Colonial America : A History to 1763 /: A History to 1763. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Middleton, Anne Lombard.
• Authors: Middleton, Richard; Lombard, Anne
• Contents: List of Figures. List of Maps. List of Documents. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Acknowledgments. Part I: Old and New Worlds Meet:. 1. The Peoples of Eastern North America: Societies in Transition. 1 America Before Columbus and the Problem of History. 2 The Americas in Ancient Times. 3 The Eastern Woodlands, 1000–1300. 4 Eastern Woodlands Societies in Transition, 1300–1500. 5 Earliest Contacts with Europeans. 2. The Age of European Exploration. 1 Western Europe, 1300–1450. 2 The Portuguese in Africa. 3 Spain Encounters the New World. 4 Sixteenth-Century European Competitors. 5 England: The Elizabethan Prelude. Part II: The Seventeenth-Century Settlements:. 3. The English Conquer Virginia, 1607–1660. 1 Virginia Before the English. 2 The Virginia Company: Early Settlement. 3 The Charter of Liberties. 4 The Massacre of 1622 and Fall of the Company. 5 Growth and Consolidation, 1625–1660. 4. The Conquest Continues: New England, 1620–1660. 1 New England Before the English. 2 The Pilgrims. 3 Massachusetts: A City on the Hill. 4 Establishing and Defending Order. 5 Challenges from England. 6 Stable Societies. 5. Diverse Colonies: New France, New Netherland, Maryland, and the West Indies. 1 New France. 2 New Netherland and Delaware: The Dutch and Swedish Beginnings. 3 Maryland: A Catholic Proprietary. 4 English Colonies in the West Indies. 6. The Restoration Era. 1 The Return of Charles II. 2 Mercantilism: The Navigation Laws. 3 New York Becomes an English Colony. 4 The Carolinas: Early Settlement. 7. The Later Years of Charles II. 1 Virginia: Bacon’s Rebellion and Its Aftermath. 2 Massachusetts: The Struggle to Remain Self-Governing. 3 New Jersey and Pennsylvania: The Beginnings. 8. James II and the Glorious Revolution. 1 The Dominion of New England. 2 Massachusetts Reclaims Control. 3 New York: Leisler’s Rebellion. 4 Maryland. 5 Aftermath. 9. The Eras of William and Mary, and Queen Anne. 1 William and Mary’s Colonial Policy. 2 The Salem Witchcraft Trials. 3 War on the Northern Frontier, 1689–1713. 4 War and Political Change in the Carolinas. 5 Proprietary Problems in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Part III: The Eighteenth-Century Provinces in a Changing Continent:. 10. The Economy and Labor System in British North America. 1 The British Atlantic Economy. 2 The Southern Plantation System. 3 Northern Farming and Commerce. 4 The Mercantilist System. 5 Money and Taxation. 6 The Standard of Living: Poverty and Prosperity. 11. Settler Families and Society. 1 New World Families. 2 Children. 3 Patriarchal Authority. 4 Social Structure: Rank and Class. 12. White Women and Gender. 1 Gender and the Settler Experience in the Seventeenth Century. 2 Regional Variations. 3 Gender in a Commercializing Culture: The Eighteenth-Century Refined Lady. 4 Gender in a Commercializing Culture: Middling and Working White Women. 13. British North American Religion, Education, and Culture, 1689–1760. 1 Religion. 2 Education. 3 The Anglicization of Taste. 4 Libraries, Literature, and the Press. 5 Science and the Arts. 6 Popular Culture. 14. Slavery and the African American Experience, 1689–1760. 1 Slavery: An Evolving Institution. 2 Slaves’ Experiences. 3 The African American Family. 4 African American Culture. 5 Free African Americans. 6 Resistance to Slavery. 15. Expanding Spanish and French Empires in North America. 1 Florida. 2 New Mexico. 3 The Growth of New France. 4 The French Upper Country, or Pays d’en Haut. 5 Louisiana. 6 Texas. 7 Significance for the British Colonies. 16. Native American Societies and Cultures, 1689–1760. 1 Native American Societies in the Eighteenth Century. 2 The Nations of the Northern Frontier. 3 The Nations of the Southern Frontier. 4 Adaptation or Decline?. 17. Immigration and Expansion in British North America, 1714–1750. 1 The Germans and Scots-Irish. 2 The Founding of Georgia. 3 The Urban Frontier. 18. British North American Institutions of Government. 1 The Royal Framework. 2 Local Government: Town Meeting and County Court. 3 The Provincial Assembly: Crown versus People. 4 Parties and Factions in the Age of Walpole. 5 Toward a Republican Ideology. 19. Britain, France, and Spain: The Imperial Contest, 1739–1763. 1 The War of Jenkins’ Ear. 2 The Struggle for the Ohio. 3 The Conquest of Canada. 4 The War’s Consequences. Selected Bibliography. Index.
• Edition: 4th
• Publisher Details: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (624 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781444396287
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