A Brief History of the United States
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Chapters (124)
- EPOCH 1.
- EARLY DISCOVERIES AND SETTLEMENTS.
- SPANISH EXPLORATIONS.
- EXPLORATIONS ON THE PACIFIC.
- EXTENT OF THE SPANISH POSSESSIONS.
- FRENCH EXPLORATIONS.
- ENGLISH EXPLORATIONS.
- DUTCH EXPLORATIONS.
- EXTENT OF THESE EXPLORATIONS.
- REFERENCES FOR READING
- EPOCH II.
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES.
- VIRGINIA.
- MASSACHUSETTS.
- PLYMOUTH COLONY.
- MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY.
- MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
- CONNECTICUT.
- RHODE ISLAND.
- NEW YORK.
- EPOCH II.
- THE FOUR DUTCH GOVERNORS
- NEW JERSEY.
- PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE.
- MARYLAND.
- CIVIL WARS.
- THE CAROLINAS.
- GEORGIA.
- INTER-COLONIAL WARS. I. KING WILLIAM'S WAR. (1689-1697.)
- II. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR. (1702-1713.)
- III. KING GEORGE'S WAR.
- IV. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. (1754-1763)
- THE FIVE OBJECTIVE POINTS OF THE WAR.
- 1. FORT DU QUESNE.
- 2. ACADIA AND LOUISBURG.
- 3. CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA.
- 4. NIAGARA.
- CLOSE OF THE WAR.
- CONDITION OF THE COLONIES.
- REFERENCES FOR READING.
- EPOCH III.
- THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
- CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
- REFERENCES FOR READING.
- EPOCH IV.
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES.
- WASHINGTON'S ADMINISTRATION. (FIRST PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS 1789-1797)
- ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (SECOND PRESIDENT: 1797-1801)
- JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATION.
- MADISON'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (FOURTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1809-1817.)
- SECOND WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN, 1812-14.
- MONROE'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (FIFTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1817-1825.)
- J. Q. ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (SIXTH PRESIDENT: 1825-1829)
- JACKSON'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (SEVENTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1829-1837.)
- VAN BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION
- (EIGHTH PRESIDENT: 1837-1841.)
- HARRISON AND TYLER'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (NINTH AND TENTH PRESIDENTS: 1841-1845.)
- JAMES K. POLK'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (ELEVENTH PRESIDENT: 1845-1849.) WAR WITH MEXICO. 1846-7. I. GENERAL TAYLOR'S ARMY.
- INVASION OF MEXICO.
- II. GENERAL KEARNEY'S ARMY.
- III. GENERAL SCOTT'S ARMY.
- TAYLOR AND FILLMORE'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH PRESIDENTS: 1849-1853)
- PIERCE'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1853-1857.)
- BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1857-1861.)
- STATES ADMITTED DURING THE FOURTH EPOCH.
- REFERENCES FOR READING.
- EPOCH V.
- THE CIVIL WAR.
- LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1861-1865)
- THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND ALEXANDRIA
- THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
- THE WAR IN THE WEST.
- THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE COAST.
- BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION AGAINST ROANOKE ISLAND
- THE WAR IN THE EAST.
- THE SIOUX WAR.
- THE WAR IN THE WEST.
- THE WAR IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA.
- BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA
- THE WAR IN EAST TENNESSEE.
- THE WAR IN THE EAST.
- THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE COAST.
- THE WAR IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA.
- THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
- RED RIVER EXPEDITION.
- THE WAR ON THE SEA AND ON THE COAST.
- GENERAL REVIEW OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR.—
- REFERENCES FOR READING.
- EPOCH VI.
- RECONSTRUCTION AND PASSING EVENTS.
- JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1865-1869.)
- GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION.
- (EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1869-1877.)
- HAYES'S ADMINISTRATION.
- QUESTIONS FOR CLASS USE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- FIRST EPOCH.
- SECOND EPOCH.
- THIRD EPOCH.
- FOURTH EPOCH.
- FIFTH EPOCH.
- SIXTH EPOCH.
- HISTORICAL RECREATIONS.
- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
- A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
- CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
- SECTION III.
- SECTION IV.
- ARTICLE III.—JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
- SECTION III.
- PENNSYLVANIA. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THOMAS MIFFLIN, ROBERT MORRIS, GEORGE CLYMER, THOMAS FITZSIMONS, JARED INGERSOLL, JAMES WILSON. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS.
- AMENDMENTS
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