Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733

Project Gutenberg's Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562--1733Author: VariousEditor: Francis W. HalseyRelease Date: June 11, 2005 [EBook #16038]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT EPOCHS, AMERICAN ***Produced by Carel Lyn Miske and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netGREAT EPOCHS IN AMERICAN HISTORYDESCRIBED BY FAMOUS WRITERS FROM COLUMBUS TO WILSONEdited, with Introductions and Explanatory NotesByFRANCIS W. HALSEYAssociate Editor of "The World's Famous Orations"; Associate Editor of "The Best of the World's Classics"; author of "The Old New YorkFrontier"; Editor of "Seeing Europe With Famous Authors" IN TEN VOLUMESILLUSTRATEDVOL. II THE PLANTING OF THE FIRST COLONIES: 1562—1733Current Literature Publishing Company New YorkCOPYRIGHT, 1912 AND 1916, by FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY[Printed in the United States of America] Transcriber's Note: This text retains original spellings. INTRODUCTION(The Planting of the First Colonies)After the discoverers and explorers of the sixteenth century came (chiefly in ...