The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763 - The Original Classic Edition

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Character of the menRaleigh's Virginian coloniesMotives for colonisationGosnold and PringRichard HakluytElizabeth and James I.Formation of the London and Plymouth CompaniesThe government of the London CompanyThe Virginian settlers Foundation of JamestownCaptain John SmithThe lust for gold Smith's good workEnglish interest in VirginiaSir George Somers and Sir Thomas GatesLord DelawarrImprovements in VirginiaThe Princess PocahontasSamuel ArgallSir Thomas DaleYeardley and the first Representative AssemblyThe Company in dangerThe abolition of the CompanyA change in the character of Virginian historyWyatt and Harvey as GovernorsA land of peace and plentySir William BerkeleyTrouble with the IndiansVirginia and the Civil WarBerkeley's dislike of educationArlington and CulpeperVirginia under BerkeleyBacon's rising Sir Herbert JeffreysVirginia and the RevolutionVirginia in the eighteenth centuryRobert Dinwiddie 19 ...The colonial share in the capture of CanadaThe internal jealousies of the coloniesFrench aggression in the Ohio valleyGeorge WashingtonResults of the campaign of 1754Character of General BraddockSchemes for 1755Braddock's disasterThe work of Dinwiddie and JohnsonThe deportation of the Acadians The results of the campaign of 1755The Seven Years' WarThe character of the Marquis de MontcalmWebb, Abercromby, and LoudounUnsuccessful attack upon LouisburgMontcalm at Fort William HenryThe rise of William PittThe plan of campaign of 1758The character of General WolfeThe capture of LouisburgAbercromby's disaster at TiconderogaThe character of Lord HoweCapture of Forts Frontenac and DuquesneThe campaigns of 1759Amherst's delayThe siege of QuebecEnglish despair The discovery of the pathDeath of WolfeWolfe and Montcalm The climaxThe collapse of the French Empire in the WestThe rise of a new nation 254 ...Raleigh must have appreciated the appeal made by Sir George Peckham, friend of Gilbert, when he said, 'Behold heere, good countreymen, the manifold benefits, commodities and pleasures heretofore unknowen, by Gods especiall blessing not onely reveiled unto us, but also as it were infused into our bosomes, who though hitherto like dormice have slumbered in ignorance thereof, being like the cats that are loth for their prey to wet their feet: yet if now therefore at the last we would awake, and with willing mindes (setting frivolous imaginations aside) become industrious instruments to ourselves, questionlesse we should not only hereby set forth the glory of our heavenly father, but also easily attaine to the end of all good purposes that may be wished or desired.'

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