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OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
FROM
THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT.
BY
GEORGE BANCROFT.
IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
THOROUGHLY REVISED EDITION.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1876.
COPYRIGHT, 1876,
BY GEORGE BANCROFT.
CAMBRIDGE:
PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER XXI.
MARYLAND.
Maryland, p. 3-Death of Lord Baltimore, 5-"Baconists" in Mary-
land, 7- Restrictions on Suffrage, 7- Protestantism, 8-A Tory President,
9-Revolution, 10-Culpepper in Virginia, 10—Increase of Royal Power, 11
-Appeals to the Assembly prohibited, 12—Virginia redeemed, 13— Howard of
Effingham, 13-Rebels sent to Virginia, 13— Kidnapped Men and Boys, 14-
Despotism, 15-Resisted, 16-Tendencies to Union, 17.
CHAPTER XXII.
NEW NETHERLAND.
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Holland and Union, p. 18-Revolution in the Netherlands, 19- Holland, 20
-Zealand, 20-Origin of the Dutch West India Company, 23 - Henry Hud-
son, 25-Sails up the North River, 27-The Uncultivated Wilderness, 29-
Geographical Features, 30-Progress, 30-Hudson's Last Voyage, 32- The
Dutch Traffic on the North River, 33-Albany, 35-Olden Barneveldt and
Grotius oppose Colonization in America, 36-West India Company chartered,
37-Colonization, 37-Colonial Diplomacy, 38-Charter of Liberties, 40-
Monopoly of Lands, 43 - De Vries plants Delaware, 44- Dutch Fort at Hart-
ford, 45-Gustavus Adolphus and New Sweden, 46 - Dutch and Indian Wars,
49-Municipal Liberties desired, 53 - Roger Williams mediates a Truce, 54-
Peace, 54- New Albion, 55-Stuyvesant's Administration, 56 - New Swe-
den, 56- Amsterdam purchases Delaware, 56-Emigrants, 57-Jews, 58-
Waldenses, 59-Huguenots, 59 — Africans, 60- Dawn of Democratic Liberty,
61-Effects of the Restoration of Charles II., 64-Conquest of New Nether-
land, 68-New Jersey, 70- Delaware, 73-New York, 74- New York recon-
quered, 75-Restored, 75— Rights of Neutral Flags, 77.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Unity of the Human Race, p. 78 - Progress of Emancipation, 78- Power of
the People in England, 80 - Progress of Intellectual Freedom, 80-Speculative
Truth, 81-Quakers, 81- George Fox, 81-Struggle for Freedom of Mind, 82
-Obtains it; 84- Preaches Freedom to the People, 84- His Purpose, 86 –
The Inner Light, 87-Its Reality, 87- Quaker Method, the Method of Des