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not people suited to colonization. Australia was colonized 

 by Irish transported there for crimes, or imputed crimes. 

 " The hatred of arbitrary power, in political or religious 

 form, was certainly the predominant cause of the emigra- 

 tion that peopled Anglo- America. Its rapid settlement 

 was caused in a much greater degree by the persecution 

 and disabilities which drove Puritans to New-England, 

 Quakers to Pennsylvania, and Catholics to Maryland, 

 than by the spirit of adventure." MACGREGOR. 



Therefore, too, all know the unfortunate persecution 

 against the Irish, from the commencement of the Re- 

 formation. 



1614. The Dutch colonized on the banks of the Hudson. 

 1620. The Pilgrim Fathers established themselves in 



Massachusetts Bay. 

 1606. The French established themselves in Nova 



Scotia. 



1608. The French established themselves in Canada. 

 1628. The next new establishment was made by John 



Endicott and his wife. 

 " A settlement was formed in Carolina. 

 1633. Lord Baltimore commenced colonizing Maryland, 



having some time prior established the colony of 



Avalon and Ferryland. 



1635. A colony was established in Rhode Island. 

 1664. Do. do. in New-Jersey. 



1669. Do. do. in South Carolina, 



Slavery was introduced, it is said, in 1620, in South 



Carolina. 

 1682. Wm. Penn arrived in Pennsylvania. 



