The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 [Illustrated]

This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Index
• 47 illustrations

Contents
THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONIES
I. THE BACKGROUND AND THE DISCOVERY
II. THE FOUNDING OF NEW SPAIN (1492-1543)
III. THE EXPANSION OF NEW SPAIN (1543-1609)
IV. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FRENCH COLONIES (1500-1700)
V. THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH EXPANSION (1485-1603)
VI. THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND INSULAR COLONIES (1603-1640)
VII. THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENGLAND (1606-1640)
VIII. THE ENGLISH COLONIES DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD (1640-1660)
IX. THE DUTCH AND SWEDISH COLONIES (1609-1664)
X. THE OLD ENGLISH COLONIES UNDER THE LATER STUARTS (1660-1689)
XI. EXPANSION UNDER THE LATER STUARTS (1660-1689)
XII. THE ENGLISH MAINLAND COLONIES AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

EXPANSION AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
XIII. THE SPANISH ADVANCE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
XIV. THE WARS OF THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH SUCCESSIONS (1684-1713)
XV. THE FRENCH IN LOUISIANA AND THE FAR NORTHWEST (1699-1762)
XVI. TEXAS, PIMERÍA ALTA, AND THE FRANCO-SPANISH BORDER CONFLICT (1687-1763)
XVII. THE ENGLISH ADVANCE INTO THE PIEDMONT (1715-1750)
XVIII. ENGLISH COLONIAL SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
XIX. THE ENGLISH COLONIAL SYSTEM (1689-1763)
XX. A QUARTER-CENTURY OF CONFLICT: THE EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH (1715-1763)
XXI. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE: THE OCCUPATION OF ALTA CALIFORNIA AND LOUISIANA BY SPAIN (1763-1783)
XXII. THE NEW BRITISH POSSESSIONS (1763-1783)

THE REVOLT OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES
XXIII. THE CONTROVERSY OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES WITH THE HOME GOVERNMENT (1763-1775)
XXIV. FROM LEXINGTON TO INDEPENDENCE (1775-1776)
XXV. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MIDDLE STATES (1776-1777)
XXVI. THE WAR AS AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST (1778-1781)
XXVII. THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE REVOLUTION (1778-1783)
XXVIII. GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE REVOLUTION