A history of the United States of America : preceded by a narrative of the discovery and settlement of North America and of the events which led to the independence of the thirteen English colonies : for the use of schools and academies
Print Book, English, 1884
Taintor Brothers & Co. ; W. Ware and Co., New York, Boston, 1884
History
xvi, 434, lxii pages, 7 leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 19 cm
1085494638
Europe before the discovery of America
Spain and Portugal
Christopher Columbus
The first voyage of Columbus
The fate of Columbus
Further voyages of discovery
French voyages
The Spanish conquest in America
Spanish failures in America
The first emigration
England in the sixteenth century
First ventures of England in America
The foundations of New France
The Dutch traders
Jamestown
Virginia
Plymouth
The puritan migration
The colony of Massachusetts Bay
The other New England colonies
The indians of North America
The English and the Indians
England and New England
The loss of the charters
The Quakers and New Jersey
William Penn and his colony
The old dominion
Maryland
The Carolinas and Georgia
France in America
Conflict between the French and the English
The beginning of the war
The French and Indian War
The fall of France in America
Pontiac's War
The thirteen english colonies: part I
The thirteen english colonies: part II
England and the colonies
The beginning of the quarrel
The first resistance
The first fighting
Open war
The Declaration of Independence
The states and congress
The War for Independence: part I
The War for Independence: part II
The War for Independence: part III
The War for Independence: part IV
The end of the war
What the war cost
After the war
The United States of America
The beginning of the government
The people of the United States: part I
The people of the United States: part II
The United States and Europe
Dealings with foreign countries
Difficulties with France
Growth of the Union
The United States entangled with Europe
Destruction of American commerce
War with Great Britain
The United States independent of Europe
The Union and its neighbors
The business of the country
Invention and enterprise
The system of slavery
Slavery and politics
Administration of Andrew Jackson
Annexation of Texas
The war with Mexico
Oregon
California
The middle of the century: part I
The middle of the century: part II
The approaching conflict
Secession
The first attack
The war for the Union: part I
The war for the Union: part II
The war for the Union: part III
Fall of the Confederacy
Reconstruction
After the centennial year
The present nation
Includes index