JOHN E. FINDLING is professor of history at Indian University Southeast. He is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (Greenwood, 1980-89) and Chicago's Great World's Fairs (Greenwood, 1995). With Kimberly D. Pelle, he coedited The Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement (Greenwood, 1996). With Frank W. Thackeray he is the editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (Greenwood, 1993) and other volumes in the Events that Changed America and Events That Changed the World series. He and Professor Thackeray are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.FRANK W. THACKERAY is professor of history at Indiana University Southeast. He is the author of Antecedents of Revolution: Tsar Alexander I and the Polish Congress Kingdom (1980). With John E. Findling he is the editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (Greenwood, 1993) and the other volumes in the Events That Changed America and Events That Changed the World series. He and Professor Findling are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series. Professor Thackeray is a former Fulbright scholar in Poland.

• Preface First Encounters, c. 40,000 BCE - 1492 CE The Expedition of Coronado, 1540-1542 The Founding of St. Augustine, 1565 Early English Colonization Efforts, c. 1584-1630 Early European-Native American Encounters, 1607-1637 The Introduction of Slavery into America, 1619 The Surrender of New Amsterdam, 1664 King Philip's War, 1675-1676 The Glorious Revolution in America, 1688-1689 The Salem Witch Trials, 1692 Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Timeline Index

JOHN E. FINDLING is professor of history at Indian University Southeast. He is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (Greenwood, 1980-89) and Chicago's Great World's Fairs (Greenwood, 1995). With Kimberly D. Pelle, he coedited The Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement (Greenwood, 1996). With Frank W. Thackeray he is the editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (Greenwood, 1993) and other volumes in the Events that Changed America and Events That Changed the World series. He and Professor Thackeray are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.FRANK W. THACKERAY is professor of history at Indiana University Southeast. He is the author of Antecedents of Revolution: Tsar Alexander I and the Polish Congress Kingdom (1980). With John E. Findling he is the editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (Greenwood, 1993) and the other volumes in the Events That Changed America and Events That Changed the World series. He and Professor Findling are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series. Professor Thackeray is a former Fulbright scholar in Poland.

• Preface First Encounters, c. 40,000 BCE - 1492 CE The Expedition of Coronado, 1540-1542 The Founding of St. Augustine, 1565 Early English Colonization Efforts, c. 1584-1630 Early European-Native American Encounters, 1607-1637 The Introduction of Slavery into America, 1619 The Surrender of New Amsterdam, 1664 King Philip's War, 1675-1676 The Glorious Revolution in America, 1688-1689 The Salem Witch Trials, 1692 Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Timeline Index

JOHN E. FINDLING is professor of history at Indian University Southeast. He is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (Greenwood, 1980-89) and Chicago's Great World's Fairs (Greenwood, 1995). With Kimberly D. Pelle, he coedited The Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement (Greenwood, 1996). With Frank W. Thackeray he is the editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (Greenwood, 1993) and other volumes in the Events that Changed America and Events That Changed the World series. He and Professor Thackeray are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.FRANK W. THACKERAY is professor of history at Indiana University Southeast. He is the author of Antecedents of Revolution: Tsar Alexander I and the Polish Congress Kingdom (1980). With John E. Findling he is the editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World (Greenwood, 1993) and the other volumes in the Events That Changed America and Events That Changed the World series. He and Professor Findling are also series editors of the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series. Professor Thackeray is a former Fulbright scholar in Poland.

• Preface First Encounters, c. 40,000 BCE - 1492 CE The Expedition of Coronado, 1540-1542 The Founding of St. Augustine, 1565 Early English Colonization Efforts, c. 1584-1630 Early European-Native American Encounters, 1607-1637 The Introduction of Slavery into America, 1619 The Surrender of New Amsterdam, 1664 King Philip's War, 1675-1676 The Glorious Revolution in America, 1688-1689 The Salem Witch Trials, 1692 Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Timeline Index