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Defining Documents in American History: Exploration & Colonial America (1492-1755)

Table of Contents

Journals on Exploration




Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus




The Journey of Coronado, 1540–1542: Account of the Expedition to Cibola Which Took Place in the Year 1540, in Which All Those Settlements, Their Ceremonies and Customs, Are Described




In Defense of the Indians




Captain Arthur Barlowe’s Narrative of the First Voyage to the Coast of America




A Description of the New Netherlands




The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents




Etienne Véniard de Bourgmont’s Exact Description of Louisiana




A Narrative of the Missions of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians




Journal of the Expedition of the Chevalier de la Vérendrye and One of His Brothers to Reach the Western Sea Addressed to the Marquis de Beauharnois




Supplemental Historical Documents



Report and Relation of the New Conversions


Reports on New World Settlement


A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia


The General History of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles


Of Plymouth Plantation


Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth


An Account of Two Voyages to New-England Made During the Years 1638, 1663


A Key into the Language of America


Edward Randolph’s Report of King Philip’s War in New England


A Relation of the Indian War


Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Otermín’s Attempted Reconquest


New English Canaan


Positive Information from America, Concerning the Country of Pennsylvania by a German who has Migrated Thither, 1684


Supplemental Historical Documents



Powhatan and John Smith Exchange Views, 1608 (excerpt from John Smith’s General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles)


A Journal of the Late Actions of the French at Canada


Engravings and Drawings by Theodor De Bry and John White


Early Political Tracts on Self-Governing


The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: The Great Binding Law, Gayanashagowa


Articles, Laws, and Orders, Devine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia


The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England


The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina


Limitation of Government


Massachusetts Body of Liberties


Frame of Government of Pennsylvania


Pilgrim Code of Law


At the Town-House in Boston and Boston Declaration of Grievances


The Shields of the Churches: New England’s Governors


Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges


English Liberties and Deference


The History and Present State of Virginia


A New Voyage to Carolina


The History of King Philip’s War


Vindication of the Government of New-England Churches


Founding Vision for Georgia


Some Grounds of the War Against the Pequots


Canassatego’s Speech at the Treaty of Lancaster, 1744


The History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts-Bay


Memoir on the French Colonies in North America


Supplemental Historical Documents



The North Carolina Biennial Act


Map of Louisiana and the Course of the Mississippi


Cato’s Letters


Conference Between Governor Burnet and the Indians


Sermons and Narratives on Religious Life




To His Loving Friends, the Adventurers for New-England




A Model of Christian Charity




Transcript of the Trial of Anne Hutchinson




A Brief Recognition of New England’s Errand into the Wilderness




The Quaker Ideal of Religious Tolerance




The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson




The Salem Witch Trials: The Case against John and Elizabeth Proctor




The Negro Christianized




Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God/ The Great Awakening




The Essential Rights and Liberties of Protestants




Supplemental Historical Documents



Government the Pillar of the Earth


Britain’s Mercies, and Britain’s Duties


A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers


Narratives on Colonial Life


The Journal of Madam Knight


History of the Dividing Line: Run in the Year 1728


In Defense of John Peter Zenger and the Press


Letters on Plantation Life


Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania


Gottlieb Mittelberger’s Journey to Pennsylvania


A Stranger in a Strange Land: Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge


Supplemental Historical Documents



A Discourse Concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America


Documents Illustrative of Slavery and Indentured Servitude


The Virginia Slave Codes 1662-1705


The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial


Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America


A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa


Letter from Governor Bull to the Royal Council Regarding the Stono Rebellion, October 1739


Slave Code of South Carolina


Benjamin Franklin on Reverend George Whitefield


The Present State of Virginia


Supplemental Historical Documents



Documents on Indentured Servitude: Richard Frethhorne’s Letter and John Hammond’s Leah and Rachel


An Exhortation and Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes


Chronological List




Historical Timeline




Web Resources




Bibliography




Index