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Title: England in America, 1580-1652

Author: Lyon Gardiner Tyler

Release Date: July 14, 2005 [EBook #16294]

Language: English

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ENGLAND IN AMERICA

1580-1652

By

Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D.

J. & J. Harper Editions
Harper & Row, Publishers
New York and Evanston

1904 by Harper & Brothers.

[Illustration: SIR WALTER RALEIGH (1552-1618). From an engraving by
Robinson after a painting by Zucchero.]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION xiii

AUTHOR'S PREFACE xix

I. GENESIS OF ENGLISH COLONIZATION (1492-1579) 3

II. GILBERT AND RALEIGH COLONIES (1583-1602) 18

III. FOUNDING OF VIRGINIA (1602-1608) 34

IV. GLOOM IN VIRGINIA (1608-1617) 55

V. TRANSITION OF VIRGINIA (1617-1640) 76

VI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF VIRGINIA (1634-1652) 100

VII. FOUNDING OF MARYLAND (1632-1650) 118

VIII. CONTENTIONS IN MARYLAND (1633-1652) 134

IX. FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH (1608-1630) 149

X. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLYMOUTH (1621-1643) 163

XI. GENESIS OF MASSACHUSETTS (1628-1630) 183

XII. FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS (1630-1642) 196

XIII. RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS (1631-1638) 210

XIV. NARRAGANSETT AND CONNECTICUT SETTLEMENTS (1635-1637) 229

XV. FOUNDING OF CONNECTICUT AND NEW HAVEN (1637-1652) 251

XVI. NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE (1653-1658) 266

XVII. COLONIAL NEIGHBORS (1643-1652) 282

XVIII. THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION (1643-1654) 297

XIX. EARLY NEW