Volume I Part 4 (1/2)

”Devil's Authority.”

The End.

CHAPTER IV. THE MIDDLE COLONIES

English Conquest of New Netherland.

Duke of York's Government.

Andros.

Revolution of 1688.

Leisler.

Problems which Teased Royal Governors.

New Jersey.

Its Political Vicissitudes.

William Penn.

Character.

Liberality of Pennsylvania Charter.

Penn and James II.

Penn's Services for his Colony.

Prosperity of the Latter.

Fletcher's Rule.

Gabriel Thomas's History of Pennsylvania.

Penn's Trials.

And Victory.

Delaware.

CHAPTER V. MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, CAROLINA

Maryland after the Stuart Restoration.

Navigation Act.

Boundary Disputes.

Liberality of Religion.

Agitation to Establish Anglicanism.

Maryland under William and Mary.

English Church Established.

Not Oppressive.

Fate of Virginia after the Restoration.

Virginia's Spirit, Numbers, Resources.

Causes of Bacon's Rebellion.

Evil of the Navigation Acts.

Worthless Officials.

Course of the Rebellion.

Result.

Dulness of the Subsequent History.

William and Mary College.

Governor Spotswood.

Blackbeard.

Carolina.