The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Belcher, Jonathan, governor of New Jersey, [221], [275];
  • governor of Massachusetts, [279].

• Belize, history of, [241].

• Bellomont, Earl of, governor of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, [207], [274], [276].

• Berkeley, Sir William, governor of Virginia, [75], [77], [78], [79], [84];
  • one of the Carolina proprietors, [89];
  • on education in Virginia, [107], [108];
  • interest in New Jersey colonization, [205], [211], [212].

• Bermudas, claimed by English, [44];
  • annexed to Virginia, [72];
  • send settlers to Carolina, [90];
  • intercolonial relations, [234];
  • historical sketch, [238], [239].

• Biloxi (Old), Miss., founded, [248].

• Blackbeard, a noted pirate, [273].

• Blommaert, Samuel, Dutch patroon, [199], [207], [208].

• Blue Laws, fabricated by Peters, [146].

• Body of Liberties, [138], [139].