The Brave New World - A History of Early America : A History of Early America

Preface vii PART I. WORLDS IN MOTION 1(250) The First Americans 13(28) Europe in the Age of Discovery, 1400--1500 41(26) The Spanish Century, 1492--1588 67(28) Rivals for the Northland: England and France in America 95(28) The Planter Colonies 123(34) A New England 157(32) The Middle Colonies 189(30) The Critical Years, 1675--1700 219(32) PART II. FROM PROVINCES OF EMPIRE TO A NEW NATION 251(230) The Empires Reinvented, 1660--1763 261(33) Provincial People and Places in the Eighteenth Century 294(37) Common Pastimes and Elite Pursuits 331(33) Mercantilism and Markets 364(31) The Last War and the Lost Peace, 1754--1763 395(28) A Nation in the Womb of Time, 1764--1775 423(33) Independence, War, and Republicanism, 1776--1783 456(25) Epilogue: The Way Ahead 481(4) Bibliographic Essay 485(34) Index 519