Popular history of the United States, Vol 2

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Author

Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham), 1799-1888

Title

A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) : from the discovery of the American continent to the present time

Original Publication

United States: Harper & Bros., 1860.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70629

Release Date

April 23, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT TO THE PRESENT TIME.
2. 2.CONTENTS TO VOL. II.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II — CHAPTER I. COMMENCEMENT OF THE GREAT WARS.
4. 4.CHAPTER II. PROGRESS OF THE WAR—THE CONQUEST OF CANADA.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ( continued ).— EXPULSION OF THE BRITISH FROM BOSTON.—DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.—LOSS OF NEW YORK, ETC.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ( continued ), 1777.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. REVOLUTIONARY WAR ( continued ), 1778.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. REVOLUTIONARY WAR ( continued ), 1779.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. REVOLUTIONARY WAR ( continued ).
12. 12.CHAPTER X. REVOLUTIONARY WAR ( continued ), 1780.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ( continued ), 1781.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. STATE OF THE COUNTRY AFTER THE WAR.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. FIRST YEARS OF PEACE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. FORMATION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. — ARTICLE I. — SECTION I. — SECTION II. — SECTION III. — SECTION IV. — SECTION V. — SECTION VI. — SECTION VII. — SECTION VIII. — SECTION IX. — SECTION X. — ARTICLE II. — SECTION I. — SECTION II. — SECTION III. — SECTION IV. — ARTICLE III. — SECTION I. — SECTION II. — SECTION III. — ARTICLE IV. — SECTION I. — SECTION II. — SECTION III. — SECTION IV. — ARTICLE V. — ARTICLE VI. — ARTICLE VII. — AMENDMENTS. — ARTICLE I. — ARTICLE II. — ARTICLE III. — ARTICLE IV. — ARTICLE V. — ARTICLE VI. — ARTICLE VII. — ARTICLE VIII. — ARTICLE IX. — ARTICLE X. — ARTICLE XI. — ARTICLE XII.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. EMIGRATION TO THE WEST—WASHINGTON, THE FIRST PRESIDENT.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. WASHINGTON’S ADMINISTRATION ( continued ).
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. THE ADMINISTRATION OF ADAMS AND JEFFERSON.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES MADISON—WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
22. 22.CHAPTER XX. EVENTS OF 1814, AND CONCLUSION OF THE WAR.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. EVENTS OF TWENTY YEARS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. WAR WITH MEXICO.—ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.—VAST INCREASE OF TERRITORY.—THE MORMONS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. CALIFORNIA—STATISTICAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES.

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