A History of the United States
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
MAPS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
PART I. PERIOD OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT, 1492–1765.
CHAPTER I. discovery.
THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERERS.
COLUMBUS AND THE SPANISH DISCOVERERS.
THE FRENCH EXPLORERS.
THE ENGLISH EXPLORERS.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
THE AMERICAN INDIANS.
PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERERS.
COLUMBUS AND THE SPANISH DISCOVERERS.
THE FRENCH EXPLORERS.
THE ENGLISH EXPLORERS.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
CHAPTER II. the first plantations and colonies, 1607–1630.
THE SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA.
THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK.
THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH.
THE SETTLEMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THE SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA.
THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK.
THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH.
THE SETTLEMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CHAPTER III. spread of plantations, 1630–1689.
THE SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH OF MARYLAND.
DEVELOPMENT OF VIRGINIA.
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ENGLAND.
THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERACY.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES.
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.
THE SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH OF MARYLAND.
DEVELOPMENT OF VIRGINIA.
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ENGLAND.
THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERACY.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES.
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.
CHAPTER IV. the country at the end of the seventeenth century.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW ENGLAND.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW ENGLAND.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.
CHAPTER V. development of the colonies, 1690–1765.
COLONIAL DISPUTES.
VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA.
FRENCH DISCOVERIES AND CLAIMS.
WARS WITH THE FRENCH.
COLONIAL DISPUTES.
VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA.
FRENCH DISCOVERIES AND CLAIMS.
WARS WITH THE FRENCH.
PART II. PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION, 1765–1789.
CHAPTER VI. causes of the revolution.
GENERAL CAUSES.
THE QUESTION OF TAXATION.
THE RESISTANCE OF THE COLONISTS.
THE TAX ON TEA.
NEW LEGISLATION AND OPPOSITION.
THE CRISIS.
GENERAL CAUSES.
THE QUESTION OF TAXATION.
THE RESISTANCE OF THE COLONISTS.
THE TAX ON TEA.
NEW LEGISLATION AND OPPOSITION.
THE CRISIS.
CHAPTER VII. the campaigns of 1775 and 1776.
EARLY MOVEMENTS.
WASHINGTON IN COMMAND.
THE WAR IN NEW YORK.
GENERAL CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
FAILURE OF BRITISH EXPEDITIONS.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
THE WAR IN NEW JERSEY.
EARLY MOVEMENTS.
WASHINGTON IN COMMAND.
THE WAR IN NEW YORK.
GENERAL CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
FAILURE OF BRITISH EXPEDITIONS.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
THE WAR IN NEW JERSEY.
CHAPTER VIII. the campaign of 1777.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CENTER.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CENTER.
CHAPTER IX. the french alliance and the campaigns of 1778 and 1779.
A WINTER OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN.
CONDITIONS WEST OF THE ALLEGHANIES.
THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST.
THE VICTORIES OF PAUL JONES.
A WINTER OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN.
CONDITIONS WEST OF THE ALLEGHANIES.
THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST.
THE VICTORIES OF PAUL JONES.
CHAPTER X. the campaigns of 1780 and 1781.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTH.
THE TREASON OF BENEDICT ARNOLD.
CAUSES OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
AMERICAN SUCCESSES IN THE SOUTH.
THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTH.
THE TREASON OF BENEDICT ARNOLD.
CAUSES OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
AMERICAN SUCCESSES IN THE SOUTH.
THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER XI. the articles of confederation and the constitution.
DIFFICULTIES OF CONFEDERATION.
THE CONSTITUTION.
DIFFICULTIES OF CONFEDERATION.
THE CONSTITUTION.
PART III. THE ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES, 1789–1825.
CHAPTER XII. the country at the close of the eighteenth century.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE.
CHAPTER XIII. the administrations of washington, 1789–1797.
EARLY LEGISLATION AND PARTIES.
DIFFICULTIES OF ADMINISTRATION.
EARLY LEGISLATION AND PARTIES.
DIFFICULTIES OF ADMINISTRATION.
