John Fiske

“ North Carolina declares for independence 189 Action of South Carolina and Georgia 190 Affairs in Virginia; Lord Dunmore’s proclamation 190 Skirmish at the Great Bridge, and burning of Norfolk 191 Virginia declares for independence 192 Action of Rhode Island and Massachusetts 192 Resolution adopted in Congress May 15 193 Instructions from the Boston town meeting 194 Richard Henry Lee’s motion in Congress 194 Debate on Lee’s 195, 196 Action of the other colonies ”

“ John Adams begging in Holland 156, 157 The Barbary pirates 158 American citizens kidnapped and sold into slavery 159 Lord Sheffield's outrageous pamphlet 160 Tripoli's demand for blackmail 161 Congress unable to protect American citizens 162 Financial distress after the Revolutionary War 163, 164 State of the coinage 165 Cost of the war in money 166 Robert Morris and his immense services 167 The craze for paper money 168 Agitation in the southern and middle states 169–171 Distress in New England 172 Imprisonment for debt 173 Rag-money victorious in Rhode Island ”

“ INDEPENDENCE Washington’s arrival in Cambridge 155 Continental officers: Daniel Morgan 156 Benedict Arnold, John Stark, John Sullivan 157 Nathanael Greene, Henry Knox 158 Israel Putnam 159 Horatio Gates and Charles Lee 160 Lee’s personal peculiarities 161, 162 Dr. Benjamin Church 163 Difficult work for Washington 164 Absence of governmental organization 165 New government of Massachusetts (July, 1775) 166 Congress sends a last petition to the king 167 The king issues a proclamation, and tries to hire troops from Russia 168-170 Catherine refuses ”

“ To what extent the climate of Greenland may have changed within the last thousand years 176, 177 With the Northmen once in Greenland, the discovery of the American continent was inevitable 178 Ear-marks of truth in the Icelandic narratives 179, 180 Northern limit of the vine 181 Length of the winter day 182 Indian corn 182, 183 Winter weather in Vinland 184 Vinland was probably situated somewhere between Cape Breton and Point Judith 185 Further ear-marks of truth ”

“ SOCIETY IN THE OLD DOMINION. How the history of tobacco has been connected with the history of liberty 174 Rapid growth of tobacco culture in Virginia 175 Legislative attempts to check it 176 Need for cheap labour 176 Indentured white servants 177 How the notion grew up in England that Virginians were descended from convicts ”

“ Cresson's discovery at Claymont, Delaware 10 The Calaveras skull 11 Pleistocene men and mammals 12, 13 Elevation and subsidence 13, 14 Waves of migration 15 The Cave men of Europe in the Glacial Period 16 The Eskimos are probably a remnant of the Cave men 17-19 There was probably no connection or intercourse by water between ancient America and the Old World 20 There is one great American red race 21 Different senses in which the word "race" is used 21-23 No necessary connection between differences in culture and differences in race 23 Mr. ”

“ The Everlasting Reality of Religion I. Deo erexit Voltaire 133 II. The Reign of Law, and the Greek Idea of God 147 III. Weakness of Materialism 152 IV. Religion's First Postulate: the Quasi-Human God 163 V. Religion's Second Postulate: the undying Human Soul 168 VI. Religion's Third Postulate: the Ethical Significance of the Unseen World 171 VII. Is the Substance of Religion a Phantom, or an Eternal Reality? ”

“ Smith tells us much about himself, but is not a braggart 88 How he was sold into slavery beyond the Sea of Azov and cruelly treated 88, 89 How he slew his master and escaped through Russia and Poland 89, 90 The smoke of controversy 90 In the course of Newport's tedious voyage Smith is accused of plotting mutiny and kept in irons 91 Arrival of the colonists in Chesapeake Bay, May 13, 1607 92 Founding of Jamestown ”

“ Stories of voyages to America before Columbus; the Chinese 148 The Irish. 149 Blowing and drifting; Cousin, of Dieppe 150 These stories are of small value 150 But the case of the Northmen is quite different 151 The Viking exodus from Norway 151, 152 Founding of a colony in Iceland, A. D. 874 153 Icelandic literature 154 Discovery of Greenland, A. D. 876 155, 156 Eric the Red, and his colony in Greenland, A. D. 986 157-161 Voyage of Bjarni Herjulfsson 162 Conversion of the Northmen to Christianity 163 Leif Ericsson's voyage, A. D. 1000 ”

“ Phratry and tribe 61 Effect of pastoral life upon property and upon the family 61-63 The exogamous clan in ancient America 64 Intimate connection of aboriginal architecture with social life 65 The long houses of the Iroquois 66, 67 Summary divorce 68 Hospitality 68 Structure of the clan 69, 70 Origin and structure of the phratry 70, 71 Structure of the tribe 72 Cross-relationships between clans and tribes ”

