The complete list of articles in Defining Documents in American History: Exploration & Colonial America (1492-1755).
Journals on Exploration
Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus
The Journey of Coronado, 1540–1542: Account of the Expedition to Cibola Which Took Place in the Year 1540, in Which All Those Settlements, Their Ceremonies and Customs, Are Described
In Defense of the Indians
Captain Arthur Barlowe’s Narrative of the First Voyage to the Coast of America
A Description of the New Netherlands
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
Etienne Véniard de Bourgmont’s Exact Description of Louisiana
A Narrative of the Missions of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians
Journal of the Expedition of the Chevalier de la Vérendrye and One of His Brothers to Reach the Western Sea Addressed to the Marquis de Beauharnois
Supplemental Historical Documents
Report and Relation of the New Conversions
Reports on New World Settlement
A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
The General History of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles
Of Plymouth Plantation
Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
An Account of Two Voyages to New-England Made During the Years 1638, 1663
A Key into the Language of America
Edward Randolph’s Report of King Philip’s War in New England
A Relation of the Indian War
Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Otermín’s Attempted Reconquest
New English Canaan
Positive Information from America, Concerning the Country of Pennsylvania by a German who has Migrated Thither, 1684
Supplemental Historical Documents
Powhatan and John Smith Exchange Views, 1608 (excerpt from John Smith’s General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles)
A Journal of the Late Actions of the French at Canada
Engravings and Drawings by Theodor De Bry and John White
Early Political Tracts on Self-Governing
The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: The Great Binding Law, Gayanashagowa
Articles, Laws, and Orders, Devine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia
The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
Limitation of Government
Massachusetts Body of Liberties
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
Pilgrim Code of Law
At the Town-House in Boston and Boston Declaration of Grievances
The Shields of the Churches: New England’s Governors
Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges
English Liberties and Deference
The History and Present State of Virginia
A New Voyage to Carolina
The History of King Philip’s War
Vindication of the Government of New-England Churches
Founding Vision for Georgia
Some Grounds of the War Against the Pequots
Canassatego’s Speech at the Treaty of Lancaster, 1744
The History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts-Bay
Memoir on the French Colonies in North America
Supplemental Historical Documents
The North Carolina Biennial Act
Map of Louisiana and the Course of the Mississippi
Cato’s Letters
Conference Between Governor Burnet and the Indians
Sermons and Narratives on Religious Life
To His Loving Friends, the Adventurers for New-England
A Model of Christian Charity
Transcript of the Trial of Anne Hutchinson
A Brief Recognition of New England’s Errand into the Wilderness
The Quaker Ideal of Religious Tolerance
The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
The Salem Witch Trials: The Case against John and Elizabeth Proctor
The Negro Christianized
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God/ The Great Awakening
The Essential Rights and Liberties of Protestants
Supplemental Historical Documents
Government the Pillar of the Earth
Britain’s Mercies, and Britain’s Duties
A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers
Narratives on Colonial Life
The Journal of Madam Knight
History of the Dividing Line: Run in the Year 1728
In Defense of John Peter Zenger and the Press
Letters on Plantation Life
Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania
Gottlieb Mittelberger’s Journey to Pennsylvania
A Stranger in a Strange Land: Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge
Supplemental Historical Documents
A Discourse Concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America
Documents Illustrative of Slavery and Indentured Servitude
The Virginia Slave Codes 1662-1705
The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial
Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa
Letter from Governor Bull to the Royal Council Regarding the Stono Rebellion, October 1739
Slave Code of South Carolina
Benjamin Franklin on Reverend George Whitefield
The Present State of Virginia
Supplemental Historical Documents
Documents on Indentured Servitude: Richard Frethhorne’s Letter and John Hammond’s Leah and Rachel
An Exhortation and Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes
Chronological List
Historical Timeline
Web Resources
Bibliography
Index