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The British in America, 1578-1970 ; a chronology & fact book
Author
Title
The British in America, 1578-1970 ; a chronology & fact book / Compiled and edited by Howard B. Furer.
ISBN
0379005077
9780379005073
Published
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications, 1972.
Physical Description
vi, 153 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary
A chronology of the British in the United States from the sixteenth century to the present accompanied by contemporary documents.
Other formats
Online version: Furer, Howard B., 1934- British in America, 1578-1970. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Oceana Publications, 1972
Online version: Furer, Howard B., 1934- British in America, 1578-1970. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Oceana Publications, 1972
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Ethnic chronology series, no. 7
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-150).
Contents
The first English contacts in America (1584)
Early propaganda for America (1605)
Colonization interest (1607)
Jamestown settlement (1607)
First Virginia settlement (1610)
Advertisement for men (1610)
Pilgrims go to America (1620)
Mayflower compact (1620)
House of Burgesses in Virginia (1621)
Massachusetts Bay company charter (1629)
Puritan land system (1630)
Why they came to America (1630)
Maryland charter (1632)
Fundamental orders of Connecticut (1639)
Some advice to indentured servants (1656)
English emigrant appeals (1666)
Encouraging emigration (1670)
Pennsylvania needs you (1681)
Recruiting indentured servants (1724)
Causes of Scotch-Irish immigration (1728)
Georgia : the dream of Ogelthorpe (1733)
Runaway indentures (1736)
Stimulating English emigration (1769 )
Mecklenburg resolves (1775)
English settlement in Illinois (1817)
Emigrant guide book (1820's)
Failure of the British Passenger Acts (1835)
Reports from American consuls (1836)
British immigrants in the New England mills (1836)
British pauperism in Massachusetts (1836)
British protective society (1846)
British Mormons (1851)
Samuel Gompers comes to America (1863).
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Genre/Form
History.
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