A STUDENTS' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES BY EDWARD CHANNING PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS Kevised Edition New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. All rights reserved Set up, electrotyped, and published December, 1897. Reprinted April, 1898. New edition, with additions, printed September, 1898; August, 1899; July, 1900; March, 1901; March, 1902; May, 1903. Revised edition printed June, 1904. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. - Berwick & Smith Co. 44 PREFATORY NOTE THE cordial welcome and continued favor which have been accorded to this advanced manual of United States history have been far in excess of the author's expectations. He feels assured that this success has been due, in great measure, to the kindness of the many friends which the book has found. In preparing this new edition he has endeavored, as far as possible, to meet their wishes, to follow their valuable suggestions, to correct the errors which they have pointed out, and to bring the text down to the present time. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, |