of Colonies.

Changes.

Conflict of Legal Views.

Colonists' Contentions.

Taxation.

CHAPTER VII. SOCIAL CULTURE IN COLONIAL TIMES.

Population of the Colonies at Different Dates.

Differences according to Sections.

Intellectual Ability.

Free Thought.

Political Bent.

English Church in the Colonies.

Its Clergy.

In New York.

The New England Establishment.

Hatred to Episcopacy.

Counter-hatred.

Colleges and Schools.

Newspapers.

Libraries.

Postal System.

Learned Professions.

Epidemics.

Scholars and Artists.

Travelling.

Manufactures and Commerce.

Houses.

Food and Dress.

Wigs.

Opposition to Them.

Social Cleavage.

Redemptioners.

Penal Legislation.