CHAPTER XIV. the administration of john adams, 1797–1801.
A PERIOD OF DISSENSIONS.
A PERIOD OF DISSENSIONS.
CHAPTER XV. the administrations of jefferson, 1801–1809.
JEFFERSONIAN POLICY.
MEASURES AND EVENTS.
CHARACTER OF JEFFERSON’S STATESMANSHIP.
JEFFERSONIAN POLICY.
MEASURES AND EVENTS.
CHARACTER OF JEFFERSON’S STATESMANSHIP.
CHAPTER XVI. the administrations of madison, 1809–1817.
OUTBREAK OF WAR.
EXPLOITS OF THE NAVY.
REVERSES AND SUCCESSES.
END OF THE WAR.
THE DISAFFECTION OF NEW ENGLAND.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR.
OUTBREAK OF WAR.
EXPLOITS OF THE NAVY.
REVERSES AND SUCCESSES.
END OF THE WAR.
THE DISAFFECTION OF NEW ENGLAND.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER XVII. the administrations of monroe, 1817–1825.
CHARACTER OF THE PERIOD.
DIPLOMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
SLAVERY COMES TO THE FRONT.
FACTIONAL POLITICS.
CHARACTER OF THE PERIOD.
DIPLOMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
SLAVERY COMES TO THE FRONT.
FACTIONAL POLITICS.
PART IV. SPREAD OF DEMOCRACY AND EXTENSION OF TERRITORY, 1825–1850.
CHAPTER XVIII. the administration of john quincy adams, 1825—1829.
FAILURES OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
FAILURES OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
CHAPTER XIX. the jacksonian epoch, 1829–1837.
POLITICAL CONDITIONS.
PROGRESS OF THE NATION.
POLITICAL CONDITIONS.
PROGRESS OF THE NATION.
CHAPTER XX. jackson’s first administration, 1829–1833.
A POPULAR AUTOCRAT.
THE DEBATE OVER THE NATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION.
THE TARIFF AND NULLIFICATION.
A POPULAR AUTOCRAT.
THE DEBATE OVER THE NATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION.
THE TARIFF AND NULLIFICATION.
CHAPTER XXI. jackson’s second administration, 1833–1837.
THE ABOLITIONISTS.
FINANCIAL DISTURBANCES.
THE ABOLITIONISTS.
FINANCIAL DISTURBANCES.
CHAPTER XXII. the administrations of van buren and of harrison and tyler, 1837–1845.
A PERIOD OF CONFUSION.
THE EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE WHIGS.
TEXAS AND OREGON.
A PERIOD OF CONFUSION.
THE EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE WHIGS.
TEXAS AND OREGON.
CHAPTER XXIII. the administration of polk, 1845–1849.
THE OPENING OF THE MEXICAN WAR.
THE CONDUCT AND RESULTS OF THE WAR.
THE OPENING OF THE MEXICAN WAR.
THE CONDUCT AND RESULTS OF THE WAR.
PART V. THE EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1850–1861.
CHAPTER XXIV. the administration of taylor and fillmore, 1849–1853.
THE QUESTION OF CALIFORNIA.
THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
THE QUESTION OF CALIFORNIA.
THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
CHAPTER XXV. the administration of pierce, 1853–1857.
THE CONFUSION OF PARTIES.
KANSAS-NEBRASKA LEGISLATION.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE CONFUSION OF PARTIES.
KANSAS-NEBRASKA LEGISLATION.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
CHAPTER XXVI. the administration of buchanan, 1857–1861.
THE SUPREME COURT AND SLAVERY.
KANSAS AND UTAH.
THE GREAT DEBATES.
JOHN BROWN AND PUBLIC OPINION.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1860.
SECESSION OF THE SOUTH.
THE COUNTRY IN 1860–1861.
THE SUPREME COURT AND SLAVERY.
KANSAS AND UTAH.
THE GREAT DEBATES.
JOHN BROWN AND PUBLIC OPINION.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1860.
SECESSION OF THE SOUTH.
THE COUNTRY IN 1860–1861.
