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America. A History.
CONTENTS.
THE UNITED STATES.
Book First.
CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER II. COLONIZATION.
CHAPTER III. VIRGINIA.
CHAPTER IV. NEW ENGLAND.
CHAPTER V. THE NEW ENGLAND PERSECUTIONS.
CHAPTER VI. WITCHCRAFT IN NEW ENGLAND.
CHAPTER VII. THE INDIANS.
CHAPTER VIII. NEW YORK.
CHAPTER IX. PENNSYLVANIA.
CHAPTER X. GEORGIA.
CHAPTER XI. SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XII. EARLY GOVERNMENT.
Book Second.
CHAPTER I. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
CHAPTER II. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
CHAPTER III. THE VALLEY OF THE OHIO.
CHAPTER IV. AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION.
CHAPTER V. BUNKER HILL.
CHAPTER VI. INDEPENDENCE.
CHAPTER VII. AT WAR.
CHAPTER VIII. SYMPATHY BEYOND THE SEA.
CHAPTER IX. THE WAR CONTINUES.
CHAPTER X. THE SURRENDER AT SARATOGA.
CHAPTER XI. HELP FROM EUROPE.
CHAPTER XII. MAJOR ANDRÉ.
CHAPTER XIII. THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER XIV. THE THIRTEEN STATES BECOME A NATION.
CHAPTER XV. THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Book Third
CHAPTER I. KING COTTON.
CHAPTER II. SLAVERY.
CHAPTER III. MISSOURI.
CHAPTER IV. HOPE FOR THE NEGRO.
CHAPTER V. TEXAS.
CHAPTER VI. THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
CHAPTER VII. CALIFORNIA.
CHAPTER VIII. KANSAS.
CHAPTER IX. THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.
CHAPTER X. JOHN BROWN.
CHAPTER XI. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY.
CHAPTER XII. SECESSION.
CHAPTER XIII. THE TWO PRESIDENTS.
Book Fourth.
CHAPTER I. THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK.
CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
CHAPTER III. “ON TO RICHMOND.”
CHAPTER IV. LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVE.
CHAPTER V. CONFEDERATE SUCCESSES.
CHAPTER VI. THE WAR CONTINUES.
CHAPTER VII. GETTYSBURG.
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAST CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER IX. THE MURDER OF THE PRESIDENT.
CHAPTER X. THE LOSSES AND THE GAINS OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER XI. AFTER THE WAR.
CHAPTER XII. HOW THE AMERICANS CARED FOR THEIR SOLDIERS.
Book Fifth.
CHAPTER I. REUNITED AMERICA.
CHAPTER II. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
CHAPTER III. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA.
CHAPTER IV. EDUCATION IN AMERICA.
CHAPTER V. EUROPE AND AMERICA.
POSTSCRIPT.[11] PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
FOOTNOTES
THE DOMINION OF CANADA.
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY.
CHAPTER II. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN.
CHAPTER III. THE JESUITS IN CANADA.
CHAPTER IV. THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER V. THE AMERICAN CONTINENT GAINED BY THE BRITISH.
CHAPTER VI. COLONIZATION BY FRANCE AND BY ENGLAND.
CHAPTER VII. AFTER THE CONQUEST.
CHAPTER VIII. CANADA DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
CHAPTER IX. CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER X. THE WAR OF 1812.
CHAPTER XI. DOMESTIC STRIFE.
CHAPTER XII. THE CANADIAN REVOLUTION.
CHAPTER XIII. CONFEDERATION.
CHAPTER XIV. THE MARITIME PROVINCES.
CHAPTER XV. THE PROVINCES OF THE NORTH-WEST.
CHAPTER XVI. THE PROGRESS OF THE CANADIAN NATION.
FOOTNOTES
SOUTH AMERICA.
CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST.
CHAPTER II. THE INDIANS OF SPANISH AMERICA.
CHAPTER III. SPANISH GOVERNMENT OF THE NEW WORLD.
CHAPTER IV. REVOLUTION.
CHAPTER V. INDEPENDENCE.
CHAPTER VI. THE CHURCH OF ROME IN SPANISH AMERICA.
CHAPTER VII. BRAZIL.
FOOTNOTES
INDEX.
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