Colonization of America: 1562 - 1733 (Original Source Series)

The exploring parties linked to foreign governments and religious pilgrims of various denominations and sects, established the first American colonies. Colonization of America, Volume II of PowerThink Publishing’s Original Source Series, shares the first-hand accounts of those seeking opportunity, fortune, and freedoms from European monarchy and oppression. We witness their pioneering spirit, which ultimately attracted millions more to American shores in search a new way of life. First set in stone by the original men and women who noted their colonial period experiences, we may now enjoy a frame of reference unsullied by speculation, revisionists, and historical commentary. We hope you may benefit from the original accounts as found in this volume of uniquely first American documents and letters. Included Works: Founding of St. Augustine and the Massacre by Menendez by John A. Doyle Founding of St. Augustine by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajalas Huguenots in Florida by Francis Parkman Dominique de Gourgues by Francis Parkman Drake in California by Drake's Nephew Description of Drake by Don Francisco de Zarate Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia Colonies by John A. Doyle First Voyage to Roanoke by Captains Amadas and Barlowe Colony at Roanoke by Ralph Lane Birth of Virginia Dare by John White Gosnald's Discovery of Cape Cod by Bartholemew Gosnold Gosnold's Settlement at Cuttyhunk by Gabriel Archer First Charter of Virginia by King James I Settlement of Jamestown by Captain John Smith Founding of Quebec by Samuel de Champlain Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois on Lake Champlain by Samuel Champlain Discovery of the Hudson River by Robert Juet Hudson's Third Voyage by John De Laet First Representative Assembly by John Twine Origin of Slavery in America by John A. Doyle Voyage of the Mayflower by William Bradford How the Pilgrim Fathers Lived by Edward Winslow Founding of New Amsterdam by Nicholas Jean de Wassenaer Beginnings of the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Governor Dudley Settlement of Massachusetts by Edward Johnson Founding of Connecticut by Alexander Johnston Lord Baltimore's Plantation in Maryland by George and Leonard Calvert Pequot Massacre at Fort Mystic by John Mason Roger Williams in Rhode Island by Nathaniel Morton How the Bay Colony Differed from Plymouth by John G. Palfrey Fundamental Orders of Connecticut by Unknown Body of Liberties by Nathaniel Ward Founding of Harvard College by Unknown Founding of New Sweden by Israel Acrelius Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of the Massachusetts Vindicated from that Aspersion by John Winthrop Witchcraft in New England by John G. Palfrey Instrument of Government by Cromwell and His Council of Officers A Healing Question by Sir Henry Vane The Persecution of the Quakers by James Cudworth Penalty for Not Going to Church by The County Court of Middlesex John Locke and the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina by H. R. Fox Bourne English Conquest of New York by John R. Brodhead Eliot's Brief Narrative by John Eliot Marquette's Discovery of the Mississippi by James Marquette Outbreak of King Philip's War by William Hubbard Death of King Philip by Benjamin Church Bacon's Rebellion by Unknown Death of Marquette by Claude Dablon Discovery of Niagara Falls by Louis Hennepin La Salle's Voyage to the Mouth of the Mississippi by Francis Parkman Letter from Eliot to Robert Boyle by John Eliot Famous Charter Oak Affair by Alexander Johnston Description of Pennsylvania by William Penn Penn's Treaty with the Indians by William Penn M. Robert Cavelier De La Salle by Father Hennepin Leisler's Rebellion by "A Gentleman of the City of New York" Witchcraft in New England by Robert Calef Founding of William and Mary College by Unknown Settlement of Louisiana by Benard de la Harpe Colonization of Louisiana by Charles Gayarre Phipps, The First of Our Self-Made Men by The Reverend Cotton Mather Establishing the Colony of Georgia by General Oglethorpe Oglethorpe in Georgia by Joel Harris