PART VI. THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1861–1869.
CHAPTER XXVII. the beginnings of the civil war.
OPENING OF HOSTILITIES.
MILITARY AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE COMBATANTS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SEAT OF WAR.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS OF 1861.
INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTIES.
OPENING OF HOSTILITIES.
MILITARY AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE COMBATANTS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SEAT OF WAR.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS OF 1861.
INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTIES.
CHAPTER XXVIII. the campaigns of 1862.
THE WAR IN THE WEST.
THE WORK OF THE NAVY.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
PUBLIC FEELING IN THE NORTH AND GREAT BRITAIN.
THE WAR IN THE EAST CONTINUED.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EFFECTS OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1862.
THE WAR IN THE WEST.
THE WORK OF THE NAVY.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
PUBLIC FEELING IN THE NORTH AND GREAT BRITAIN.
THE WAR IN THE EAST CONTINUED.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EFFECTS OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1862.
CHAPTER XXIX. the campaigns of 1863.
VICKSBURG.
THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN
EASTERN CAMPAIGNS.
EMBARRASSMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
VICKSBURG.
THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN
EASTERN CAMPAIGNS.
EMBARRASSMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER XXX. the campaigns of 1864.
GRANT AND LEE IN VIRGINIA.
SHERMAN’S CAMPAIGNS.
NAVAL VICTORIES.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
GRANT AND LEE IN VIRGINIA.
SHERMAN’S CAMPAIGNS.
NAVAL VICTORIES.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
CHAPTER XXXI. end of the war, 1865.
MOVEMENTS OF SHERMAN AND GRANT.
THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WAR.
MOVEMENTS OF SHERMAN AND GRANT.
THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER XXXII. the administration of johnson: reconstruction, 1865–1869.
DIFFERENT POLICIES OF RECONSTRUCTION.
EFFECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION.
JOHNSON AND CONGRESS.
DIFFERENT POLICIES OF RECONSTRUCTION.
EFFECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION.
JOHNSON AND CONGRESS.
PART VII. PERIOD OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1869–1902.
CHAPTER XXXIII. the administrations of grant, 1869–1877.
GRANT’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION, 1869–1873.
GRANT’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION, 1873–1877.
PARTY POLITICS.
GRANT’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION, 1869–1873.
GRANT’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION, 1873–1877.
PARTY POLITICS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. the administrations of hayes and of garfield and arthur, 1877–1885.
INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS.
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
CHIEF FEATURES OF ARTHUR’S ADMINISTRATION.
POLITICAL EVENTS.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1884.
INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS.
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
CHIEF FEATURES OF ARTHUR’S ADMINISTRATION.
POLITICAL EVENTS.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1884.
CHAPTER XXXV. first administration of cleveland, 1885–1889.
IMPORTANT MEASURES AND REFORMS.
INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL DISTURBANCES.
IMPORTANT MEASURES AND REFORMS.
INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL DISTURBANCES.
CHAPTER XXXVI. the administration of benjamin harrison, 1889–1893.
DOMESTIC EVENTS AND MEASURES.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
DOMESTIC EVENTS AND MEASURES.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. second administration of cleveland, 1893–1897.
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
DOMESTIC EVENTS.
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
DOMESTIC EVENTS.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. the administrations of mckinley and roosevelt, 1897–1909.
THE BEGINNING OF McKINLEY’S ADMINISTRATION.
THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR.
THE CLOSE OF McKINLEY’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION.
McKINLEY’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION.
ROOSEVELT’S ADMINISTRATION.
THE BEGINNING OF McKINLEY’S ADMINISTRATION.
THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR.
THE CLOSE OF McKINLEY’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION.
McKINLEY’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION.
ROOSEVELT’S ADMINISTRATION.
CHAPTER XXXIX. progress of the epoch.
SPREAD AND CHARACTER OF POPULATION.
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SPREAD AND CHARACTER OF POPULATION.
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
APPENDIX A.
declaration of independence.
