The Northern Fur Traders
<p>Supervision of the fur trade.&mdash;The fur trade of Quebec under the new r&eacute;gime was supervised according to the principles of the Proclamation of 1763. The most fundamental fact was that the French monopolistic system was discontinued, exce... The Occupation Of The Floridas
<p>The West Florida posts.&mdash;On August 6, 1763, Colonel Pr&eacute;vost took possession of Pensacola, which became the capital of West Florida. Shortly afterwards Mobile was occupied by Major Robert Farmar. The French troops there withdrew to New O... The Occupation Of The West Indies
<p>The rule of Columbus in the Indies.&mdash;When Columbus discovered a new world for Spain, that country was placed in a new situation, and a settled colonial policy was developed only with experience. A department of Indian affairs was created at on... The Opening Of Hostilities
<p>Enforcement of the Association.&mdash;The Association adopted by the Continental Congress was approved throughout the colonies. In county and town meetings, in assemblies, provincial congresses, or special conventions, the patriot party expressed i... The Philippines And California
<p>A new attempt in the East.&mdash;At the same time that Men&eacute;ndez was establishing the province of Florida, the right wing of the Indies, Legazpi was conquering the Philippines, the left wing. The principal result of the Villalobos expedition ... The Preliminary Struggle For The Northern Fur Country
<p>Sphere of French influence.&mdash;When Frontenac returned to France in 1682, the French were predominant in Acadia, in the St. Lawrence Valley, in the region of the Great Lakes, and in the Illinois country, and were extending their power into the l... The Providence Island Company
<p>The Puritan leaders.&mdash;During the great struggle between king and parliament, several of the merchant princes were on the Puritan side. One of the most powerful of these was Robert Rich, Lord Warwick. He had been an active member of the Virgini... The Province Of Quebec
<p>The French people.&mdash;At the time of the conquest the Canadian people numbered about 65,000 living in the St. Lawrence Valley, with several thousand scattered among the western posts. The settlers were in the main a frugal, industrious, unletter... The Puritan Movement In England
<p>The Puritans.&mdash;While the planting of colonies on the shores of Chesapeake Bay and on the Caribbean islands was in progress, other settlements were being formed in New England by English Separatists and Puritans. By the beginning of the reign o... The Russian Menace
<p>The Russian advance.&mdash;Spain had long been uneasy about upper California because of the activities of the English, Dutch, and French. Now the advance of the Russians seemed more threatening, and caused the long contemplated step to be taken. In... The Scotch-irish
<p>Causes of the Scotch-Irish migration.&mdash;Of equal importance with the German migration was that of the Scotch-Irish from Ulster. The causes of the migration to America were both religious and economic. The Presbyterianism of the Scotch found sca... The Second Continental Congress
<p>The delegates.&mdash;The Second Continental Congress assembled at Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, all but Georgia and Rhode Island being represented. On May 13 Lyman Hall, representing St. John's parish, Georgia, arrived, but not until July 20 was no... The Second Continental Congress
<p>Nature of Congress.&mdash;The Second Continental Congress which convened at Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, was a purely revolutionary body, a "creature of emergency." In its inception it was in no sense a sovereign body, but was rather a great centr... The Settlement Of Chihuahua
<p>New Mexico isolated.&mdash;In the central plateau the infant colony of New Mexico, as at first established, had been a detached group of settlements, separated from Nueva Vizcaya by an uninhabited, area of five or six hundred miles in breadth. But ... The Settlement Of The Atlantic Seaboard
<p>Fray Lu&iacute;s Cancer.&mdash;Meanwhile Florida and the Philippines had been conquered and colonized. Shortly after Coronado returned from New Mexico, the Moscoso party reached P&aacute;nuco. Viceroy Mendoza, in spite of previous failures, was wil...

Hudson's Bay Company The West Indies The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Mines Of Northern Mexico The Founding Of Alta California The Conquest Of The Valley Of Mexico Spain During The Conquest The Settlement Of The Atlantic Seaboard

The Struggle With The English On The Carolina Border The Occupation Of The Floridas Trans-alleghany Settlement Beginning Of Organized Resistance The Trans-mississippi West The War Of The English Succession Western Trade And Exploration The Struggle With Rivals In The West Indies