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Great Epochs in American History, Volume II

Great Epochs in American History, Volume II

by Francis Whiting HALSEY (1851 - 1919)

This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume II describes first colonies in America and covers time period from 1562 to 1733. - Summary by Kikisaulite


The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) II: Mendoza's account

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies III: The birth of Virginia Dare (1587) by John White

Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) II: Gosnold's own account

The origin of negro slavery in America II: Its beginnings in the United States (1620) by John A. Doyle

Bacon's rebellion in Virginia (1676) by an anonymous writer

Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery of Cape Cod (1602) I: By Gabriel Archer, one of his companions

How the Bay colony differed from Plymouth by John G. Palfrey

Introduction

King Philip's war (1676) by William Hubbard

Lord Baltimore in Maryland (1633) by contemporary writers

New England before the pilgrim fathers landed (1614) by captain John Smith

Oglethorpe in Georgia (1733) by Joel Chandler Harris

Roger Williams in Rhode Island (1636) by Nathaniel Morton

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies (1584-1587) I: The account by John A. Doyle

Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia colonies II: The return of the colonists with Sir Francis Drake (1586) by Ralph Lane

The beginnings of the Massachusetts Bay colony (1627-1631) by governor Thomas Dudley

The Charter Oak affair in Connecticut (1682) by Alexander Johnston

The colonization of Louisiana (1699) by Charles E.T. Gayarre

The English conquest of New York (1664) by John R. Brodhead

The first American legislative assembly (1619) by John Twine, its secretary

The first New York settlements (1623-1628) by Nicholas Jean de Wassenaer

The first voyage of the "Mayflower" (1620) by governor William Bradford

The founding of Connecticut (1633-1636) by Alexander Johnston

The founding of Jamestown (1607) by Captain John Smith

The founding of Pennsylvania I: Penn's account of the colony (1684)

The founding of Pennsylvania II: Penn's treaty with the Indians (1683), his own account

The founding of Pennsylvania III: The reality of Penn's treaty (1682), by George E. Ellis

The founding of St. Augustine and the massacre by Menendez (1562-1565) I: The account by John A. Doyle

The origin of negro slavery in America I: In the West Indies (1518) by Sir Arthur Helps

The Swedes and Dutch in New Jersey and Delaware (1627) by Israel Acrelius

Witchcraft in New England (1647-1696) by John G. Palfrey