CONTENTS OF VOL. I
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| CHAPTER VI. | |
| 1689-1753. | |
| COLONIZATION AND PROGRESS OF LOUISIANA. | |
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| D'Iberville—Colonists led by him | 206 |
| Enters the Mississippi | 207 |
| English jealousy—Outwitted by Bienville | 207 |
| D'Iberville ascends the Mississippi—Losses | 207 |
| D'lberville's death—Settlement at Mobile | 208 |
| Colonists kept alive by help from abroad | 208 |
| Grant to Crozat—Cadillac, governor | 208 |
| Depressed state of the colony | 208 |
| The Mississippi company—John Law and his career | 209 |
| Colonists sent out—New Orleans founded | 210 |
| War with Spain—Population in 1727 | 210 |
| War with Spain—Population in 1727 | 211 |
| Massacre by the Natchez Indians—Retaliation | 211 |
| War with the Chickasaws | 211 |
| Difficult to subdue this brave tribe | 211 |
| Bienville leaves Louisiana | 211 |
| Administration of the Marquis de Vaudreuil | 211 |
| Kerlerec appointed governor | 211 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| 1700-1750. | |
| GENERAL CONDITION OF THE COLONIES. | |
| A brief survey of the condition of the colonies | 212 |
| Population of Virginia | 212 |
| State of manners, etc—Trade and commerce | 213 |
| Report to the Board of Trade | 213 |
| Complaints by the Virginians of the royal officers | 213 |
| Population of Massachusetts—Trade, etc | 213 |
| Connecticut and Rhode Island | 214 |
| Progress of New Hampshire | 214 |
| Earthquake in New England | 215 |
| Religion in New England | 215 |
| Improvement in manners—Mode of living Fashions | 215 |
| The colonists and the subject of independence | 216 |
| Progress of Maryland—Trade, etc., of the Carolinas | 217 |
| New York—Tea—Contraband trade | 218 |
| Manners, etc., in New York—Albany and its people | 218 |
| New Jersey—Pennsylvania—Its trade, etc | 219 |
| Final struggle approaching between the English and | |
| French in America | 219 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| 1749-1755. | |
| TILE FOURTH INTERCOLONIAL WAR. | |
| Designs and claims of the French | 220 |
| Counter claims of the English | 220 |
| The Ohio company—Its policy and efforts | 221 |
| George Washington—Early life and training | 222 |
| His father's death—The mother of Washington | 222 |
| His father's death—The mother of Washington | 223 |
| Method, orderly habits, activity, spirit, etc | 223 |
| Becomes a surveyor—Military appointment | 224 |
| His brother Lawrence's death | 224 |
| Sent to visit the French post on the Ohio | 225 |
| His adventurous mission—Return—His journal | 225 |
| His adventurous mission—Return—His journal | 226 |
| Appointed lieutenant-colonel | 226 |
| The affair with Jumonville—True account | 227 |
| Obliged to capitulate at Fort Necessity | 228 |
| Thanks of the Assembly to Washington | 228 |
| Plan of union and confederation | 228 |
| Levy of troops called for—Dieskau's force | 229 |
| Ill usage of colonial officers | 229 |
| Braddock commander-in-chief | 229 |
| Braddock's character and conduct | 230 |
| Franklin's conversation with Braddock | 230 |
| Washington serves as aid-de-camp | 231 |
| His urgent advice rejected by Braddock | 231 |
| Troops routed by Indians and French in ambush | 232 |
| Death of Braddock | 232 |
| Washington's preservation—Panic of the army | 232 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| 1755-1763. | |
| PROGRESS AND CONCLUSION OF THE WAR. | |
| Expedition up the Bay of Fundy | 233 |
| Acadie and the French neutrals—Expatriation | 234 |
| Shirley's expedition against Oswego | 234 |
| William Johnson—Influence with the Indians | 235 |
| Battle of Lake George—Dieskau's death | 235 |
| Battle of Lake George—Dieskau's death | 236 |
| Fort William Henry—Indians on the frontier | 236 |
| Washington made colonel—Devotion to duty | 236 |
| Washington made colonel—Devotion to duty | 237 |
| War declared by England | 237 |
| Loudon, commander-in-chief—Bradstreet | 237 |
| Montcalm takes Oswego—His activity | 237 |
| Loudon against Louisburg—Too late | 238 |
| Montcalm assaults—Fort William Henry | 238 |
| Slaughter of the troops after surrender | 239 |
| Montcalm's share in this act of treachery | 239 |
| Complaints and discontent general | 239 |
| Pitt prime minister—His energetic course | 239 |
| Attack on Louisburg—This stronghold taken | 240 |
| Abercrombie against Ticonderoga | 240 |
| Lord Howe's death | 240 |
| Abercrombie repulsed—Superseded by Amherst | 241 |
| Conquest of Canada determined upon | 242 |
| Amherst's expedition—Capture of Ticonderoga | 242 |
| Prideaux and Johnson take Niagara | 243 |
| Attack on Quebec—Wolfe's and Montcalm's death | 243 |
| Attack on Quebec—Wolfe's and Montcalm's death | 244 |
| Canada subdued—Views of French statesmen | 246 |
| Washington's marriage | 246 |
| Member of the House of Burgesses | 246 |
| Great exultation in the colonies at success | 247 |
| Cherokee war at the south—Conclusion | 247 |
| Otis against "writs of assistance" | 249 |
| English against the French in the West Indies | 250 |
| The English masters on the continent | 250 |
| The conspiracy of Pontiac—End of the contest | 250 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| 1764-1766. | |
| ENGLAND BEGINS THE CONTEST. | |
| Progress of settlements—Advance in wealth, etc | 251 |
| Progress of settlements—Advance in wealth, etc | 252 |
| Recuperative energies of the colonies | 253 |
