Dinsmore Documentation  presents  Classics of American Colonial History

Author: Osgood, Herbert L.
Title: The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.
Citation: New York: Columbia University Press, 1904-07.
Subdivision: Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME I

Part First: The Proprietary Province In Its Earliest Form

Front Matter to Volume I , including Title Page, Preface, Detailed Table of Contents to Volume I, and Introduction
I. Charters of Discovery. Experiments of Gilbert and Raleigh
II. Virginia as a Proprietary Province. Experiments Under The Charter of 1606
III. Virginia as a Proprietary Province. Administration of Sir Thomas Smith
IV. Virginia as a Proprietary Province. Administrations of Sandys and the Earl of Southampton
V. The New England Council

Part Second: The Corporate Colonies of New England

I. The Transfer of Government into Massachusetts. The General Court
II. The Executive and Judicial System in Massachusetts
III. Relations between Church and Commonwealth in Massachusetts
IV. The Working of the Massachusetts System as Illustrated by the Controversies with Roger Williams and the Antinomians
V. The Working of the Massachusetts System as Illustrated by the Controversies With The Presbyterians, The Baptists and The Quakers
VI. Plymouth as a Corporate Colony
VII. Connecticut as a Corporate Colony
VIII. Rhode Island as a Corporate Colony
IX. The Northward Expansion of Massachusetts
X. Intercolonial Relations. The New England Confederacy
XI. The Land System in the Corporate Colonies of New England
XII. The Financial System of the Corporate Colonies
XIII. The System of Defence in the New England Colonies
XIV. Indian Relations. Philip’s War

VOLUME II

Part Third: the Proprietary Province in its Later Forms

Front Matter to Volume II , including Title Page and Detailed Contents of Volume II
I. General Characteristics of the Later Proprietary Provinces
II. The Land System of the Later Proprietary Provinces
III. The Official System in Maryland
IV. The Legislature in Maryland and Its Relations with the Executive
V. The Official System in Proprietary New Netherland
VI. The Transition from Dutch to English Government. The Executive in Proprietary New York
VII. The Beginnings of a Legislature in Proprietary New York
VIII. The Governmental System of New Jersey
IX. Carolina as a Proprietary Province. The Cape Fear and Ashley River Settlements, South Carolina
X. Carolina as a Proprietary Province. The Albemarle Settlement, North Carolina
XI. Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania
XII. The Judiciary in the Later Proprietary Provinces
XIII. Ecclesiastical Relations in the Later Proprietary Provinces
XIV. The Financial System of the Later Proprietary Provinces
XV. The System of Defence in the Later Proprietary Provinces
XVI. Indian Relations among the Later Proprietary Provinces
Conclusion
Index to Volumes I and II (to be digitized)

VOLUME III

Part Fourth: Imperial Control. Beginnings of The System of Royal Provinces

Front Matter to Volume III, including Title Page, Preface, and Detailed Table of Contents to Volume II
I. The Nature and Organs of Imperial Control
II. The Dissolution of the Virginia Company of London
III. Relations between the English Government and Massachusetts Prior to the Beginning of the Great Civil War
IV. Beginnings of Royal Government in Virginia
V. Colonial Policy During the Interregnum
VI. The Restoration and the Royal Commission of 1664
VII. The Acts of Trade
VIII. Virginia During the Restoration. Bacon's Rebellion
IX. The Royal Commission of 1677. Virginia at the Close of Stuart Régime
X. The Dissolution of the Massachusetts Company
XI. Beginnings of Royal Government in New Hampshire
XII. New York as a Royal Province. The Administration of Governor Dongan
XIII. The Dominion of New England
XIV. The Revolution in New England. The Provincial Charter of Massachusetts
XV. The Revolt of Leisler in New York. An Assembly Permanently Established in That Province
XVI. Collapse of Proprietary Government in Maryland
Conclusion
Index to Volume III (to be digitized)

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