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Part I
Chapter Summary: Utility of knowing the origin of nations in order to understand their social condition and their laws-America the only country in which the starting-point of a great people has been clearly observable-In what respects all who emigrated to British America were similar-In what they differed-Remark applicable to all Europeans who established themselves on the shores of the New World-Colonization of Virginia-Colonization of New England-Original character of the first inhabitants of New England-Their arrival-Their first laws-Their social contract-Penal code borrowed from the Hebrew legislation-Religious fervor-Republican spirit-Intimate union of the spirit of religion with the spirit of liberty.