EMBELLISHMENTS, MAPS, CHARTS, PLANS OF BATTLES, ETC.

EMBELLISHMENTS.

FRONTISPIECE-LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS,

POCAHONTAS SAVING THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SMITH,

DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE,
BATTLE OF BUNKER'S HILL,

SURRENDER OF LORD CORNWALLIS,

MAPS, CHARTS, PLANS OF BATTLES, &a

CHART OF AMERICAN HISTORY,

Vicinity of Pensacola,

Page

Vicinity of Quebec, 1759,

Plan of the Siege of Boston,
Battle of Long Island,

210

222

Vicinity of Montreal,

33

Port Royal Island and Vicinity,

Westchester County,

35 Forts Lee and Washington,

Vicinity of St. Augustine,

Harbor of St. Augustine,

36

Seat of War in New Jersey,
Trenton in 1776, .

Roanoke Island and Vicinity,

38

Places West of Philadelphia,

237

Vicinity of Jamestown,

44

Vicinity of Ticonderoga,

240

INDIAN TRIBES AND EARLY SETTLE

Fort Schuyler on the Mohawk,.

242

Towns of Saratoga and Stillwater, 242
Camps of Gates and Burgoyne at

Vicinity of Boston,

74

Valley of the Conn. River, in Mass.,

Narragansett Fort and Swamp,.

Vicinity of Pemaquid Fort,

Vicinity of Portland,

Louisburg and Vicinity in 1745,

Island of Cape Breton,

98

Vicinity of Portsmouth,

101

Vicinity of Hartford,

Battle of Guilford Court House,.
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill,
104 Siege of Yorktown,

New Haven and Vicinity,
Vicinity of Providence,
New York and Vicinity,
Albany and Vicinity, .

107 New London and Vicinity,

277

Northern part of Delaware,

Vicinity of Annapolis,

304

Philadelphia and Vicinity,.

152

Niagara Frontier,

Vicinity of Wilmington, N. C.,

155

Seat of the Creek War,

Charleston and Vicinity,
Savannah and Vicinity,

Vicinity of Frederica, Geo.,
Forts in New Brunswick,

Vicinity of Lake George,

Forts at Oswego,

161

Vicinity of Niagara Falls,

319

167

Vicinity of Baltimore,.

323

Seat of Seminole War,

338

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the yea 1853,

BY MARCIUS WILLSON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

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CONTENTS, AND PLAN OF THE WORK

PART I.

VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES.

CHAPTER I.

VOYAGES, CONQUESTS, AND DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN POR-

TIONS OF NORTH AMERICA,

DIVISIONS.-I. Columbus.-II. De Leon.-III. De Ayllon.-IV. Conquest

of Mexico.-V. De Narvaez.-VI. Ferdinand De Soto.

CHAPTER II.

NORTHERN AND EASTERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA,

DIVISIONS.-I. John and Sebastian Cabot.-IL Corte real.-III. Verrazani.-

IV. Cartier.-V. Roberval.-VI. Ribault, Laudonniere, and Melendez.-

VII. Gilbert, Raleigh, and Grenville.-VIII. De La Roche.-IX. Gosnold.

-X. De Monts.-XI. North and South Virginia.

Pages.

13-30

30-47

PART II.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND COLONIAL HISTORY.

VIRGINIA,

CHAPTER I.

DIVISIONS.-I. Virginia under the first Charter.-II. Virginia under the

second Charter.-III. Virginia under the third Charter.-IV. Virginia

from the dissolution of the London Company in 1624, to the com-
mencement of the French and Indian War in 1754.

SECTION I.-Massachusetts from its earliest history to the union

of the New England Colonies in 1643.

DIVISIONS.-I. Early History.-II. Plymouth Colony.-III. Massachu-

setts Bay Colony.-IV. Únion of the New England Colonies.-V.

Early Laws and Customs.

SECTION II.-Massachusetts from the Union of the New England

Colonies in 1643, to the close of King William's War in 1697.

DIVISIONS.-I. Events from the Union to King Philip's War.-II. King

Philip's War.-III. Controversies and Royal Tyranny.-IV. Massa-

chusetts during King William's War.

SECTION III.-Massachusetts from the close of King William's

War in 1697, to the commencement of the French and Indian

War in 1754.

DIVISIONS.-I. Massachusetts during Queen Anne's War -II. King

George's War.

47-67

67-100

DIVISIONS.-I. Early Settlements.-II. Pequod War.-III. New Haven

Colony.-IV. Connecticut under her own Constitution.-V. Connec-

ticut under the Royal Charter.

Pages

100-103

103-111

111-116

SECTION I-New Netherlands previous to the conquest by the

English in 1664.

SECTION II.-New York from the conquest of New Netherlands

in 1664, until the commencement of the French and Indian

War in 1754. (Delaware included until 1682.)

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR,

DIVISIONS.-I. Causes of the War, and Events of 1754.-II. 1755: Ex-

peditions of Monckton, Braddock, Shirley, and Winslow.-III. 1756:

Delays; Loss of Oswego; Indian Incursions.-IV. 1757: Designs

against Louisburg, and Loss of Fort Wm. Henry.-V. 1758: Reduc-

tion of Louisburg; Abercrombie's Defeat; The taking of Forts

Frontenac and Du Quesne.-VI. 1759 to 1763: Ticonderoga and

Crown Point Abandoned; Niagara Taken; Conquest of Quebec,-

Of all Canada; War with the Cherokees; Peace of 1763.

173-193

199-207

CLOSE OF THE WAR, AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION,

MADISON'S ADMINISTRATION. WAR WITH ENGLAND,

SECTION I.-Principal Events of 1809, '10, '11.

SECTION II.-Principal Events of 1812.

DIVISIONS.-I. Declaration of War, and Events in the West.-II. Events

on the Niagara Frontier.-III. Naval Events.

SECTION III.-Principal Events of 1813.

DIVISIONS.--I. Events in the West and South.-II. Events in the North.

-III. Naval Events.

SECTION IV.-Principal Events of 1814.

DIVISIONS.-I. Events on the Niagara Frontier.-II. Events in the vi-

cinity of Lake Champlain.-III. Events on the Atlantic Coast.-IV.

Events in the South and close of the War.-War with Algiers.

MONROE'S ADMINISTRATION,

CHAPTER V.

302-328

328-379

1. History of Canada under the French.-II. History of Canada under the

English,

I. Aboriginal Mexico.-II. Colonial History of Mexico.-III. Mexico

during the First Revolution.-IV. Mexico from the close of the First

Revolution to the adoption of the Federal Constitution of 1824.-

V. Mexico from the adoption of the Federal Constitution of 1824 to

the commencement of the Texan Revolution in 1835.-VI. Texan

Revolution.-VII. Mexico from the close of the Texan Revolution

in 1836 to the commencement of the War with the United States in

1846.

376-388

388-405

CHAPTER III.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH EXPLANA-
TORY NOTES AND QUESTIONS,

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