European Background of American History

$195.00

Edward Potts Cheyney

Series: American History, Culture and Literature
BISAC: HIS038000

The history of America is a branch of that of Europe. The discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World were results of European movements, and sprang from economic and political needs, development of enterprise, and increase of knowledge, in the Old World. The fifteenth century was a period of extension of geographical knowledge, of which the discovery of America was a part; the sixteenth century was a time of preparation, during which European events were taking place which were of the first importance to America, even though none of the colonies which were to make up the United States were yet in existence. From the time of the settlement forward, the only population of America that has counted in history has been of European origin. The institutions that characterize the New World are fundamentally those of Europe.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIEs
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
Chapter I. THE EAST AND THE WEST (1200-1500)
Chapter II. ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL TRADE-ROUTES (1200-1500)
Chapter III. ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS To EXPLORATION(1200-1500)
Chapter IV. PIONEER WORK OF PORTUGAL(1400-1527)
Chapter V. SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE AGE OF COLUMBUS (1474-1525)
Chapter VI. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL EUROPE (1400-1650)
Chapter VII. THE SYSTEM OF CHARTERED COMMERCIAL COMPANIES (1550-1700)
Chapter VIII. TYPICAL AMERICAN COLONIZING COMPANIES (1600-1628)
Chapter IX. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ON THE CONTINENT (1500-1625)
Chapter X. RELIGIOUS WARS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY (1520-1648)
Chapter XI. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND THE CATHOLICS (1534-1660)
Chapter XII. THE ENGLISH PURITANS AND THE SECTS (1550-1689)
Chapter XIII. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF ENGLAND (1500-1689)
Chapter XIV. THE ENGLISH COUNTY AND ITS OFFICERS (1600-1650)
Chapter XV. ENGLISH JUSTICES OP THE PEACE (1600-1650)
Chapter XVI. ENGLISH PARISH OR TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT (1600-1650)
Chapter XVII. CRITICAL ESSAY ON AUTHORITIES
INDEX

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