The American Colonies: From Settlement to IndependenceIn the following pages, Simmons combines a narrative introduction to early American history with the findings of recent scholarship. As general synthesis is bound to reflect recent scholarship as well as the interests of the author, some of the areas of early American life which seemed to Simmons of particular importance but which are only now being systematically treated are only briefly mentioned. Early American law and legal institutions; crime and punishment; treatment of the poor; and aspects of family life, of wealth distribution, and of social structure may be referred to. Simmons notes that this book was begun and written without any bicentennial expectations, and that it is published in 1976 as the result of chance, not of design. |
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PROLOGUE Europeans and North America to 1620 | 1 |
CHAPTER ONE The English Colonies Established | 20 |
The Second Phase | 50 |
CHAPTER THREE Virginia and Maryland After the Restoration | 75 |
CHAPTER FOUR New England After the Restoration | 98 |
CHAPTER SIX War Administration and Trade | 150 |
CHAPTER SEVEN Growth and Expansion | 174 |
CHAPTER EIGHT Religion and Culture | 206 |
CHAPTER NINE Political Institutions and Political Culture | 240 |
CHAPTER TEN EighteenthCentury Conflicts in North America | 268 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Colonies and the Empire | 294 |
CHAPTER TWELVE American Independence | 333 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN From Colonies to States | 358 |
Bibliography | 389 |
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| Título | The American Colonies: From Settlement to Independence Norton paperback |
| Autor | Richard C. Simmons |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa, revisada |
| Editor | W. W. Norton & Company, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0393009998, 9780393009996 |
| Largo | 438 páginas |
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