Contents
List of Illustrations xxxi
Preface xxxiii
Exploration and the Colonies 1
The Original Inhabitants 3
Virginia and the South 4
New England 4
Timeline: Exploration and the colonies 6
The colonies 10
JOHN SMITH (1580-1631) 10
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, NEW ENGLAND, AND THE SUMMER ISLES 11
The third book. The Proceedings and accidents of the english colony in virginia 11
Chapter II: What happened till the first supply 11
The fourth Book. The proceedings of the English after the alteration of the government of Virginia 17
John Smith's Relation to Queen Anne of Pocahontas (1616) 17
WILLIAM BRADFORD (1590-1657) 19
Of Plymouth Plantation, Book I 20
Chapter IX: Of their voyage, and how they passed the sea; and of their safe arrival at cape cod 20
Chapter X: Showing how they sought out a place of habitation; and what befell them thereabout 23
Of plymouth plantation, book II 28
[The Mayflower Compact (1620)] 28
[Compact with the indians (1621)] 29
[First thanksgiving (1621)] 30
[Narragansett Challenge (1622)] 30
[Thomas Morton of Merrymount (1628)] 31
JOHN WINTHROP (1588-1649) 35
A model of christian charity 36
ANNE BRADSTREET (1612?-1672) 43
The Prologue 45
The Flesh and the spirit 47