America: A History

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Author

Mackenzie, Robert, 1823-1881

Title

America: A history

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

America -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53314

Release Date

October 18, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.America. A History.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.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
4. 4.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
5. 5.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
6. 6.INDEX.

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