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For courses in Colonial History, American Revolution, or Early American Social History.Comprehensive without being superficial, this brief, up-to-date examination of American colonial history draws connections between the colonial period and American life today by including formerly neglected areas of social and cultural history and the role of minorities (African-Americans, Native-Americans, women, and laboring classes). It summarizes and synthesizes recent studies and integrates them with earlier research.

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Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
European Backgrounds	p. 1
Norse Discoveries	p. 1
The Crusades	p. 2
The Renaissance	p. 3
Trade and the Nation-State	p. 4
Portuguese Exploration	p. 5
Spanish Exploration	p. 6
English and French Exploration	p. 9
Bibliography	p. 10
The Native Americans	p. 12
Native Americans Settle the Americas	p. 12
Native Americans of Central and South America	p. 13
The Native Americans of the Southwest and West	p. 17
The Native Americans of the Plains	p. 18
The Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands	p. 19
Estimates of Native American Population	p. 22
Bibliography	p. 23
The Spanish Empire in America	p. 24
Spanish Conquests	p. 24
The Exploration and Settlement of the Southwest	p. 25
The Government and Economy of the Spanish Empire	p. 27
Race Relations in the Spanish Empire	p. 29
Religious and Cultural Life in the Spanish Empire	p. 31
Bibliography	p. 32
The Portuguese, French, and Dutch Empires in America	p. 34
The Portuguese in the New World	p. 34
The French in the New World	p. 37
The Dutch in the New World	p. 41
Comparing and Contrasting the Non-English Empires	p. 44
Bibliography	p. 45
The Background of English Colonization	p. 47
Delay in English Colonization	p. 47
Economic Motives	p. 48
Religious Motives	p. 49
Political Motives	p. 51
Governmental Interest in Colonization	p. 52
The Beginnings of English Colonization	p. 54
Bibliography	p. 57
The Tobacco Colonies: Virginia and Maryland	p. 58
The London and Plymouth Companies	p. 58
The Founding of Jamestown	p. 59
Virginia Proves a Success	p. 61
Virginia Survives Native American Attacks	p. 63
Maryland Is Founded	p. 64
The Economic Growth of the Tobacco Colonies	p. 66
Bibliography	p. 68
The New England Colonies	p. 69
The Founding of the Plymouth Colony	p. 69
The Founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony	p. 71
Other New England Colonies	p. 74
Native American Relations in New England	p. 77
Bibliography	p. 79
The Control and Completion of Colonization	p. 81
The Colonies Under the Commonwealth	p. 81
The West Indies	p. 83
Colonial Policy under Charles II	p. 83
The Founding of the Carolinas	p. 85
The Founding of New York and the Jerseys	p. 86
The Founding of Pennsylvania	p. 88
The Founding of Georgia	p. 90
Bibliography	p. 91
Seventeenth-Century Revolts and Eighteenth-Century Stabilization	p. 93
The Effects of the Navigation Acts	p. 93
Bacon's Rebellion	p. 94
The Dominion of New England	p. 97
The Glorious Revolution in New York	p. 99
The Glorious Revolution in Maryland	p. 101
Comparing and Contrasting the 1689 Revolutions in America	p. 101
Eighteenth-Century Stabilization	p. 102
Bibliography	p. 102
Colonial Government	p. 104
English Agencies of Colonial Government	p. 104
Government in the American Colonies	p. 106
A Federal Empire?	p. 111
Local Government	p. 112
Taxation	p. 113
Bibliography	p. 113
African-Americans in the English Colonies	p. 115
The Slave Trade	p. 115
The Development of Slavery	p. 117
The Black Population	p. 119
Black Opposition to Slavery	p. 120
White Reaction to Slave Discontent	p. 122
Family and Religious Life	p. 123
Slavery in the Northern Colonies	p. 124
Free African-Americans	p. 126
Bibliography	p. 127
Immigration	p. 128
Push and Pull Factors	p. 128
Immigration Statistics	p. 129
The Huguenots	p. 129
The Germans	p. 131
The Scotch-Irish and Scots	p. 132
The Irish and the Jews	p. 134
The Naturalization Process	p. 134
Immigrants on the Frontier	p. 135
East-West Friction	p. 136
