The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• New Mexico, aborigines of, [8];
  • Spanish explorations, [28]-30;
  • Spanish colonies, [31], [32].

• New Netherland, settlement of, [196]-198;
  • progress, [198]-202;
  • Puritan encroachments, [162]-164;
  • settlements on the Delaware, [207]-209;
  • conquered by England, [168], [202], [203], [210]-212.

• New Netherlands Company, [197].

• New Orleans, founded, [248], [256].

• Newport, R. I., old mill at, [23];
  • settled, [147];
  • unites with Portsmouth, [148];
  • chartered, [149].

• New Spain. See Mexico.

• New Sweden, its rise and fall, [201], [202], [208], [209].
  • See Swedes.

• New York, early mining, [6];
  • geography, [218]-220;
  • social classes, [222]-224;
  • occupations, [224], [225];
  • trade and commerce, [77], [140], [185], [225], [226];
  • fur-trade, [248]-250;
  • life and manners, [226]-229;
  • education, [229];
  • religion, [229], [230];
  • crime and pauperism, [230], [231];
  • political conditions, [231], [232], [282];
  • Indian affairs, [277];
  • the Dutch régime, [196]-202;
  • captured by English, [202], [203];
  • the "duke's laws," 204;
  • recaptured by Dutch, [205];
  • England again in possession, [205];
  • the rule of Andros, [205], [206], [213];
  • the charter of liberties, [205];
  • Leisler's revolution, [206];
  • French designs on, [253];
  • in King William's War, [253], [254];
  • in Queen Anne's War, [255];
  • Bellomont's term, [276];
  • colonial congress, [270], [271];
  • boundary disputes, [267], [268];
  • population, (1690) 253, (1700) 220, [221], (1750) 265;
  • characteristics, [207].

• New York City, founded by the Dutch, [198];
  • early commerce, [226];
  • characteristics, [227], [228];
  • education in, [229];
  • political spirit in, [282].

• Nicholson, Sir Francis, governor of Virginia, [79], [80], [81], [273];
  • deputy-governor of New York, [206].