THE

HISTORY

OF

THE RISE AND PROGRESS

OF

THE UNITED STATES

OF

NORTH AMERICA,

TILL

THE BRITISH REVOLUTION IN 1688.

BY JAMES GRAHAME, Eso.

"

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1827.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK III.

MARYLAND.

Charter of Maryland obtained from Charles I. by Lord

Baltimore. Emigration of Roman Catholics to the Province.

Friendly Treaty with the Indians. Generosity of Lord Bal-

timore. Opposition and Intrigues of Cleyborne. First

Assembly of Maryland. Representative Government estab-

lished. Early introduction of Negro Slavery. An Indian

War. Cleyborne's Rebellion. Religious Toleration estab-

lished in the Colony. Separate Establishment of the House

of Burgesses. Cleyborne declares for Cromwell-and

usurps the Administration. Toleration abolished. Dis-

tractions of the Colony-terminated by the Restoration.

Establishment of a provincial Mint. Happy State of the

Colony. Naturalization Acts. Death of the first Propri-

etary. Wise Government of his Son and Successor. Law

against importing Felons. Establishment of the Church of

England suggested. Dismemberment of the Delaware Ter-

ritory from Maryland. Arbitrary Projects of James II.

Rumour of a Popish Plot. A Protestant Association is

formed and usurps the Administration. The Proprietary

Government suspended by King William. Establishment of

the Church of England, and Persecution of the Catholics.

State of the Province-Manners Laws.
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BOOK IV.

NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHAP. I.

Early Attempts of the Spaniards and the French to colo-

nize this Territory. First Charter of Carolina granted by

Charles II. to Lord Clarendon and others. Formation of Albe-