2;
defaces flag, 206;
expedition against Pequots, 252;
character, 321.

England, spirit of progress, 3, 4;
religious conditions, 5;
Spanish rivalry, 5;
claim to America, 6;
unprepared for colonization, 7;
fisheries, 7;
trade development (1550) 8;
slave-trade, 8-10;
trade under Mary, 9;
private attacks on Spanish colonies, 10-13;
search for northwest passage, 14;
Spanish war, 28-30, 35;
Armada, 30;
economic condition (1606), 39;
Puritanism, 153;
Separatism, 154-156;
and French colonies, 289;
and New Netherland, 292;
bibliography on Spanish relations, 337.
_See also_ colonies, and sovereigns by name.

Evelin, George, and Kent Island, 137.

Exeter, settled, 269;
civil contract, 270;
annexed by Massachusetts, 272.

Falmouth (Casco), Cleves at, 277;
submits to Massachusetts, 281.

Fenwick, George, patent, 260, 304.

Ferdinando, Simon, voyage, 17.

Fisheries, English interests, 9;
New England monopoly, 168.

Frobisher, Martin, voyages, 14.

Fur-trade, New England monopoly, 168;
French grants, 286, 287;
Dutch, 291, 293.

Gates, Sir Thomas, governor of Virginia, 61, 70;
at Bermudas, 62;
at Jamestown, 62, 67.

Gilbert, Bartholomew, attempted colony, 34.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, purpose, 6;
early years, 13;
first efforts, 14;
pamphlet, 14;
charter, 15;
first expedition, 16;
preparation for second, 17;
second, 18-21;
death, 20.

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, career, 151;
colonial activity, 151;
opposition to Massachusetts, 187, 204-209;
grants, 207, 266, 268;
general governor, 208;
Massachusetts annexes grant, 209, 279, 280;
settlements in territory, 272-274, 276, 277;
charter and regulations, 275;
and Plough patent, 277, 278;
death, 278.

Gorges, John, patent, 187;
grant to Oldham, 187;
heir, 274.

Gorges, Robert, settlement, 168;
and Weston, 169;
grant, 185, 186;
heir, 187.

Gorton, Samuel, settlement, 230, 233;
character, 232;
trouble with Massachusetts, 232-234;
banished, 234;
return, 234.

Gosnold, Bartholomew, attempted colony, 34;
in Virginia, 42, 49;
death, 51.

Governors, Virginia, under charter, 61, 79, 80;
elective, in Plymouth, 179;
in Massachusetts, 199, 202;
in Connecticut, 258, 259;
in New Haven, 263, 264.

Grants, Heath (1629), 120;
Pilgrims, 159, 164, 172;
Weston (1622), 166;
Pierce (1623), 167;
Massachusetts (1628), 184;