xample, the drawings which show just what sections of the States the
various candidates for the Presidency "carried." The same may be said of
those which treat of the cotton, tobacco, and industrial areas of the
United States.

Although there may be faults and errors in the work, it seems to the
Editor that, on the whole, the story of the beginnings, the growth, and
the present greatness of the country, as set forth in these volumes, is
both interesting and suggestive, that the real forces have been duly
emphasized, and that at many points contributions to historical
knowledge have been made.

WILLIAM E. DODD.

PREFACE

In preparing this sketch of the American colonies, I have had friendly
encouragement and assistance from a number of men whose knowledge of the
subject as a whole, or of certain aspects of it, is far more extensive
and accurate than my own. I am particularly indebted to my colleagues in
the University of Kansas, Professor F.H. Hodder and Professor W.W.
Davis, who have read and criticized the manuscript chapter by chapter.
The editor of the series has not only read the manuscript, but has put
me in the way of much valuable material which I should otherwise have
missed. Professor G.S. Ford and Professor Wallace Notestein, of the
University of Minnesota, and Professor F.J. Turner, of Harvard
University, have read portions of the manuscript. These good friends
have saved me many minor errors and some serious blunders; and their
cautions and suggestions have often enabled me to improve the work in
form and arrangement, and in relative emphasis.

CARL BECKER.

CONTENTS

I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW 1

II. THE PARTITION OF THE NEW WORLD 30

III. THE ENGLISH MIGRATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 65

IV. ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH
AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 125

V. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 161

VI. THE WINNING OF INDEPENDENCE 202

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 277

INDEX i

MAPS

_Facing_
SCHOeNER'S GLOBE, WITH MAGELLAN'S ROUTE AND
DEMARCATION LINE; DRAWN 1523 28

AREAS SETTLED BY 1660, AND BETWEEN 1660 AND
1700