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The British in America, 1578-1970 : a chronology & fact book

Title
The British in America, 1578-1970 : a chronology & fact book / compiled and edited by Howard B. Furer.
Publication
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Oceana Publications, 1972.

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Additional Authors
Furer, Howard B., 1934-
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.
Series Statement
Ethnic chronology series, no. 7
Uniform Title
Ethnic chronology series ; no. 7.
Subject
  • British Americans > History
  • British Americans > History > Chronology
  • British Americans > History > Sources
  • British Americans
  • British > United States > History
  • Britten
  • United States > History > Chronology
  • United States > Minorities > Chronology
  • Noord-Amerika
Genre/Form
  • Sources
  • Literature
  • Chronologies
  • History
  • Literature.
  • Littérature.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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
  • ocm00446089
  • 446089
  • SCSB-263465
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library