INTRODUCTION It is the purpoae of the author of the work, of which these volumes form a part, to trace the growth of the British-American colonies as institutions of government and as parts of a great colonial System. The beginnings of that System, in one of its phases, will be passed in review. In order properly to accomplish this task a discriminat-ing use must be made of much known material. The politi-cal and social sciences have now reached such development that it is impossible to present in a single view all known aspects of any period of history. A choice must be made beiween those which are distinctly political and those that are social, and upon the one or the other the emphasis must be laid~ This should be done not in a narrow or exclusive spirit, but with a due regard to the fact that political events and forms of governmeut are very largely the produet of social causes, while institutions in their turn are the avenues thrnnwb which soc
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INTKODUCTION; PAGS; Tho purpose and character of the work xxv; An institutional history of the British-American colonies in the; seventeenth Century xsv; Suggesüons as to Classification of colonial govcrnment xxvii; Main subdivisions of the work xxvii; PART FIRST; TUE PROPRIETARY TBOVINCE IN ITS EABLIEST FOUM; CHARTER I; Charters of Discovery Exferimkxts of Gilbert and Bai^eioh; Sharc of private enterprise in originating the chartered colonies 3; The charters of discovery 4; Charters of the Cabots aüd other early explorers 4 Revival of interest in colonization in age of Elizabeth due to con-; flict with Spain 5; Charter and voyages of Gilbert Northwest passage, 1578, 1582 6; Earliest sketch of large proprietary grants 9; The Southampton adventurera with Gilbort 9; Charter of Ualeigh 1584 Earliest Suggestion of province of; Virginia 14; Lane and GTenville on the outward voyage 16; Govemor Lane and the colonists at Roanoke 18; Settlement, officials,
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INTKODUCTION; PAGS; Tho purpose and character of the work xxv; An institutional history of the British-American colonies in the; seventeenth Century xsv; Suggesüons as to Classification of colonial govcrnment xxvii; Main subdivisions of the work xxvii; PART FIRST; TUE PROPRIETARY TBOVINCE IN ITS EABLIEST FOUM; CHARTER I; Charters of Discovery Exferimkxts of Gilbert and Bai^eioh; Sharc of private enterprise in originating the chartered colonies 3; The charters of discovery 4; Charters of the Cabots aüd other early explorers 4 Revival of interest in colonization in age of Elizabeth due to con-; flict with Spain 5; Charter and voyages of Gilbert Northwest passage, 1578, 1582 6; Earliest sketch of large proprietary grants 9; The Southampton adventurera with Gilbort 9; Charter of Ualeigh 1584 Earliest Suggestion of province of; Virginia 14; Lane and GTenville on the outward voyage 16; Govemor Lane and the colonists at Roanoke 18; Settlement, officials,
