A Brief History of the United States

About this eBook

Author

Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886

Credits

Produced by Robert Prince, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6434

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6434

Release Date

September 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TABLE OF CONTENTS. — SECOND EPOCH. — THIRD EPOCH. — FOURTH EPOCH. — FIFTH EPOCH. — SIXTH EPOCH. — INTRODUCTION. — INDIAN CHARACTERISTICS. — FIRST EPOCH. — SECOND EPOCH. — THIRD EPOCH. — FOURTH EPOCH. — FIFTH EPOCH. — SIXTH EPOCH. — REFERENCES FOR READING. — EPOCH 1.
2. 2.EARLY DISCOVERIES AND SETTLEMENTS. — SPANISH EXPLORATIONS. — EXPLORATIONS ON THE PACIFIC. — EXTENT OF THE SPANISH POSSESSIONS. — FRENCH EXPLORATIONS. — ENGLISH EXPLORATIONS. — DUTCH EXPLORATIONS. — EXTENT OF THESE EXPLORATIONS. — REFERENCES FOR READING — EPOCH II. — DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES. — VIRGINIA. — MASSACHUSETTS. — PLYMOUTH COLONY. — MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. — MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. — CONNECTICUT. — RHODE ISLAND. — NEW YORK. — EPOCH II. — THE FOUR DUTCH GOVERNORS — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE. — MARYLAND. — CIVIL WARS. — THE CAROLINAS. — GEORGIA. — INTER-COLONIAL WARS. — I. KING WILLIAM'S WAR. (1689-1697.) — II. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR. (1702-1713.) — III. KING GEORGE'S WAR. — IV. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. (1754-1763) — THE FIVE OBJECTIVE POINTS OF THE WAR. — 1. FORT DU QUESNE. — 2. ACADIA AND LOUISBURG. — 3. CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA. — 4. NIAGARA. — CLOSE OF THE WAR. — CONDITION OF THE COLONIES. — REFERENCES FOR READING. — EPOCH III. — THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. — CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. — REFERENCES FOR READING. — EPOCH IV. — DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES. — WASHINGTON'S ADMINISTRATION. (FIRST PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS 1789-1797) — ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION. — (SECOND PRESIDENT: 1797-1801) — JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATION. — MADISON'S ADMINISTRATION. — (FOURTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1809-1817.) — SECOND WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN, 1812-14. — MONROE'S ADMINISTRATION. — (FIFTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1817-1825.) — J. Q. ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION. — (SIXTH PRESIDENT: 1825-1829) — JACKSON'S ADMINISTRATION. — (SEVENTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1829-1837.) — VAN BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION — (EIGHTH PRESIDENT: 1837-1841.) — HARRISON AND TYLER'S ADMINISTRATION. — (NINTH AND TENTH PRESIDENTS: 1841-1845.) — JAMES K. POLK'S ADMINISTRATION. — (ELEVENTH PRESIDENT: 1845-1849.) — WAR WITH MEXICO. 1846-7. — I. GENERAL TAYLOR'S ARMY. — INVASION OF MEXICO. — II. GENERAL KEARNEY'S ARMY. — III. GENERAL SCOTT'S ARMY. — TAYLOR AND FILLMORE'S ADMINISTRATION. — (TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH PRESIDENTS: 1849-1853) — PIERCE'S ADMINISTRATION. — (FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1853-1857.) — BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION. — (FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1857-1861.) — STATES ADMITTED DURING THE FOURTH EPOCH. — REFERENCES FOR READING. — EPOCH V. — THE CIVIL WAR. — LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION. — (SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1861-1865) — THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. — ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND ALEXANDRIA — THE WAR IN MISSOURI. — THE WAR IN THE WEST. — THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE COAST. — BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION AGAINST ROANOKE ISLAND — THE WAR IN THE EAST. — THE SIOUX WAR. — THE WAR IN THE WEST. — THE WAR IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA. — BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA — THE WAR IN EAST TENNESSEE. — THE WAR IN THE EAST. — THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE COAST. — THE WAR IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA. — THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. — RED RIVER EXPEDITION. — THE WAR ON THE SEA AND ON THE COAST. — GENERAL REVIEW OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR.— — REFERENCES FOR READING. — EPOCH VI. — RECONSTRUCTION AND PASSING EVENTS. — JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION. — (SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1865-1869.) — GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION. — (EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1869-1877.) — HAYES'S ADMINISTRATION. — QUESTIONS FOR CLASS USE. — INTRODUCTION. — FIRST EPOCH. — SECOND EPOCH. — THIRD EPOCH. — FOURTH EPOCH. — FIFTH EPOCH. — SIXTH EPOCH. — HISTORICAL RECREATIONS. — DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. — A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED. — CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES — SECTION III. — SECTION IV. — ARTICLE III.—JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. — SECTION III. — PENNSYLVANIA. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THOMAS MIFFLIN, ROBERT MORRIS, GEORGE CLYMER, THOMAS FITZSIMONS, JARED INGERSOLL, JAMES WILSON. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. — AMENDMENTS

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