Old Times in the Colonies

"Old Times in the Colonies" is an outline of some of the principal events that transpired during the colonial period of our country, and portrays the hardships and sufferings of those who laid the foundations of a new empire. It will show how the Old World laws, habits, and customs were gradually changed; how the grand ideas of Freedom and the Rights of Man took root and flourished. It covers the period from the discovery and settlement of America to the Revolutionary War.Contents:Discovery of San SalvadorForces of CivilizationFirst SettlementsThe Wise Fool of England and His TimesThe Beginning of Two CivilizationsHow Beaver-skins and Tobacco Helped on CivilizationThe PilgrimsFirst Years at PlymouthSettlement of New Hampshire, New York, and CanadaThe Puritan BeginningThe Puritans Take Possession of New EnglandIsland and New HampshireAffairs at ManhattanThe Struggle for Liberty in England, and How It Affected AmericaThe QuakersThe End of Dutch Rule in AmericaThe Times of Charles IIKing Philip's WarLouis Frontenac in CanadaGovernor Berkeley and the VirginiansHow the King Took Away the Charters of the ColoniesKing William's WarNew Jersey and MarylandSettlement of PennsylvaniaWitchesThe Legacy of BloodMaine and New HampshireThe CarolinasGeorgiaThe Negro TragedyThe Beginning of a Great StruggleDefeat or General BraddockThe Emperor or Austria's WillIncompetent and Cowardly GeneralsTwo CivilizationsThe Destiny of an Empire