The British in America, 1578-1970 : a chronology & fact book / compiled and edited by Howard B. Furer.

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Book
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English
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Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Oceana Publications, 1972.
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vi, 153 pages 23 cm

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    Summary note
    A chronology of the British in the United States from the sixteenth century to the present accompanied by contemporary documents.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 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).
    ISBN
    • 0379005077
    • 9780379005073
    LCCN
    72008683
    OCLC
    446089
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