{"product_id":"2940013874633","title":"THE LAND WE LIVE IN","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                            FIRST PERIOD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                            THE FOOTHOLD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                PAGE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Land Without a History--Origin of the American Indians--Their\u003cbr\u003eSemi-civilization--The Spanish Colonial System--The King Was Absolute\u003cbr\u003eMaster--The Council of the Indies--The Hierarchy--Servitude of the\u003cbr\u003eNatives--Gold and Silver Mines--Spanish Wealth and Degeneracy--\u003cbr\u003eCommercial Monopoly--Pernicious Effects of Spain's Colonial Policy\u003cbr\u003e--Spaniards Destroy a Huguenot Colony,                             21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQueen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh--English Expedition to North\u003cbr\u003eCarolina--Failure of Attempts to Settle There--Virginia Dare--The Lost\u003cbr\u003eColony--The Foundation of Jamestown--Captain John Smith--His Life Saved\u003cbr\u003eby Pocahontas--Rolfe Marries the Indian Princess--A Key to Early\u003cbr\u003eColonial History--Women Imported to Virginia,                      32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe French in Canada--Champlain Attacks the Iroquois--Quebec a Military\u003cbr\u003ePost--Weak Efforts at Colonization--Fur-traders and Missionaries--The\u003cbr\u003eFoundation of New France--The French King Claims from the Upper Lakes to\u003cbr\u003ethe Sea--Slow Growth of the French Colonies--Mixing With the Savages--The\u003cbr\u003e\"Coureurs de Bois,\"                                                41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Hudson's Discovery--Block Winters on Manhattan Island--The\u003cbr\u003eDutch Take Possession--The Iroquois Friendly--Immigration of the\u003cbr\u003eWalloons--Charter of Privileges and Exemptions--Patroons--Manufactures\u003cbr\u003eForbidden--Slave Labor Introduced--New Sweden--New Netherlanders Want\u003cbr\u003ea Voice in the Government,                                         46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              CHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLanding of the Pilgrims--Their Abiding Faith in God's Goodness--The\u003cbr\u003eAgreement Signed on the Mayflower--A Winter of Hardship--The Indians\u003cbr\u003eHelp the Settlers--Improved Conditions--The Colony Buys Its\u003cbr\u003eFreedom--Priscilla and John Alden--Their Romantic Courtship and\u003cbr\u003eMarriage,                                                          52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Puritan Immigration--Wealth and Learning Seek These Shores--Charter\u003cbr\u003eRestrictions Dead Letters--A Stubborn Struggle for Self-government--\u003cbr\u003eMethods of Election--The Early Government an Oligarchy--The Charter of\u003cbr\u003e1691--New Hampshire and Maine--The New Haven Theocracy--Hartford's\u003cbr\u003eConstitution--The United Colonies--The Clergy and Politics--Every\u003cbr\u003eElection Sermon a Declaration of Independence,                     57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Conscience Was Free--Roger Williams and His Providence Colony--\u003cbr\u003eDriven by Persecution from Massachusetts--Savages Receive Him\u003cbr\u003eKindly--Coddington's Settlement in Rhode Island--Oliver Cromwell\u003cbr\u003eand Charles II. Grant Charters--Peculiar Referendum in Early Rhode\u003cbr\u003eIsland,                                                            64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePuritans and Education--Provision for Public Schools--Puritan\u003cbr\u003eSincerity--Effect of Intolerance on the Community--Quakers Harshly\u003cbr\u003ePersecuted--The Salem Witchcraft Tragedy--History of the Delusion--\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Nourse and Other Victims--The People Come to their Senses--\u003cbr\u003eCotton Mather Obdurate to the Last--Puritan Morals--Comer's Diary--\u003cbr\u003eRhode Island in Colonial Times,                                    68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew England Prospering--Outbreak of King Philip's War--Causes of the\u003cbr\u003eWar--White or Indian Had to Go--Philip on the War-path--Settlements\u003cbr\u003eLaid in Ashes--The Attack on Hadley--The Great Swamp Fight--Philip\u003cbr\u003eRenews the War More Fiercely Than Before--His Allies Desert Him--\u003cbr\u003eBetrayed and Killed--The Indians Crushed in New England,           77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              CHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowth of New Netherland--Governor Stuyvesant's Despotic Rule--His\u003cbr\u003eComments on Popular Election--New Amsterdam Becomes New York--The\u003cbr\u003ePlanting of Maryland--Partial Freedom of Conscience--Civil War in\u003cbr\u003eMaryland--The Carolinas--Settlement of North and South Carolina--The\u003cbr\u003eBacon Rebellion in Virginia--Governor Berkeley's Vengeance,        82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             CHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Colony of New York--New Jersey Given Away to Favorites--Charter of\u003cbr\u003eLiberties and Franchises--The Dongan Charter--Beginnings of New York\u003cbr\u003eCity Government--King James Driven From Power--Leisler Leads a Popular\u003cbr\u003eMovement--The Aristocratic Element Gains the Upper Hand--Jacob Leisler\u003cbr\u003eand Milborne Executed--Struggle For Liberty Continues,             90","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069223682288,"sku":"2940013874633","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013874633_p0.jpg?v=1763596423","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013874633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}