The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Cambridge platform adopted, [162].

• Canada. See New France.

• Cape Breton island, discovered by Cabot, [25];
  • in early struggles between French and English, [252];
  • fall of Louisburg, [243];
  • in King William's War, [253];
  • in King George's War, [255].

• Cape Cod, Champlain's visit, [36];
  • named by Gosnold, [41];
  • arrival of Pilgrims, [117], [118];
  • Indian missionary efforts, [170];
  • character of, [179].

• Caribs, the, [8], [9], [236], [239].

• Carolina, named after Charles IX., [33];
  • causes of failure of early colonies, [41]-43;
  • French expelled by Spaniards, [48];
  • early settlers, [87]-89;
  • under the lords proprietors, [89]-92;
  • division of the colonies, [92];
  • reunited, [94];
  • Barbadians in, [236], [237];
  • geography, [96], [97];
  • population, [97];
  • character of colonists, [97];
  • agriculture, [102];
  • commerce, [104].
  • See North Carolina and South Carolina.

• Carteret, Sir George, obtains grant of New Jersey, [205], [211], [212].

• —, Philip, governor of New Jersey, [211].

• Cartier, Jacques, explores St. Lawrence River, [32], [246].

• Catholics, in England, [115];
  • in Virginia, [76];
  • in Maryland, [77], [81]-87, [108];
  • in the Carolinas, [95];
  • in Pennsylvania, [108], [230];
  • in New Jersey, [214];
  • in Georgia, [260];
  • policy of the church in New France, [49], [50], [246], [247], [251], [252].