A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
APPENDIX B.
constitution of the united states of america.
Preamble.
Article I. Legislative Department.
Section I. Congress in General.
Section II. House of Representatives.
Section III. Senate.
Section IV. Both Houses.
Section V. The Houses Separately.
Section VI. Disabilities of Members.
Section VII. Mode of Passing Laws.
Section VIII. Powers granted to Congress.
Section IX. Powers denied to the United States.
Section X. Powers denied to the States.
Section I. Congress in General.
Section II. House of Representatives.
Section III. Senate.
Section IV. Both Houses.
Section V. The Houses Separately.
Section VI. Disabilities of Members.
Section VII. Mode of Passing Laws.
Section VIII. Powers granted to Congress.
Section IX. Powers denied to the United States.
Section X. Powers denied to the States.
Article II. Executive Department.
Section I. President and Vice-President.
Section II. Powers of the President.
Section III. Duties of the President.
Section IV. Impeachment of the President.
Section I. President and Vice-President.
Section II. Powers of the President.
Section III. Duties of the President.
Section IV. Impeachment of the President.
Article III. Judicial Department.
Section I. United States Courts.
Section II. Jurisdiction of the United States Courts.
Section III. Treason.
Section I. United States Courts.
Section II. Jurisdiction of the United States Courts.
Section III. Treason.
Article IV. The States and the Federal Government.
Section I. State Records.
Section II. Privileges of Citizens, etc.
Section III. New States and Territories.
Section IV. Guarantee to the States.
Section I. State Records.
Section II. Privileges of Citizens, etc.
Section III. New States and Territories.
Section IV. Guarantee to the States.
Article V. Power of Amendment.
Article VI. Public Debt, Supremacy of the Constitution, Oath of Office, Religious Test.
Article VII. Ratification of the Constitution.
Preamble.
Article I. Legislative Department.
Section I. Congress in General.
Section II. House of Representatives.
Section III. Senate.
Section IV. Both Houses.
Section V. The Houses Separately.
Section VI. Disabilities of Members.
Section VII. Mode of Passing Laws.
Section VIII. Powers granted to Congress.
Section IX. Powers denied to the United States.
Section X. Powers denied to the States.
Section I. Congress in General.
Section II. House of Representatives.
Section III. Senate.
Section IV. Both Houses.
Section V. The Houses Separately.
Section VI. Disabilities of Members.
Section VII. Mode of Passing Laws.
Section VIII. Powers granted to Congress.
Section IX. Powers denied to the United States.
Section X. Powers denied to the States.
Article II. Executive Department.
Section I. President and Vice-President.
Section II. Powers of the President.
Section III. Duties of the President.
Section IV. Impeachment of the President.
Section I. President and Vice-President.
Section II. Powers of the President.
Section III. Duties of the President.
Section IV. Impeachment of the President.
Article III. Judicial Department.
Section I. United States Courts.
Section II. Jurisdiction of the United States Courts.
Section III. Treason.
Section I. United States Courts.
Section II. Jurisdiction of the United States Courts.
Section III. Treason.
Article IV. The States and the Federal Government.
Section I. State Records.
Section II. Privileges of Citizens, etc.
Section III. New States and Territories.
Section IV. Guarantee to the States.
Section I. State Records.
Section II. Privileges of Citizens, etc.
Section III. New States and Territories.
Section IV. Guarantee to the States.
Article V. Power of Amendment.
Article VI. Public Debt, Supremacy of the Constitution, Oath of Office, Religious Test.
Article VII. Ratification of the Constitution.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Article I.
Article II.
Article III.
Article IV.
Article V.
Article VI.
Article VII.
Article VIII.
Article IX.
Article X.
Article XI.
Article XII.
Article XIII.
Article XIV.
Article XV.
Article I.
Article II.
Article III.
Article IV.
Article V.
Article VI.
Article VII.
Article VIII.
Article IX.
Article X.
Article XI.
Article XII.
Article XIII.
Article XIV.
Article XV.
APPENDIX C.
list of presidents and vice presidents, with their terms of office.
INDEX.
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