“ Lewis Morgan's classification of grades of culture 24-32 Distinction between Savagery and Barbarism 25 Origin of pottery 25 Lower, middle, and upper status of savagery 26 Lower status of barbarism; it ended differently in the two hemispheres; in ancient America there was no pastoral stage of development 27 (p. xx) Importance of Indian corn 28 Tillage with irrigation 29 Use of adobe-brick and stone in building 29 Middle status of barbarism 29, 30 Stone and copper tools 30 Working of metals ”

“ Columbus loses his temper 487 (p. xxxiv) Departure from San Lucar on the third voyage 488 The belt of calms 489-491 Trinidad and the Orinoco 491, 492 Speculations as to the earth's shape; the mountain of Paradise 494 Relation of the "Eden continent" to "Cochin China" 495 Discovery of the Pearl Coast 495 Columbus arrives at San Domingo 496 Roldan's rebellion and Fonseca's machinations 496, 497 Gama's voyage to Hindustan, 1497 498 Fonseca's creature, Bobadilla, sent to investigate the troubles in Hispaniola 499 He imprisons Columbus 500 And sends him in chains to Spain 501 Release of Columbus ”

“ Prosperity of the settlement 275 Comparison of the palatinate government of Maryland with that of the bishopric of Durham 275-285 The constitution of Durham; the receiver-general 276 Lord lieutenant and high sheriff 276 Chancellor of temporalities 277 The ancient halmote and the seneschal 277 The bishop's council 278 Durham not represented in the House of Commons until after 1660 278 Limitations upon Durham autonomy 279 The palatinate type in America 280 Similarities between Durham and Maryland; the governor 281 Secretary; surveyor-general ”

“ Charles Nichollet was fined for preaching politics 153 The Cessation Act of 1666 153 Acts concerning the relief of Quakers and the appointment of sheriffs 153, 154 Restriction of suffrage in 1670 154, 155 Death of Cecilius, Lord Baltimore 155 Rebellion of Davis and Pate, 1676 ”

“ Gladstone's opinion of the work of the convention 223 The men who were assembled there 224, 225 Character of James Madison 226, 227 The other leading members 228 Washington chosen president of the convention 229 CHAPTER VI. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION. Why the proceedings of the convention were kept secret for so many years 230 Difficulty of the problem to be solved 231 Symptoms of cowardice repressed by Washington's impassioned speech 232 The root of all the difficulties ”

“ CONTENTS PAGE I. A Century of Science 1 II. The Doctrine of Evolution: its Scope and Purport 39 III. Edward Livingston Youmans 64 IV. The Part played by Infancy in the Evolution of Man 100 V. The Origins of Liberal Thought in America 122 VI. Sir Harry Vane 154 VII. The Arbitration Treaty 166 VIII. Francis Parkman 194 IX. Edward Augustus Freeman 265 X. Cambridge as Village and City 286 XI. A Harvest of Irish Folk-Lore 319 XII. Guessing at Half and Multiplying by Two 333 XIII. Forty Years of Bacon-Shakespeare Folly 350 XIV. Some Cranks and their Crotchets 405 Note 461 Index 467 ”

“ Robert Beverley 255 William Stith 255, 256 William Byrd 256-258 Jefferson's notes on Virginia; McClurg's Belles of Williamsburg; Clayton the botanist 259 Physicians, their prescriptions and charges 260 Washington's last illness 260 Some Virginia parsons, their tricks and manners 261, 263 Free thinking ”

“ William Claiborne and his projects 286 Kent Island occupied by Claiborne 287 Conflicting grants 288 Star Chamber decision and Claiborne's resistance 289 Lord Baltimore's instructions 290 The Virginia council supports Claiborne 290, 291 Complications with the Indians 291, 292 Reprisals and skirmishes 293 Affairs in Virginia; complaints against Governor Harvey 293, 294 Rage of Virginia against Maryland 294, 295 How Rev. Anthony Panton called Mr. ”

“ The Question as to a Future Life.
THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE By John Fiske With Maps, Index, And A Biographical Sketch CONTENTS chap page Biographical Sketch. vii I. Introduction. 1 II. The Colonies In 1750. 4 III The French Wars, and the First Plan of Union. 26 IV. The Stamp Act, and the Revenue Laws. 39 V. The Crisis. 78 VI. The Struggle for the Centre. 104 VII. The French Alliance. 144 VIII. Birth of the Nation. 182 Collateral Reading. 195 Index. 197 LIST OF MAPS Facing Page Invasion of Canada 92 Washington's Campaigns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ”