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feven more at Naufit, and carried them to the Island of Malaga, where he fold them for twenty pounds each, to be flaves for life. This conduct, which fixes an indelible ftigma upoa the character of Hunt, excited in the breafts of the Indians fuch an inveterate hatred of the English, as that, for many years after, all commercial intercourse with them was rendered exceedingly dangerous.

Capt. Smith arrived at London the laft of Auguft, where he drew a map of the country, and called it New-England. From this time North-Virginia affumed the name of New-England, and the name Virginia was confined to the fouthern colony.

Between the years 1614 and 1620, feveral attempts were made by the Plymouth Company to fettle New-England, but by various means they were all rendered ineffectual. During this time, however, an advantageous trade was carried on with the natives.

1617.-In the year 1617, Mr. Robinson and his congregation, influenced by feveral weighty reasons, meditated a removal to America.

Various difficulties intervened to prevent the fuccefs of their de1620 figns, until the year 1620, when a part of Mr. Robinson's congregation came over and fettled at Plymouth. At this time commenced the fettlement of New-England.

The particulars relating to the first emigrations to this northern part of America; the progress of its fettlement, &c. will be given in the hiftory of New-England, to which the reader is referred.

In order to preserve the chronological order in which the feveral colo

nies, not grown into independent states, were firft fettled, it will be 1621 neceffary that I should just mention, that the next year after the

settlement of Plymouth, Captain John Mafon obtained of the Plymouth council a grant of a part of the present state of New1623 Hampshire. Two years after, under the authority of this grant,

a small colony fixed down near the mouth of Pifcataqua river. From this period we may date the fettlement of New-Hampshire.

1627.—In 1627, a colony of Swedes and Fins came over and landed at Cape Henlopen; and afterwards purchafed of the Indians the land from Cape Henlopen to the Falls of Delaware on both fides the river, which they called New Swedeland Stream. On this river they built feveral forts, and made fettlements.

1628. On the 19th of March, 1628, the council for New-England fold to Sir Henry Roswell, and five others, a large tract of land, lying round Maffachusetts Bay. The June following, Capt. John Endicot, with his wife and company, came over and fettled at Naumkeag, now called Salem. This was the first settlement which was made in Massa

chusetts,

chusetts Bay. Plymouth, indeed, which is now included in the Com monwealth of Maffachusetts, was fettled eight years before, but at this time it was a feparate colony, under a diftinct government, and continued fo until the fecond charter of Maffachusetts was granted by William and Mary in 1691; by which Plymouth, the Province of Main and Sagadahok were annexed to Massachusetts.

June 13, 1633.-In the reign of Charles the Firft, Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic, applied for and obtained a grant of a tract of land upon Chefapeek Bay, about one hundred and forty miles long and one hundred and thirty broad. Soon after this, in confequence of the rigor of the laws of England against the Roman Catholics, Lord Baltimore, with a number of his perfecuted brethren, came over and settled it, and in honour of queen Henrietta Maria, they called it Maryland.

The firft grant of Connecticut was made by Robert, Earl of Warwick, prefident of the council of Plymouth, to Lord Say and Seal, to 1631 Lord Brook and others, in the year 1631. In confequence of feveral smaller grants made afterwards by the patentees to particular perfons, Mr. Fenwick made a fettlement at the Mouth of Con1635 necticut river, and called it Saybrook. Four years after a number

of people from Massachusetts Bay came and began fettlements at Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windfor on Connecticut river. Thus commenced the English fettlement of Connecticut.

Rhode Island was firft fettled in confequence of religious perfecution. Mr. Roger Williams, who was among thofe who early came over to Maffachusetts, not agreeing with fome of his brethren in fentiment, was

very unjustifiably banifhed the colony, and went with twelve 1635 others, his adherents, and fettled at Providence in 1635. From

this beginning arofe the colony, now ftate of Rhode-Island.

1664. On the 20th of March, 1664, Charles the Second granted to the Duke of York, what is now called New-Jerfey, then a part of a large tract of country by the name of New Netherland. Some parts of New-Jersey were fettled by the Dutch as early as about 1615.

1662.—In the year 1662, Charles the Second granted to Edward, Earl of Clarendon, and feven others, almoft the whole territory of the three Southern ftates, North and South Carolinas and Georgia. 1664 Two years after he granted a fecond charter, enlarging their

boundaries. The proprietors, by virtue of authority vested in them by their charter, engaged Mr. Locke to frame a system of laws for

the government of their intended colony. Notwithstanding these 1669 preparations, no effectual fettlement was made until the year 1669, (though one was attempted in 1667) when Governor Sayle came

ever with a colony, and fixed on a neck of land between Afhley and Cooper Rivers. Thus commenced the fettlement of Carolina, which then included the whole territory between the 29th and 36th 30′ degrees, north latitude, together with the Bahama Islands, lying between latitude 22 and 27" north.

