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A SOURCE BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1787 FOREWORD TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOOTNOTES: I. ENGLAND IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

1. Classes of Englishmen

A. SOUTHERN COLONIES TO 1660

II. MOTIVES FOR EARLY ENGLISH COLONIZATION

2. From Sir George Peckham's "True Report" 3. A Discourse on Western Planting by Richard Hakluyt, 1584 4. Drayton's Ode to the Virginian Voyage 5. Goodspeed to Virginia, 1609 6. Nova Britannia, 1609 7. Statement of the Virginia Company, 1609 8. Marston's "Eastward Hoe" 9. Crashaw's "Daily Prayer" 10. Crashaw's Sermon, March 3/13, 1609/10 11. Sir Edwin Sandys, 1612 12. Governor Dale to the London Company, 1613 13. The London Company not Mercenary 14. John Smith's Last Plea for Colonization, 1631 FOOTNOTES:

III. ILLUSTRATIVE OF VIRGINIA HISTORY TO THE INTRODUCTION OF SELF-GOVERNMENT (1606-1619)

15. The Gilbert and Raleigh Charters 16. First Charter for Colonizing Virginia; April 10/20,[5] 1606 17. Instructions issued by King James 18. Instructions by the Council in England to the Expedition to Virginia; December, 1606 19. Exploration and Sufferings 20. Second Charter of Virginia; May 23/June 2, 1609 21. Third Charter for Virginia. March 12/22, 1611/1612[9] 22. Danger from Spanish Attack (1607-1614) FOOTNOTES:

IV. THE LIBERAL LONDON COMPANY AND SELF-GOVERNMENT IN VIRGINIA (1619-1624)

23. From the Rules of the Virginia Company in London 24. An Order of the London Company as to Self-government February 2/12, 1619/20 25. The First Representative Assembly in America July 30/August 9, 1619 26. The London Company's "Declaration," June, 1620 27. The Ordinance of 1621 for Virginia 28. Royal Attempts to Control the Company, 1620-1622 FOOTNOTES:

V. A ROYAL PROVINCE

29. The Royal Commission of 1624 for the First Royal Governor in Virginia 30. Yeardley's Commission from Charles I, March 4/14, 1624/5 31. The Colony favors the Policy of the Company 32. Royal Restoration of the Virginia Assembly, 1629 33. Legislation by the Virginia Assembly as to Morals and Taxes FOOTNOTES:

VI. THE ASSEMBLY DURING THE COMMONWEALTH

34. Virginia and the Parliamentary Commissioners, 1652 35. The Franchise Restricted and Restored, 1655, 1656 FOOTNOTES:

VII. MARYLAND

36. Lord Baltimore to King Charles, August 19/29, 1629 37. Charter of Maryland, June 20/30, 1632 38. Comment on the Avalon Charter of 1623 39. Excursus: Charters for New Albion and Maine 40. The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 FOOTNOTES:

B. NEW ENGLAND TO 1660

VIII. AN EARLY EXPLORATION IN MAINE

41. Weymouth's Voyage, 1605

IX. THE FIRST SOURCE OF LAND TITLES IN NEW ENGLAND

42. Charter of the Plymouth Council

X. PLYMOUTH PLANTATION

43. Delays in securing the Wincob Charter Robert Cushman to Pastor Robinson, May 8/18, 1619 44. Agreement between the Pilgrims in Holland and the Merchant Adventurers in London 45. From the Farewell Letter of John Robinson 46. The Mayflower Compact 47. The Peirce Charter, June, 1621 48. Early Descriptions of Plymouth[30] 49. Final Source of Plymouth Land Titles 50. First Code of Laws in America FOOTNOTES:

XI. THE FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS

51. The Gorges Claim to Massachusetts 52. The Beginning of Salem Colony 53. The First Charter for Massachusetts Bay 54. Docket of the Massachusetts Charter, 1629 55. Excursus: For a Comparative Study of Charters 56. The Massachusetts Company's Agreement with Mr. Higginson 57. First Government in Massachusetts Bay under the Company in England; April, 1629 FOOTNOTES:

XII. THE COLONY BECOMES A PURITAN ENTERPRISE

58. Decision to Transfer the Charter to the Colony 59. Decision of Puritan Gentlemen to Settle in the Colony[39] 60. Early Attitude of the Puritan Colony to the Church of England 61. Political Principles of the Puritans 62. Early Hardships and Religious Matters, 1630-1631 FOOTNOTES:

XIII. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY, 1630-1644

63. The Oligarchic Usurpation 64. The First "Popular" Movement—Watertown Protest, 1632 65. Legislation and Administration by the "Assistants," 1630-1633 66. The Beginning of Town Government in Massachusetts, 1633 67. Representative Central Government Established, 1634 68. Reaction: The Aristocratic Veto 69. Right of Free Speech Denied 70. Formal Adoption of the Ballot in Elections in the General Court 71. Secret Ballot in a Local Election, because of Democratic and Aristocratic Jealousies 72. Martial Law 73. Life Council; Proxies; "Approved" Churches 74. The Wheelwright Controversy (Political Aspects) 75. Political and Social Conditions in New England before 1660 76. Some Relations with England, 1638 77. Democratic Discontent, 1639 78. The Body of Liberties, 1641 79. A Puritan View of Trade 80. The Separation of the Legislature into Two Houses 81. A Town Code of School Law 82. Colonial School Laws 83. Representative Town Records FOOTNOTES:

