. A history of the United States. George Washington. Withintwenty years the population increased from 15,000 to 40, 1660, when Charles II was restored to his fathers throne,fewer of the royalist party came over. The West Indies.^ — Another region to which many emi- ^ It should be remembered that since the occupation of Porto Rico and thebuilding of the Panama Canal the history of the West India Islands has becomeof great interest to the people of the United States. 88 A SECOND GREAT EMIGRATION grants went from England at about this time was the WestIndies. The Spaniards did not make a
. A history of the United States. George Washington. Withintwenty years the population increased from 15,000 to 40, 1660, when Charles II was restored to his fathers throne,fewer of the royalist party came over. The West Indies.^ — Another region to which many emi- ^ It should be remembered that since the occupation of Porto Rico and thebuilding of the Panama Canal the history of the West India Islands has becomeof great interest to the people of the United States. 88 A SECOND GREAT EMIGRATION grants went from England at about this time was the WestIndies. The Spaniards did not make as much use of theseislands as they did of Mexico and Peru, but they wished tokeep out the sailors of other nations. Adventurers from every-where sailed the West Indian seas. They attacked Spanishtreasure ships, loaded with gold and silver from the mines,and even cities like Vera Cruz and Panama. To obtain foodthey hunted wild cattle, smoking the meat over wood fires ^VnorosO Nassau ,,„ . » TSALVADORV .. IWATLING I.) atanzas. WEST INDIES SCALE OF MILES D lUO 200 300 A T L A N T I C jl»iw» OCEAN ^ ^ r - L L E S m-a^^^nIIue?. ^ -^ ) C A R I B ]i E A X S ]■: A
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