The History of the United States, from Their Colonization to the End of the Twenty-sixth Congress, in 1841: In Four Volumes |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 21 |
Settlers arrive at Plymouth Rock | 27 |
Religious Persecution | 33 |
CONTENTS | 35 |
Indian Wars and Massacres | 39 |
Bacons Rebellion | 45 |
War with France | 73 |
Stamp Act opposed | 79 |
The insurrection quelled | 347 |
Each State entitled to one vote in Congress | 353 |
Grand committee appointed | 360 |
Election of the Executive | 366 |
Powers of the Executive | 372 |
Colonial Disputes | 374 |
Ordinance for the Northwest Territory | 380 |
Depreciation of Paper Currency | 382 |
Duties partially repealed | 85 |
General Congress proposed | 91 |
Effects of Slavery | 97 |
CHAPTER II | 103 |
Each Colony has one Vote | 108 |
Its Address to the King | 114 |
Address to the British People | 120 |
Congress closes its session | 126 |
Policy of the Ministry | 132 |
Proceedings of Congress | 138 |
Unsuccessful Expedition | 144 |
Lord Norths Propositions rejected | 146 |
Royal Authority terminated in the Colonies | 152 |
Junction of Montgomery and Arnold | 158 |
General Lee captured by the British | 159 |
Mecklenburg Declaration | 164 |
Committee to draw the Declaration | 171 |
Arrival of the British Armament | 177 |
Conference of a Committee of Congress with Lord Howe | 183 |
Papermoney begins to depreciate | 201 |
The Army and People support him | 217 |
Silas Deane | 223 |
General Lee arrested | 229 |
Arrival of British Commissioners | 235 |
Silas Deane | 241 |
Incursion into Connecticut | 247 |
It capitulates | 253 |
CONTENTS | 254 |
Benedict Arnold | 260 |
Sergeant Champe | 266 |
Greene retreats from Cornwallis | 272 |
Expedition of Phillips and Arnold | 278 |
Action at Hobkirks Hill | 284 |
CHAPTER IV | 290 |
Terms of the treaty with Great Britain | 296 |
CONTENTS | 298 |
Appeal to Rhode Island | 303 |
Claims of Virginia opposed | 309 |
Cession by Virginia | 315 |
He resigns his commission to Congress | 321 |
Exclusion of Slavery rejected | 327 |
Principles of International Law proposed | 329 |
Regulations of commerce proposed to the States | 335 |
Commercial difficulties among the States | 341 |
Washingtons arrival at New York | 386 |
Impost duties | 392 |
Construction of Constitutions | 402 |
Republican simplicity | 408 |
Funding of the Debt | 414 |
Rise in price of the public Securities | 416 |
Assumption of State debts | 422 |
Policy of the Assumption considered | 428 |
Ratification of the Constitution by Rhode Island | 434 |
Tonnage duties | 440 |
Opposition to the Administration | 446 |
Construction of Constitutions | 456 |
Relations of the United States with England | 462 |
New apportionment of Members under the census | 468 |
His reports on Manufactures and the Mint | 474 |
Dissensions in the Cabinet | 480 |
Parties in the United States | 487 |
Loan from the Bank | 493 |
The slavetrade and negro slavery | 499 |
The fugitive slave law made inoperative | 500 |
Proclamation of Neutrality | 507 |
Case of The Little Democrat | 514 |
Impressment of Seamen | 520 |
Jeffersons Commercial report | 526 |
Restrictive policy | 532 |
Policy of a Navy | 539 |
Parties in the United States | 545 |
Accounts with the States adjusted | 549 |
Proceedings of the malcontents | 555 |
Selfcreated Societies | 561 |
Treasury report | 567 |
Objections to the Treaty | 573 |
Presentation of the French flag | 579 |
Madisons speech on the Treaty | 585 |
Amess speech | 591 |
Monroe succeeds Gouverneur Morris | 597 |
Monroe defends the United States | 603 |
Adets proclamation and complaints | 609 |
Complaints by French Envoys | 615 |
Pacific policy of Washington reviewed | 621 |
Washingtons career | 627 |
Powers of Congress 373 | 643 |
VI Ratification of the Constitution by the several States | 665 |
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