Includes bibliographical refernces (p. [411]-421) and index Introductory. -- The American people a new race. -- The influence of environment on race. -- Climatic amalgamation of race. -- The old in the new environment. -- New England the cradle of race. -- The Puritan. -- Puritanism gives birth to democracy. -- Puritanism becomes a political force. -- The American has always been a rebel. -- The Biblie the Puritan constitution. -- The Puritan hatred of color a myth. -- The foundation on which the American character rests. -- Tobacco and slavery. -- Virginia an aristocratic oligarchy. -- The first Catholic colony. -- Rice produces new social conditions. -- An experiment that failed. -- The first written constitution. -- Religious freedom is born. -- How the dutch came and went. -- Bibliography -- Index