A Popular History of the United States of America

New Hampshire is granted to Gorges and Mason.-And colonized.-Settlements
on the Piscataqua.-The province is divided.-Wheelwright purchases the Indian
title.-Mason's patent is confirmed.-He dies.-Difficulties ensue.-Exeter is founded.
-New Hampshire is united with Massachusetts.-The Masonian claim is revived.-
The question is decided.-The two provinces are separated.-Cranfield is appointed
governor. A general assembly is convened.-Character of the laws.-The royal officers

are resisted.-Andros assumes the government.-New Hampshire and Massachusetts

are united.-Governed by Bellomont.-Finally separated. The Masonian claim again.

-How decided.—Suffering of the colony in the Indian wars.-Character of the people.

-Reflections on the New England colonists.

198-202.

COLONIAL HISTORY.-CONTINUED.

MINOR MIDDLE COLONIES.

CHAPTER XXIV.

NEW JERSEY.

Early settlements in New Jersey.-At Bergen.-And Fort Nassau.-Grants and

purchases. The province is given to Berkeley and Carteret.-Nicolls makes a grant to

Puritans.-Elizabethtown is founded.-Nicolls contends with the Carterets. The pro-

prietors frame a constitution.-Character of the laws.-The quit-rents.-The colonists

resist payment.-Philip Carteret is deposed.-And James Carteret becomes governor.—

New Jersey is retaken by Holland.—And again ceded to England.-The Duke of York

has his charter renewed.—Andros comes as governor.-Carteret resists.-Berkeley sells

West Jersey to Fenwick.-Philip Carteret and Andros dispute about the Eastern prov-

ince.-Laurie, Lucas, and Penn buy West Jersey.-Object of the purchase.-New Jersey

is divided.—Line of division. The proprietors of West Jersey issue the Concessions.—

The Quakers colonize West Jersey.-The Duke of York claims the country.-Sir Wil-

liam Jones decides against him.-Andros's claim to East Jersey is annulled.-The Qua-

kers convene an assembly.-And frame a constitution.-East Jersey is purchased by the

Friends. Barclay is governor.-The two Jerseys submit to Andros.-And afterward

regain their liberties.-Conflicting claims to the country.-Discord.-The proprietors

surrender their rights of government to the Crown.-New Jersey becomes a royal

province. Is attached to New York under Cornbury.-The people petition for a sepa-

ration. Which is granted.-Morris becomes governor.-New Jersey not injured by

Indian wars.-Reflections.

CHAPTER XXV.

PENNSYLVANIA.

203-208.

The Friends are persecuted in Europe.-Penn designs to plant a Quaker State in
America. Charles II. grants the charter of Pennsylvania.-Penn relinquishes his
claims on the British government. Declares his purposes.-Writes a letter to the
Swedes. Invites emigration.--A colony departs under Markham.-The Indians are
assured of friendship.-Penn frames a constitution.-The Duke of York surrenders
Delaware.-Extent of Penn's dominion. He leaves England with a second colony.-
Sketch of his life. He addresses the people at New Castle.-Passes through the
Jerseys to New York.-Returns.-Makes the great treaty with the Indians.-Which is
kept inviolate.-A convention is held at Chester.-A provisional constitution is
adopted.-Penn visits Lord Baltimore.-Philadelphia is founded.-Growth of the

city.-Penn sails for England.-Lloyd remains as governor.--Delaware secedes.-Penn

adheres to the Stuarts.-Is imprisoned.-His province is taken away.-But afterward

restored.-Penn revisits America.-The constitution is modified.-Delaware is finally

separated.-Penn returns to England.-Condition of his province.-Hamilton and Evans

deputy governors.-Conduct of the latter. He is removed from office.-Succeeded by

Gookin.--Penn's trials in England. He dies.-His sons become proprietors of Penn-

sylvania. The province is purchased by the colonial assembly.-Reflections. 209–215.

COLONIAL HISTORY-CONTINUED.

MINOR SOUTHERN COLONIES.

CHAPTER XXVI.

MARYLAND.

Clayborne is commissioned by the London Company.-Explores the Chesapeake.—
Establishes trading-posts.-Sketch of Sir George Calvert's life. He plans a Catholic
colony. Sends a company to Newfoundland.-Goes to Virginia.-Refuses the oath.-
Returns to England.-Obtains a charter.-Character and extent of the patent.-Calvert
dies. Sir Cecil succeeds him.-The name of Maryland.-A colony is sent out under
Leonard Calvert.-Reaches the Chesapeake.-Ascends the Potomac.-Returns.--And
founds St. Mary's.-Friendly relations are established with the Indians.-Growth of
the colony.-An assembly is convened.-Clayborne incites an insurrection.-Is beaten.
-Escapes into Virginia.-Is sent to England.-Representative government is estab-
lished. An Indian war breaks out.-Clayborne returns to America.-Leads a second
insurrection.-Overthrows the government.-The rebellion is suppressed.-Tolerant
character of the laws.-Division of the legislature.-Commissioners are appointed by
Parliament. Dissensions of Stone and Clayborne.-The civil war between the Catholics
and Protestants.-Fendall's rebellion.-Maryland declares independence.-Fendall is
condemned.-Charles Calvert is governor.-The Protestants gain control of the State.
-Maryland becomes a royal province.-The heir of Lord Baltimore is restored to his
216-224.
rights. The Calverts rule the colony until the Revolution.-Reflections.

