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A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians (1896)

Dabney H. Maury

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Description:TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. Columbus— Effect of His Discoveries— John Cabot- Queen Elizabeth— Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert — Their Voyages . 9 II. The Fate of Raleigh— The Virginia Company— The First Charter— Expedition under Newport — Settlement of Jamestown— Captain John Smith 18 III. The Indians ^5 IV. The Colony— Hostility of the Indians— Sickness— The Gold Fever— Smith's Explorations— His Capture and Rescue by Pocahontas 34 V. Smith Explores Chesapeake Bay— An Addition to the Colony—Coronation of Powhatan — Scarcity' of Corn — Smith's Visit to Powhatan and Opecancanough — Lord Delaware ... .... 41 VI. The Shipwrecked Colonists Upon Bermuda— Arrival in Virginia — Smith Deposed — His Accident and Departure—Troubles of the Colony—" The Starving Time." Jamestown Deserted — Arrival of Lord Delaware . 47 VII. Lord Delaware's Government— Sir Thomas Dale— Capture of Pocahontas — Her Marriage and Death — Death of Powhatan — Land Assigned to Colonists 54 VIII. Dale Returns to England— Argall's Rule First Colonial Assembly — New Charter— Cargo of Maidens Arrive— Negroes Imported — Slavery — Massacre of 1622 . 59 IX. Sir John Harvey — Religious Intolerance — Lord Balti- more — William Claiborne — Sir William Berkeley — Massacre of 1644 • • 64 X. The Civil War in England— Loyalty of Virginia— Yields to Cromwell— The Restoration . 71 XL Bacon's Rebellion 76 XII. Bacon's Rebellion, Continued— Death of Charles II.— King James 11. — William and Mary 81 XIII. Growth of the Colony— William and Mary College— Queen Anne— Governor Spotswood— Colonel Byrd— The Huguenots — The Scotch-Irish 87 XIV. The Character of the Population— Employments and Condition of the People in Colonial Times 95 XV. The Employments and Condition of the People, Continued .... 102 XVI. George Washington — His Boyhood — Surveyor for Lord Fairfax — Mission to the French — In Command of the Virginia Troops— Aide to General Braddock — Patrick Henry — The Parsons' Case — The Stamp Act . . 115 XVII. Resistance to Parliamentary Taxation — Non-Importation Resolutions — The First Congress— George Mason- Andrew Lewis 122 XVIII. Story of Lewis, Continued — The Virginia Convention — Removal of the Powder — Mustering of the Minute- Men — Payment for the Powder — Lord North's Peace Measures 129 XIX. Committee Appointed— Virginia Resolutions— Declaration of Independence — Disestablishment of the Church — Primogeniture — George Rogers Clarke 136 XX. Progress of the War — Arnold's Invasion — Lord Cornwal- lis— Tarleton's Raids — Alliance with France — Yorktown 142 XXI. Virginia at the Close of the Revolution ........We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians (1896). To get started finding A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians (1896), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. Columbus— Effect of His Discoveries— John Cabot- Queen Elizabeth— Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert — Their Voyages . 9 II. The Fate of Raleigh— The Virginia Company— The First Charter— Expedition under Newport — Settlement of Jamestown— Captain John Smith 18 III. The Indians ^5 IV. The Colony— Hostility of the Indians— Sickness— The Gold Fever— Smith's Explorations— His Capture and Rescue by Pocahontas 34 V. Smith Explores Chesapeake Bay— An Addition to the Colony—Coronation of Powhatan — Scarcity' of Corn — Smith's Visit to Powhatan and Opecancanough — Lord Delaware ... .... 41 VI. The Shipwrecked Colonists Upon Bermuda— Arrival in Virginia — Smith Deposed — His Accident and Departure—Troubles of the Colony—" The Starving Time." Jamestown Deserted — Arrival of Lord Delaware . 47 VII. Lord Delaware's Government— Sir Thomas Dale— Capture of Pocahontas — Her Marriage and Death — Death of Powhatan — Land Assigned to Colonists 54 VIII. Dale Returns to England— Argall's Rule First Colonial Assembly — New Charter— Cargo of Maidens Arrive— Negroes Imported — Slavery — Massacre of 1622 . 59 IX. Sir John Harvey — Religious Intolerance — Lord Balti- more — William Claiborne — Sir William Berkeley — Massacre of 1644 • • 64 X. The Civil War in England— Loyalty of Virginia— Yields to Cromwell— The Restoration . 71 XL Bacon's Rebellion 76 XII. Bacon's Rebellion, Continued— Death of Charles II.— King James 11. — William and Mary 81 XIII. Growth of the Colony— William and Mary College— Queen Anne— Governor Spotswood— Colonel Byrd— The Huguenots — The Scotch-Irish 87 XIV. The Character of the Population— Employments and Condition of the People in Colonial Times 95 XV. The Employments and Condition of the People, Continued .... 102 XVI. George Washington — His Boyhood — Surveyor for Lord Fairfax — Mission to the French — In Command of the Virginia Troops— Aide to General Braddock — Patrick Henry — The Parsons' Case — The Stamp Act . . 115 XVII. Resistance to Parliamentary Taxation — Non-Importation Resolutions — The First Congress— George Mason- Andrew Lewis 122 XVIII. Story of Lewis, Continued — The Virginia Convention — Removal of the Powder — Mustering of the Minute- Men — Payment for the Powder — Lord North's Peace Measures 129 XIX. Committee Appointed— Virginia Resolutions— Declaration of Independence — Disestablishment of the Church — Primogeniture — George Rogers Clarke 136 XX. Progress of the War — Arnold's Invasion — Lord Cornwal- lis— Tarleton's Raids — Alliance with France — Yorktown 142 XXI. Virginia at the Close of the Revolution ........We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians (1896). To get started finding A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians (1896), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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