1681.-The Royal charter for Pennsylvania was granted to William

Penn on the 4th of March, 1681. The firft colony came over the 1682 next year, and fettled under the proprietor, William Penn, who

afted as Governor from October 1682 to August 1684. The firft affembly in the province of Pennfylvania was held at Chefter, on the 4th of December, 1682. Thus William Penn, a Quaker, juftly celebrated as a great and good man, had the honour of laying the foundation of the prefent populous and very flourishing State of Pennfylvania

The proprietory government in Carolina, was attended with fo many inconveniences, and occafioned fuch violent diffentions among the fettlers, that the Parliament of Great-Britain was induced to take the province under their immediate care. The proprietors (except Lord Granville) accepted of £.22,500 fterling, from the crown for the pro

perty and jurifdiction. This agreement was ratified by act of 1729 Parliament in 1729. A claufe in this act referved to Lord

Granville his eighth fhare of the property and arrears of quitrents, which continued legally vested in his family till the revolution in 1776. Lord Granville's share made a part of the present state of North-Carolina. About the year 1729, the extenfive territory belonging to the proprietors, was divided into North and South Carolina, They remained separate royal governments until they became independent States.

For the relief of poor indigent people of Great Britain and Ireland, and for the fecurity of Carolina, a project was formed for planting a colony between the rivers Savannah and Alatamaha. Accordingly appli

cation being made to king George the Second, he issued letters 1732 patent, bearing date June 9th, 1732, for legally carrying into ex

tion the benevolent plan. In honour of the king, who greatly encouraged the plan, they called the new province Georgia. Twenty-one trustees were appointed to conduct the affairs relating to the settlement of the province. The November following, one hundred and fifteen perfons, one of whom was General Oglethorpe, embarked for Georgia, where they arrived, and landed at Yamacraw. In exploring the country, they found an elevated pleasant spot of ground on the bank of a navigable river, upon which they marked out a town, and from the Vol. I,

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Indian name of the river which paffed by it, called it Savannah. From this period we may date the fettlement of Georgia.

The country now called Kentucky, was well known to the Indian traders many years before its fettlement. They gave a description of it

to Lewis Evans, who published his firft map of it as early as the 1752 year 1752. James Macbride, with fome others, explored this 1754 country in 1754. Col. Daniel Boon visited it in 1769.

1773. Four years after Col. Boon and his family, with five other families, who were joined by forty men from Powle's valley, began the fettlement of Kentucky*, which is now one of the moft growing colonies, perhaps, in the world, and was erected into an independent state, by act of Congrefs, December 6th, 1790, and received into the Union, June 1ft, 1792.

The tract of country called Vermont, before the late war, was claimed both by New-York and New-Hampshire. When hoftilities commenced between Great-Britain and her Colonies, the inhabitants confidering themselves as in a state of nature, as to civil government, and not within any legal jurisdiction, affociated and formed for themselves a conftitution of government. Under this conftitution, they have ever fince continued to exercife all the powers of an independent State. Vermont was not admitted into union with the other ftates till March

4, 1791, yet we may venture to date her political existence as a 1777 feparate government, from the year 1777, because, fince that

time, Vermont has, to all intents and purpofes, been a fovereign and independent State. The first fettlement in this ftate was made at Bennington as early as about 1764.

The extensive tract of country lying north-weft of the Ohio River, within the limits of the United States, was erected into a separate temporary government by an Ordinance of Congress paffed the 13th of 1787 July, 1787.

Thus we have given a fummary view of the first discoveries and progreffive fettlement of North America in their chronological order. The following recapitulation will comprehend the whole in one view.

This fettlement was made in violation of the Treaty, in 1768, at Fort Stanwix, which expressly ftipulates, that this tract of country fhould be referved for the western nations to hunt upon, until they and the crown of England should otherwise agree, This has been one great cause of the enmity of those Indian nations to the Virginians.

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1635

Maffachufett's Bay,

1628

Maryland,

Connecticut,

Rhode-Ifland,

1635

New-Jerfey,

1664

South Carolina,

1669

Pennsylvania,

North-Carolina,

about 1728

Georgia,

1732

Kentucky,

1773

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1682

Roman

By Mr. Fenwick, at Saybrook, near the mouth of Connecticut river. By Mr. Roger Williams and his perfecuted brethren.

Granted to the Duke of York by
Charles II. and made a distinct
government, and fettled fome
time before this by the English.
By Governor Sayle.

By William Penn, with a colony of
Quakers.

Erected into a feparate government,
fettled before by the English.
By General Oglethorpe.
By Col. Daniel Boon.

about 1764 By emigrants from Connecticut and

other parts of New England.

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The above dates are from the periods, when the first permanent settle ments were made.

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