The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Quakers, in Carolina, [89], [91], [95];
  • in Virginia, [108];
  • in Maryland, [86];
  • in Pennsylvania and Delaware, [210], [215]-217, [221]-225, [227], [230]-232, [274], [277], [281];
  • in the Jerseys, [212], [213], [221];
  • in New England, [165], [166], [169].

• Quebec, Cartier at, [32];
  • founded by Champlain, [36], [48], [155], [246];
  • capital of New France, [251];
  • captured by English, [252].

• Queen Anne's War, [254], [255], [277], [278].

• Radisson, Sieur, early French explorer, [247], [248].

• Raleigh, Sir Walter, interest in American colonization, [37]-40, [52], [65], [68], [88];
  • resists the Armada, [40].

• Randolph, Edward, collector at Boston, [173], [174].

• Representation, colonial practice of, [62];
  • in Virginia, [73];
  • in Maryland, [83], [84];
  • in Pennsylvania, [216];
  • in New Jersey, [211], [212], [214];
  • in New Netherlands, [200], [201], [223];
  • in New York, [204] 206;
  • in Connecticut, [143], [145];
  • in Plymouth, [123];
  • in Massachusetts, [62], [128], [129];
  • the Watertown case, [128].

• Rhode Island, founded, [133], [135], [146]-150;
  • chartered, [61], [168];
  • religious disturbances, [148], [149], [159]-161, [189], [190], [194];
  • Mrs. Hutchinson in, [135];
  • treatment of Quakers, [165], [166];
  • litigation, [182];
  • trade, [186];
  • education, [188];
  • union of colonies as Providence Plantations, [148];
  • not permitted to join the confederation, [157];
  • charter troubles, [175], [177], [266], [267];
  • boundary disputes, [267], [268];
  • represented in second colonial congress, [270];
  • Bellomont's visit, [276];
  • Indian affairs, [277];
  • population (1700), [180];
  • characteristics, [49], [50].

• Ridge Hermits, in Pennsylvania, [230].

• Rensselaerswyck, N. Y., founded, [199].