CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE [ EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION] xiii [ AUTHOR'S PREFACE] xix I. [ GENESIS OF ENGLISH COLONIZATION (1492-1579)] 3 II. [ GILBERT AND RALEIGH COLONIES (1583-1602)] 18 III. [ FOUNDING OF VIRGINIA (1602-1608)] 34 IV. [ GLOOM IN VIRGINIA (1608-1617)] 55 V. [ TRANSITION OF VIRGINIA (1617-1640)] 76 VI. [ SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF VIRGINIA (1634-1652)] 100 VII. [ FOUNDING OF MARYLAND (1632-1650)] 118 VIII. [ CONTENTIONS IN MARYLAND (1633-1652)] 134 IX. [ FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH (1608-1630)] 149 X. [ DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLYMOUTH (1621-1643)] 163 XI. [ GENESIS OF MASSACHUSETTS (1628-1630)] 183 XII. [ FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS (1630-1642)] 196 XIII. [ RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS (1631-1638)] 210 XIV. [ NARRAGANSETT AND CONNECTICUT SETTLEMENTS (1635-1637)] 229 XV. [ FOUNDING OF CONNECTICUT AND NEW HAVEN (1637-1652)] 251 XVI. [ NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE (1653-1658)] 266 XVII. [ COLONIAL NEIGHBORS (1643-1652)] 282 XVIII. [ THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION (1643-1654)] 297 XIX. [ EARLY NEW ENGLAND LIFE] 318 XX. [ CRITICAL ESSAY ON AUTHORITIES] 328 [ INDEX] 341