XIV. MASSACHUSETTS AND PERSECUTION

84. Puritan Arguments for and against Persecution 85. Criticism by a Moderate Episcopalian and Monarchist 86. A Presbyterian Demand for the Franchise, 1646 87. Punishment for not Attending "Approved" Churches, 1666 88. Quaker Persecutions FOOTNOTES:

XV. RHODE ISLAND TO 1660

89. A Compact in Civil Things Only, 1336(?) 90. Religious Freedom Consonant with Civil Order 91. Patent of Providence Plantations, March 14/24, 1643/1644 92. Rhode Island and the Quakers, 1657 FOOTNOTES:

XVI. CONNECTICUT BEFORE 1660

93. The Fundamental Orders of 1639

XVII. THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION

94. The Constitution 95. Massachusetts Demands More Weight 96. Nullification by Massachusetts FOOTNOTES:

C. COLONIAL AMERICA, 1660-1760

XVIII. LIBERAL CHARTERS, 1662, 1663[89]

97. The Connecticut Charter 98. The Rhode Island Charter FOOTNOTES:

XIX. AN ENGLISH COLONIAL SYSTEM

99. Instructions for the Councill oppointed for Forraigne Plantations (1660) by Charles II 100. The Commercial Policy 101. The Duke of York's Charter for New York, March 12/22, 1663/4 102. Penn's Grant of Pennsylvania, March 4/14, 1680/88 103. Penn's Grants to the Pennsylvanians 104. Berkeley's Report on Virginia, 1671 105. The Franchise in Virginia again Restricted[108] 106. "Bacon's Laws," in Virginia (Political Discontent) 107. Bacon's Proclamation, July 30, 1676 108. Testimony of Political Discontent as a Cause of Bacon's Rebellion 109. Abolition of Bacon's Reforms for Virginia 110. Self-government in Massachusetts Decreased 111. Attempts by England at Closer Control after 1700 112. Commission of a Royal Governor 113. Free Speech Vindicated 114. Franklin's "Albany Plan," July 10, 1754[113] FOOTNOTES:

XX. HARSH PHASES OF COLONIAL SOCIETY[117]

115. Legal Punishment in Virginia, 1662-1748 116. White Servants in 1774 117. Runaway Servants and Apprentices FOOTNOTES:

D. THE REVOLUTION

XXI. PRELIMINARY PERIOD—TO 1774

118. Sugar Act of 1764 119. Stamp Act 120. Reception of the Stamp Act in America 121. Origin of the Virginia Non-importation Agreement 122. The Origin of Massachusetts Town-Committees of Correspondence, 1772 123. Creation of Standing Intercolonial Committees of Correspondence, 1773 124. Tea Riots FOOTNOTES:

XXII. RISE OF REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENTS

125. The Virginia Burgesses suggest an Annual Continental Congress 126. Another "Call" for the Continental Congress 127. A Virginia County Suggests a Continental Congress and a General Association 128. The First Call for a Provincial Convention (Virginia) 129. Typical Virginia County Instructions to Delegates to the First Provincial Convention 130. The First Continental Congress 131. Prince William County (Virginia) Committee, Approval of the Association 132. Virginia County "Conventions" become De Facto Governments 133. Virginia Provincial Conventions become Governments FOOTNOTES:

XXIII. INDEPENDENCE

134. Virginia County Instructions for Independence, April 23, 1776 135. Instructions for Independence in the Virginia Convention (and Resolutions for an Independent State Government), May 15, 1776[130] 136. The Virginia Bill of Rights, June 12, 1776 137. The First Declaration of Independence by a State 138. Revolutionary State Governments 139. Instructions by "State" Conventions against Independence (January-May, 1776) 140. Motion in Congress for Independence 141. The Continental Declaration of Independence 142. Anti-Social Tendencies of the Pre-Revolutionary Measures 143. An Oath of Allegiance to a New State, 1777 144. A Loyalist's Suggestion of the Danger to American Liberty in the French Alliance, 1779 145. How the Revolution set free Social Forces FOOTNOTES:

E. CONFEDERATION AND CONSTITUTION

XXIV. THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

146. Debates in the Continental Congress on the Articles of Confederation 147. Articles of Confederation. FOOTNOTES:

XXV. THE NATIONAL DOMAIN

148. Desire for Statehood; Self-confidence of the West 149. Organization by Congress FOOTNOTES:

XXVI. DRIFTING TOWARD ANARCHY

150. Danger (or Hope) of a Military Dictator (1783) 151. Shays' Rebellion 152. A Shrewd Foreign Observer's View of the Social Conflict over the Adoption of a New Constitution FOOTNOTES:

XXVII. MAKING THE CONSTITUTION

153. Call issued by the Annapolis Convention 154. Appointment of Delegates: Credentials (Georgia) 155. George Mason on the Preliminaries at Philadelphia 156. The Virginia Plan 157. George Mason on the Convention and its Aristocratic Tendencies (June, 1787) 158. The New Jersey Plan 159. Hamilton's Plan 160. Character Sketches of Delegates by William Pierce 161. One Day in the Philadelphia Convention FOOTNOTES:

XXVIII. RATIFYING THE CONSTITUTION[157]

162. George Mason's Objections to the Constitution, 1787 163. Mason's Explanation of the Preparation of his "Objections" (and Accusation of "Railroading" through the Plan of the Majority) 164. An Unfriendly Account of Hancock's Support of the Constitution in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention of 1788 165. The Federal Constitution FOOTNOTES:

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