*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENGLAND IN AMERICA, 1580-1652 *** Produced by Suzanne Shell, Gary Houston and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at pgdp.net ENGLAND IN AMERICA

 1580-1652

 By Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D.

 J. & J. Harper Editions Harper & Row, Publishers New York and Evanston 1904
 Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618). From an Engraving By Robinson After a Painting by Zucchero.
     
  CONTENTS

  CHAP.  PAGE EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION xiii AUTHOR'S PREFACE xix I. GENESIS OF ENGLISH COLONIZATION (1492-1579) 3 II. GILBERT AND RALEIGH COLONIES (1583-1602) 18 III. FOUNDING OF VIRGINIA (1602-1608) 34 IV. GLOOM IN VIRGINIA (1608-1617) 55 V. TRANSITION OF VIRGINIA (1617-1640) 76 VI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF VIRGINIA (1634-1652) 100 VII. FOUNDING OF MARYLAND (1632-1650) 118 VIII. CONTENTIONS IN MARYLAND (1633-1652) 134 IX. FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH (1608-1630) 149 X. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLYMOUTH (1621-1643) 163 XI. GENESIS OF MASSACHUSETTS (1628-1630) 183 XII. FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS (1630-1642) 196 XIII. RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS (1631-1638) 210 XIV. NARRAGANSETT AND CONNECTICUT SETTLEMENTS (1635-1637) 229 XV. FOUNDING OF CONNECTICUT AND NEW HAVEN (1637-1652) 251 XVI. NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE (1653-1658) 266 XVII. COLONIAL NEIGHBORS (1643-1652) 282 XVIII. THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION (1643-1654) 297 XIX. EARLY NEW ENGLAND LIFE 318 XX. CRITICAL ESSAY ON AUTHORITIES 328 INDEX 341
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