CONTENTS. French and Indian War,-causes of.. History of the Confederation.. HISTORICAL. Queen Anne's War,-causes of.. Mexican War,-causes of. Our National Domain, and how acquired. BIOGRAPHICAL. COMPRISING THE LIVES OF George Washington, 1st President.... John Adams, Vice-President, and 2nd President.. 169 172 John C. Calhoun, Vice-President. Andrew Jackson, 7th President. Martin Van Buren, Vice-President, and 8th President. Richard M. Johnson, Vice-President.. Wm. H. Harrison, 9th President... John Tyler, Vice-President, and 10th President.. Table of Battles of the Revolution, giving the dates and places of Our Navy during the Revolutionary War. Slave Population of the Colonies, 1715. 139 140 143 143 War of 1812; list of battles, with date and place of engagement, 166 List of Battles of the Mexican War, with dates and places, com- 197 PAGE. Population of U. S., Census at each decade... 1870 Census of 100 largest cities List of principal Treaties of the U.S.. ... Table showing the number of men called into service, 1861-65. Provost Marshal General's Report of the Killed and Wounded dur- ing the Rebellion..... Statistics of Emigrants arriving in U. S... Number of Patents issued each year since 1791, with the number of Post Offices and miles of Post Roads at each decade. 296 List of 600 Battles of the Rebellion, with dates and place of engage- ment, commanding officers, and loss on each side.. List of 1,400 vessels captured in violation of the Blockade. The Exports and Imports of the U. S. for each year since 1791. The Debts of twenty leading Foreign Nations as compared with that Annual Receipts and Expenditures of the Patent Office.. The Postal Revenue and Expenses of the U. S. for each decade since 376 The party Candidates, Popular and Electoral Vote of each for Presi- dent and Vice-President of the 6th (J. Q. Adams') Administration 175 AMERICAN PROGRESS. On the 22d of February, 1732, or, as it was then designated, the 11th of February, in a small, Birth of Wash- but comfortable farm-house on the shore ington. of the Potomac, in the county of Westmoreland, Virginia, was born the oldest child of Mary and Augustine Washington. Little did the parents imagine that the name which they should select for this boy would become celebrated in history, oratory, and poetry, and be a household word in many lands and in many languages. There was nothing in the outward appearance to indicate such a glory. The Washingtons were, indeed, a respectable family of the English aristocracy. The great-grandfather of the little boy was an English knight, who, however, made no use of his title after coming to the wilds of Virginia. They possessed large estates and a plenty of servants, and commanded all the comforts that could well be secured in the new province so far away from the 11 |