The colonies, 1492-1750 / Reuben Gold Thwaites.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913, author.

Series:

American history, culture and literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonies.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : SNOVA, [2020]

Summary:

In this book American colonization is considered in the light of general colonization as a phase of history. Englishmen in planting colonies in America brought with them the institutions with which they had been familiar at home: it is shown what these institutions were, and how, in adapting themselves to new conditions of growth, they differed from English models. As prominent among the changed conditions, the physical geography of America and its aboriginal inhabitants receive somewhat extended treatment; and it is sought to explain the important effect these had upon the character of the settlers and the development of the country. The social and economic condition of the people is described, and attention is paid to the political characteristics of the several colonies both in the conduct of their local affairs and in their relations with each other and the mother-country. It is shown that the causes of the Revolution were deep-seated in colonial history. Attention is also called to the fact, generally overlooked, that the thirteen mainland colonies which revolted in 1776 were not all of the English colonial establishments in America.

Notes:

"This is an augmented, edited and reformatted version of "The Colonoies 1492-1750" by Reuben Gold Thwaites, LLD, originally published by Longman, Green and Co., dated 1890."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [308]-311).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781536186482

1536186481