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CONTENTS OF VOL. I
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CHAPTER VI.
1689-1753.
COLONIZATION AND PROGRESS OF LOUISIANA.
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D'Iberville—Colonists led by him 206
Enters the Mississippi 207
English jealousy—Outwitted by Bienville 207
D'Iberville ascends the Mississippi—Losses 207
D'lberville's death—Settlement at Mobile 208
Colonists kept alive by help from abroad 208
Grant to Crozat—Cadillac, governor 208
Depressed state of the colony 208
The Mississippi company—John Law and his career 209
Colonists sent out—New Orleans founded 210
War with Spain—Population in 1727 210
War with Spain—Population in 1727 211
Massacre by the Natchez Indians—Retaliation 211
War with the Chickasaws 211
Difficult to subdue this brave tribe 211
Bienville leaves Louisiana 211
Administration of the Marquis de Vaudreuil 211
Kerlerec appointed governor 211

CHAPTER VII.
1700-1750.
GENERAL CONDITION OF THE COLONIES.
A brief survey of the condition of the colonies 212
Population of Virginia 212
State of manners, etc—Trade and commerce 213
Report to the Board of Trade 213
Complaints by the Virginians of the royal officers 213
Population of Massachusetts—Trade, etc 213
Connecticut and Rhode Island 214
Progress of New Hampshire 214
Earthquake in New England 215
Religion in New England 215
Improvement in manners—Mode of living Fashions 215
The colonists and the subject of independence 216
Progress of Maryland—Trade, etc., of the Carolinas 217
New York—Tea—Contraband trade 218
Manners, etc., in New York—Albany and its people 218
New Jersey—Pennsylvania—Its trade, etc 219
Final struggle approaching between the English and
French in America 219

CHAPTER VIII.
1749-1755.
TILE FOURTH INTERCOLONIAL WAR.
Designs and claims of the French 220
Counter claims of the English 220
The Ohio company—Its policy and efforts 221
George Washington—Early life and training 222
His father's death—The mother of Washington 222
His father's death—The mother of Washington 223
Method, orderly habits, activity, spirit, etc 223
Becomes a surveyor—Military appointment 224
His brother Lawrence's death 224
Sent to visit the French post on the Ohio 225
His adventurous mission—Return—His journal 225
His adventurous mission—Return—His journal 226
Appointed lieutenant-colonel 226
The affair with Jumonville—True account 227
Obliged to capitulate at Fort Necessity 228
Thanks of the Assembly to Washington 228
Plan of union and confederation 228
Levy of troops called for—Dieskau's force 229
Ill usage of colonial officers 229
Braddock commander-in-chief 229
Braddock's character and conduct 230
Franklin's conversation with Braddock 230
Washington serves as aid-de-camp 231
His urgent advice rejected by Braddock 231
Troops routed by Indians and French in ambush 232
Death of Braddock 232
Washington's preservation—Panic of the army 232

CHAPTER IX.
1755-1763.
PROGRESS AND CONCLUSION OF THE WAR.
Expedition up the Bay of Fundy 233
Acadie and the French neutrals—Expatriation 234
Shirley's expedition against Oswego 234
William Johnson—Influence with the Indians 235
Battle of Lake George—Dieskau's death 235
Battle of Lake George—Dieskau's death 236
Fort William Henry—Indians on the frontier 236
Washington made colonel—Devotion to duty 236
Washington made colonel—Devotion to duty 237
War declared by England 237
Loudon, commander-in-chief—Bradstreet 237
Montcalm takes Oswego—His activity 237
Loudon against Louisburg—Too late 238
Montcalm assaults—Fort William Henry 238
Slaughter of the troops after surrender 239
Montcalm's share in this act of treachery 239
Complaints and discontent general 239
Pitt prime minister—His energetic course 239
Attack on Louisburg—This stronghold taken 240
Abercrombie against Ticonderoga 240
Lord Howe's death 240
Abercrombie repulsed—Superseded by Amherst 241
Conquest of Canada determined upon 242
Amherst's expedition—Capture of Ticonderoga 242
Prideaux and Johnson take Niagara 243
Attack on Quebec—Wolfe's and Montcalm's death 243
Attack on Quebec—Wolfe's and Montcalm's death 244
Canada subdued—Views of French statesmen 246
Washington's marriage 246
Member of the House of Burgesses 246
Great exultation in the colonies at success 247
Cherokee war at the south—Conclusion 247
Otis against "writs of assistance" 249
English against the French in the West Indies 250
The English masters on the continent 250
The conspiracy of Pontiac—End of the contest 250

CHAPTER X.
1764-1766.
ENGLAND BEGINS THE CONTEST.
Progress of settlements—Advance in wealth, etc 251
Progress of settlements—Advance in wealth, etc 252
Recuperative energies of the colonies 253