Bibliography	p. 139
Colonial Agriculture	p. 140
The Beginnings	p. 140
Farm Implements	p. 142
Agriculture in the New England Colonies	p. 142
Agriculture in the Middle Colonies	p. 143
Agriculture in the Southern Colonies	p. 144
Bibliography	p. 146
Colonial Commerce	p. 147
The Colonies as Suppliers and Markets	p. 147
Triangular Trade Routes?	p. 149
Anglo-American Trade Relations	p. 150
Domestic Trade	p. 152
Piracy	p. 153
Land Transportation and Communication	p. 153
The Fur Trade	p. 155
Bibliography	p. 155
Colonial Industry	p. 157
Obstacles to the Growth of Industry	p. 157
Forest-Based Industries	p. 158
Sea-Based Industries	p. 160
Earth-Based Industries	p. 161
Other Colonial Industries	p. 163
Workers and Wages	p. 164
Bibliography	p. 166
Money and Social Status	p. 167
Hard Money	p. 167
Monetary Experiments	p. 168
Paper Money and Land Banks	p. 169
Wealth and Social Class	p. 171
Social Mobility	p. 174
Bibliography	p. 175
The Colonial Town	p. 177
Characteristics of Colonial Towns	p. 177
Urban Problems	p. 180
The Urban Economy	p. 184
Urban Culture	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 187
The Colonial Family	p. 189
Marriage	p. 189
Premarital and Extramarital Affairs	p. 191
Characteristics of the Family	p. 192
The Legal Status of Women	p. 194
The Concept of Childhood	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 197
Religion in Colonial America	p. 199
The Anglican Church	p. 199
The Congregational Church	p. 201
Religious Groups in the Middle Colonies	p. 206
The Presbyterian Church	p. 207
The Great Awakening and Its Results	p. 208
Bibliography	p. 212
Education in Colonial America	p. 213
Education in the Southern Colonies	p. 213
Education in the Middle Colonies	p. 214
Education in the New England Colonies	p. 215
Higher Education	p. 218
Bibliography	p. 222
Language and Literature	p. 223
The Growth of American English	p. 223
The Development of American Literature	p. 224
Literary Tastes of Colonial Americans	p. 229
Newspapers and Magazines	p. 230
Bibliography	p. 231
Colonial Arts and Sciences	p. 233
American Scientists	p. 233
Medicine	p. 235
Art	p. 237
Crafts	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 241
Everyday Life in Colonial America	p. 242
Demographic Characteristics	p. 242
Homes and Furnishings	p. 244
Dress	p. 247
Sports and Amusements	p. 248
Bibliography	p. 251
The Colonial Wars	p. 253
King William's War	p. 253
Queen Anne's War	p. 254
King George's War	p. 255
The Background of the French and Indian War	p. 255
The French and Indian War	p. 256
The Results of the French and Indian War	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 262
The Road to Revolution	p. 263
The Constitutional Background	p. 263
The Anglican Bishop Controversy	p. 264
The Proclamation of 1763	p. 264
The Sugar Act	p. 266
The Stamp Act	p. 267
The Townshend Acts	p. 270
The Tea Act and Its Repercussions	p. 271
The First Continental Congress and the Outbreak of Violence	p. 273
The Second Continental Congress and Independence	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 278
The Revolutionary War	p. 279
Military Advantages and Disadvantages	p. 279
The Campaigns of 1776-1777	p. 282
The Campaigns of 1778-1781	p. 283
Peace Negotiations	p. 284
Domestic Effects of the Revolution	p. 286
Bibliography	p. 289
Governments for a New Nation	p. 291
State Constitution Making	p. 291
The Articles of Confederation	p. 292
Western Land Laws	p. 293
Economic Problems	p. 295
The Constitutional Convention	p. 296
The Ratification Struggle	p. 300
Bibliography	p. 302
Index	p. 305
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Dr. Jerome R. Reich is an American historian whose specialty is the search for democracy� in American life. �His writings include "Leisler's Rebellion: A Study of Democracy in Colonial New York,"� "Coodes's Rebellion in Maryland," the "Dorr War: A Substudy of�Jacksonian Democracy,"� and "The Black American Experience." �Dr. Reich is an emeritus professor of history at Chicago State University� and is the author of several standard text books in American history.

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