CHAPTER XXVII.

NORTH CAROLINA.

The name of Carolina.-Early explorations.-The country is granted to Clarendon
and others.-Albemarle and Clarendon colonies are founded.-Cooper and Locke
frame the grand model.-Its establishment impossible.-Clarendon county is aban-
doned. The proprietors oppress the colonists.-A rebellion ensues.-Governor Cul-
pepper goes to England.—And defends the people.-Clarendon sells his rights.-Sothel
is sent out as governor.-His tyranny.-He is overthrown.-Ludwell succeeds.--And
then Walker. The colony prospers.-Decline of the Indian tribes.-A war breaks out.
-Barnwell's expedition.-Peace.-And war again.—Moore invades the country of the

Tuscaroras.-The savages are beaten.-The nation is divided.-The Tuscarora migra-

224-229.

tion.-Division of the Carolinas.-Character of the people.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

A colony is sent out under West and Sayle.-Reaches Beaufort.-But settles on

Ashley River.-Locke's constitution is rejected.—And a simple government adopted.—

West becomes governor.—And then Yeamans.-Slavery is introduced.—Rapid immi-

gration. Charleston is founded.-An Indian war arises.-Immigrants arrive from

England, Scotland, and Ireland.-The Edict of Nantes is revoked.-The Huguenots

flock to South Carolina.-Colleton becomes governor.-Declares martial law. Is over-

thrown.-Sothel takes the office.-Is banished.-Ludwell next.-Who retires to Vir-

ginia. The proprietors abrogate the grand model.-The Quaker Archdale. His wise

administration.-Moore succeeds.-The war with Florida.-Moore and Daniel attempt

to take St. Augustine.-And fail.-Moore makes a successful campaign against the In-

dians.-The Church of England is established.-The dissenters are disfranchised.-But

the act is revoked by Parliament.-The Spaniards besiege Charleston.-And are re-

pelled. War with the Yamassees.-The savages are conquered.-Popular revolution

in South Carolina.-Nicholson is governor.-The proprietors sell Carolina to the

king. A royal government is established.-Character of the people.
230-237.

CHAPTER XXIX.

GEORGIA.

Georgia founded in benevolence.-Oglethorpe the founder.-Sketch of his life.—

He leads forth a colony.-And founds Savannah.-The friendly natives.-A treaty is

made with the Muskhogees.-Immigrants arrive from various parts of Europe.-Ogle-

thorpe goes to England.-Returns.-The Moravians.-The Wesleys.-And Whitefield.-

Conflicting claims of Georgia and Florida.-Oglethorpe builds forts.-Is commissioned

as general.-War breaks out.-The governor besieges St. Augustine.-And fails.-The

Spaniards invade Georgia.-Oglethorpe's stratagem.-The battle of Bloody Marsh.-

The Spaniards are defeated.-And retreat to Florida.-The governor returns to Eng-

land. Slavery is introduced.-The prohibitory law is repealed.-Growth of Georgia.—

Reflections on the thirteen colonies.
238--244.

COLONIAL HISTORY.-CONTINUED.

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

CHAPTER XXX.

CAUSES.

The colonies begin to act together.—A sense of common danger unites them.-The
French and Indian War arises.-Causes considered.-Conflicting territorial claims.—
English colonies on the sea-board.-French colonies in the interior.-France purposes
to confine the English to the Atlantic slope.-French settlements result from the efforts

of the Jesuits.-Missions are established on the lakes.-Joliet and Marquette discover the

Mississippi.-Descend the river.-Return to Michigan.-La Salle passes through the

lakes. Descends the Illinois.-Goes to Canada.-Returns.-And explores the Missis-

sippi to the gulf.-Sails for France.-Returns with a colony.-Reaches Texas.-Sets

out for Canada.-Is murdered.-French posts are established.-The Ohio valley to be

occupied. The animosity of France and England leads to war.-The frontiersmen of

the two nations come in conflict.-The Ohio Company is organized.-Obtains a grant

of land.—Bienville explores and claims the Ohio valley.-Gist traverses the country to

the falls of the Ohio.-The French fortify Le Bœuf and Venango.-Attack a British

post.-Gist makes a second exploration.-An English colony on the Youghiogheny.—

The Indians favor the English.-The Half-King goes to Erie.-The chiefs confer with

Franklin.-Dinwiddie sends a despatch to St. Pierre.-Washington is chosen for the