{"product_id":"2940013836143","title":"ENGLAND IN AMERICA","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAP.                                                         PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR'S INTRODUCTION                                         xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAUTHOR'S PREFACE                                               xix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. GENESIS OF ENGLISH COLONIZATION (1492-1579)               3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II. GILBERT AND RALEIGH COLONIES (1583-1602)                 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. FOUNDING OF VIRGINIA (1602-1608)                         34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV. GLOOM IN VIRGINIA (1608-1617)                            55\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V. TRANSITION OF VIRGINIA (1617-1640)                       76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF VIRGINIA (1634-1652)  100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. FOUNDING OF MARYLAND (1632-1650)                        118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII. CONTENTIONS IN MARYLAND (1633-1652)                     134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX. FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH (1608-1630)                        149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLYMOUTH (1621-1643)                 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI. GENESIS OF MASSACHUSETTS (1628-1630)                    183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII. FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS (1630-1642)                   196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII. RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS (1631-1638)    210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. NARRAGANSETT AND CONNECTICUT SETTLEMENTS (1635-1637)    229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV. FOUNDING OF CONNECTICUT AND NEW HAVEN (1637-1652)       251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE (1653-1658)                     266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII. COLONIAL NEIGHBORS (1643-1652)                          282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION (1643-1654)               297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX. EARLY NEW ENGLAND LIFE                                  318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XX. CRITICAL ESSAY ON AUTHORITIES                           328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX                                                          341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROANOKE ISLAND, JAMESTOWN, AND ST. MARY'S\u003cbr\u003e(1584-1632)                                            _facing_ 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHART OF VIRGINIA, SHOWING INDIAN AND\u003cbr\u003eEARLY ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS IN 1632                               76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIRGINIA IN 1652                                                99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARYLAND IN 1652                                               133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEW ENGLAND (1652)                                    _facing_ 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAINE IN 1652                                                  265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEW SWEDEN AND NEW NETHERLAND                                  296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Transcriber's Note: This text retains original spellings. Also,\u003cbr\u003esuperscripted abbreviations or contractions are indicated by the\u003cbr\u003euse of a caret (^), such as w^th (with).]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEDITOR'S INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome space has already been given in this series to the English and\u003cbr\u003etheir relation to the New World, especially the latter half of\u003cbr\u003eCheyney's _European Background of American History_, which deals with\u003cbr\u003ethe religious, social, and political institutions which the English\u003cbr\u003ecolonists brought with them; and chapter v. of Bourne's _Spain in\u003cbr\u003eAmerica_, describing the Cabot voyages. This volume begins a detailed\u003cbr\u003estory of the English settlement, and its title indicates the\u003cbr\u003econception of the author that during the first half-century the\u003cbr\u003eAmerican colonies were simply outlying portions of the English nation,\u003cbr\u003ebut that owing to disturbances culminating in civil war they had the\u003cbr\u003eopportunity to develop on lines not suggested by the home government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first two chapters deal with the unsuccessful attempts to plant\u003cbr\u003eEnglish colonies, especially by Gilbert and Raleigh. These beginnings\u003cbr\u003eare important because they proved the difficulty of planting colonies\u003cbr\u003ethrough individual enterprise. At the same time the author brings out\u003cbr\u003eclearly the various motives for colonization--the spirit of adventure,\u003cbr\u003ethe desire to enjoy a new life, and the intent to harm the commerce of\u003cbr\u003ethe colonies of Spain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn chapters iii. to vi. the author describes the final founding of the\u003cbr\u003efirst successful colony, Virginia, and emphasizes four notable\u003cbr\u003echaracteristics of that movement. The first is the creation of\u003cbr\u003ecolonizing companies (a part of the movement described in its more\u003cbr\u003egeneral features by Cheyney in his chapters vii. and viii.). The\u003cbr\u003esecond is the great waste of money and the awful sacrifice of human\u003cbr\u003elife caused by the failure of the colonizers to adapt themselves to\u003cbr\u003ethe conditions of life in America. That the people of Virginia should\u003cbr\u003ebe fed on grain brought from England, should build their houses in a\u003cbr\u003eswamp, should spend their feeble energies in military executions of\u003cbr\u003eone another is an unhappy story made none the pleasanter by the\u003cbr\u003eknowledge that the founders of the company in England were spending\u003cbr\u003efreely of their substance and their effort on the colony.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162055950576,"sku":"2940013836143","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013836143","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}