OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM

THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT.

BY

GEORGE BANCROFT.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

THOROUGHLY REVISED EDITION.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1876.

COPYRIGHT, 1876,

BY GEORGE BANCROFT.

CAMBRIDGE:

PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

CHAPTER XXI.

MARYLAND.

Maryland, p. 3-Death of Lord Baltimore, 5-"Baconists" in Mary-

land, 7- Restrictions on Suffrage, 7- Protestantism, 8-A Tory President,

9-Revolution, 10-Culpepper in Virginia, 10—Increase of Royal Power, 11

-Appeals to the Assembly prohibited, 12—Virginia redeemed, 13— Howard of

Effingham, 13-Rebels sent to Virginia, 13— Kidnapped Men and Boys, 14-

Despotism, 15-Resisted, 16-Tendencies to Union, 17.

CHAPTER XXII.

NEW NETHERLAND.

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Holland and Union, p. 18-Revolution in the Netherlands, 19- Holland, 20

-Zealand, 20-Origin of the Dutch West India Company, 23 - Henry Hud-

son, 25-Sails up the North River, 27-The Uncultivated Wilderness, 29-

Geographical Features, 30-Progress, 30-Hudson's Last Voyage, 32- The

Dutch Traffic on the North River, 33-Albany, 35-Olden Barneveldt and

Grotius oppose Colonization in America, 36-West India Company chartered,

37-Colonization, 37-Colonial Diplomacy, 38-Charter of Liberties, 40-

Monopoly of Lands, 43 - De Vries plants Delaware, 44- Dutch Fort at Hart-

ford, 45-Gustavus Adolphus and New Sweden, 46 - Dutch and Indian Wars,

49-Municipal Liberties desired, 53 - Roger Williams mediates a Truce, 54-

Peace, 54- New Albion, 55-Stuyvesant's Administration, 56 - New Swe-

den, 56- Amsterdam purchases Delaware, 56-Emigrants, 57-Jews, 58-

Waldenses, 59-Huguenots, 59 — Africans, 60- Dawn of Democratic Liberty,

61-Effects of the Restoration of Charles II., 64-Conquest of New Nether-

land, 68-New Jersey, 70- Delaware, 73-New York, 74- New York recon-

quered, 75-Restored, 75— Rights of Neutral Flags, 77.

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CHAPTER XXIII.

THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Unity of the Human Race, p. 78 - Progress of Emancipation, 78- Power of

the People in England, 80 - Progress of Intellectual Freedom, 80-Speculative

Truth, 81-Quakers, 81- George Fox, 81-Struggle for Freedom of Mind, 82

-Obtains it; 84- Preaches Freedom to the People, 84- His Purpose, 86 –

The Inner Light, 87-Its Reality, 87- Quaker Method, the Method of Des