INDEX.] 



America. 



1099 

 1703 



»7" 



1719 

 1730 



173' 



I7J2 



J760 



1764 



Export of wool and tiiookn manvfanures from 

 America muft be only to the king's do- 

 minions .... ii, 706 

 Importation ofpitch, tar, hemp, flax, and (hip 



timber, from Am. ericoura>;ed liy bounties 724 

 Trees fit for mafts, in tlie northern province.-, 



claimed for thenavy . - iii, 13. 



Colonics petition for open trade with Africa 17 

 Iron (lone f.iid to abound in all Brililh America 73 

 And made into pigS and bars ... i^^j' 

 State of the trade of each lolony - 160-166 

 General ftate of the whole . . 167 



Bill for preventing intei com fe of Britifli colo- 

 nilts with foreign Well Indies palled by the 

 commons . . . - 171 



Allegations on both fides . . 172-177 



Ciiloiiills prohibited from exporting hats 178 



Account of the conftitutions of tiie colonies, 

 and of their law s and iiianiifaflitres fliought 

 detrimental to tlie trade oi Great Britain 

 by the board of trade . - lS6 



DifputcsofNortliern and Weft-India colonies — 



foreign Weft India produce taxed - 192 



Foreigners naturalized in Britidi colonies 222 



Value of the money of the Britilh colonies 225 



Act of pari, reftraining projeCls for banks 229 



Another, excluding foreign-bviilt velTels . 233 

 Colonies prohibited from manufafturing iron 



beyond the ftate of pig or bar - - J 80 

 Trade of Northern Colonies and Weft Indies 



compared -, . - - 317 



Order to check fmuggling by flags of truce 330 

 Sums granted to the 1 rovinces for their efta. 



blidiraent, eipenfes of war, &c. 346, 360 



Milfifippi the boundary of the Bri'ifh pro- 

 vinces, which are thereby relieved from en- 

 croachments . - . 366, 368 

 Extenfive confederacy of Indians . . 373 

 Lands granted to the army and navy — Lands of 

 the Indians to be preferved to them, and 

 trade with them regulated . . 37S 

 Aft for impofing duties on, and controuling, the 



1765 



1767 



1768 



1769 



trade of the colonies - . - 



The trade of the colonies ruined by it 

 Paper money prohibited by parliament 

 Manufaftures fct up in the provinces 

 Bounties granted on Am. hemp and flax 

 Trade of continental colonies with Jamaica, &c. 

 Two furveyors-gencral fent out to America 

 Stamp duties enafted by parliament 

 Parliamentary encouragement to the trade of 



America - - . . 



All bulinefs at a ftand in confequence of the 



ftamp aft — Non-importation agreement — 



feveral new manufaftures fet up - 

 Confequences in America and Great Britain 

 Stamp aft repealed; but colonies declared to 



be bound by afts of parliament 

 Penalties of ftamp aft annulled 

 New duties enafted for the colonies 

 Many velfels now on Lake Ontario 

 A beard of cuftoms eftabliftied in America 

 Duties laidonglafs, tea, &c. exported to Am. 462 

 Propofal, maJe in 1755, renewed now, for fet. 



tling a colony on the Ohio, to be a check 



upc.n attempts at independence . 469 



American iiidcpendcnce piedifted . 469;; 



Trade v iih the Indians, &c. regulated 

 Saltid provifions from America admitted into 



Great Biitain . ... 



Boundaries with the Indians afcertained — Ob- 



leivalions on the traicwith them 

 Eftimate of tLe trade of the colonies 



395 

 397 

 398 



399 

 400 



403 

 404 



413 



417 



421 



442 



443 

 447 

 447 

 460 

 462 



470 

 476 



479 

 493 



1770 Obno.xlousdnti<?srepenlcd,excrpt thaton tea iii, 497 



1772 A colony on the Ohio projccled in England, 



and relinquiliied . - . 



A company incorporated for working mines 



near Lake Superior ... 



Great emigration from Ireland to America 



1773 Paper money received for duties, &c. 



Great numbers go fruin Ireland and Scotland 



to America . . . . 



1774 A congrefsof 12 colonies at Philadelpliia — their 



rcfolutions. — Population of the aflbciated 

 provinces - - - . 



They open a trade with France and Holland 



eftiinate of their ftiipping in Britilh ports. 



1775 Afts paded for prohibiting all trade witli Ame- 



rica — hoftiliiies commenced — government 

 vefted in congrefs 



View of the trade before the revolution 567, 



Current money eftimated - . . 



Intercoiirfe %vith America prohibited by pari. 



1776 Congrefs open their ports to .ill nations 



A great illicit trade with America carried on 



under the ftielter of licences — The war not 

 fo diftref^ful as was appreliended 

 See Uiitid Sates of America, and American Colonies, Briti/h 

 American Colonies, Brit /li. 

 1780 American ports under Britifh government al- 

 lowed free intercourfe with Great Britain, 

 Ireland, &G. . . iii, 659, 6S8, 



1787 Trade of Northern colonies with Weft Indies 



iv, 158, 



1788 Trade with the United States regulated 

 1790 Migration from United States to Britifh colo- 



nies encouraged l;y the Britilh parliament 20» 

 1499 AmiricusVifpiiciusV.iwA^ on the Weftern contin- 

 ent, wliich from him is called America ii. 14, 19 

 1720 Amicable Society for injurance on lives petition 



againft the eftablilliment of new companies iii.Sfi 

 yfraor^.'s, apparently very fine flax . i, 176 « 

 1205 Aivjlerdam village built . . i, ^71 



1231 Favoured by the earl of Holland . - 3S8 



1391 Citizens trade to Sthonen for herrings - 604 

 1560 Next to Antwerp in commercial prolperity ii, 127 



Manufaftures and commerce of Amllerdam 133, 134 



158J Acquires the linen manufafture after the ruin 



of Antwerp, and immediately becomes the 

 richeft and greatcft city in the Netherl. 176, 17! 



5»5 



523 

 53S 



S4(» 



iS« 

 559 



56? 

 57,; 



57 + 

 5S0 

 586 



589 



70S 



i6z 



16S 



253 



1609 The Bank of Amfterdam eftabliftied 



1650 Gieat increafe and population — The granaries 



of Amfterdam feed the whole province 441 



1655 A fuperb new ftadthoufe built by the compa- 

 nies of the E. and W. Indies — city enlarged 467 

 1669 And rtill increafing . - . ^j^ 



1672 While the country is deftroyed by invafion and 

 inundation, the bank pay all who, come for 

 their money . - ' - - ^61 



1710 The bank faid to contain /36, 000,000 in gold, 



&:c. - . . . iii, ij 



1729 Amft. the center of exchange with all Europe 14S 



1734 Number of velfelb arrived tills year . - 204 



1739-4? Arrivals, deaths, <ic. - 222,226,230,234 



1751 Trade declining; removing to Hamburgh 289;* 



1763 Many failures — credit reftoiedby the wile con. 



duft of the magiftrates, and the liberality 



of the Britidi merchants ... 37J 



t,$Q* Anacliarfis faid 10 invent fome improvements i, 41 



e,e,o* Anaximandcr improvei fcience in Greece 



\ %%<:>* Anchors faid to be invented by Midas 



iioo*Were made of wood 



73 Ap|.arently (Hll made of wood • 



But afterwards of iron . i 



100 Ancona gets a harbour made • 



1560 Trades with Antwerp 



I, 41 



i, 16 



21 



158 n 

 184 



if «90 

 ii, I2( 



a 3 



