The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Fort Nassau, site of Albany, [197].

• —, on the Delaware, [197], [201], [207], [208].

• Fort Orange. See Albany.

• Franklin, Benjamin, plan for colonial union, [271].

• Frederica, Ga., founded, [260];
  • attacked by Spanish, [262].

• "Freeman," term defined, [62].

• French, the, colonies in Florida, [33], [34], [44], [49], [88];
  • causes of failure of early colonies, [43], [44];
  • early attempts to colonize Canada, [35], [36];
  • fishing colony at Newfoundland, [26], [241], [242];
  • Quebec founded, [36];
  • France becomes a great power, [48], [52];
  • colonial policy of 48-50;
  • influence on English colonization in America, [57];
  • opposition to English settlement, [47], [206], [207];
  • in New Amsterdam, [201];
  • in Pennsylvania and Delaware, [221];
  • conflicts with English in West Indies, [236]-239, [244];
  • holds Acadia, [242], [243];
  • troubles with Hudson's Bay Company, [244];
  • rivalry of Georgian traders. 259, [261].

• French and Indian War, [221], [222], [274], [275], [284].

• Frobisher, Martin, efforts at American colonization, [37], [52];
  • resists the Armada, [40].

• Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Comte de, governor of New France, [251], [254].