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The Gate of the Giant

The Gate of the Giant

by Edward Channing

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Author
Channing, Edward, 1856-1931
Title
A Short History of the United States for School Use
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Keren Vergon, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Language
English
LoC Class
E151: History: America: United States
Subject
United States -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
12423
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12423
Release Date
May 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.A SHORT HISTORY — OF — THE UNITED STATES — FOR SCHOOL USE — BY — EDWARD CHANNING — PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY AUTHOR OF "A STUDENTS' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES," ETC. — WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS — I — DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION, 1000-1600. — II — COLONIZATION, 1600-1660. — III — A CENTURY OF COLONIAL HISTORY, 1660-1760. — IV — COLONIAL UNION, 1760-1774. — V — THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-1783. — VI — THE CRITICAL PERIOD, 1783-1789. — VII — THE FEDERALIST SUPREMACY, 1789-1801. — VIII — THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS, 1801-1812. — IX — WAR AND PEACE, 1812-1829. — X — THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY, 1829-1844. — XI — SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES, 1844-1859. — XII — SECESSION, 1860-1861. — XIII — THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-1865. — XIV — RECONSTRUCTION AND REUNION, 1865-1869. — XV — NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1889-1900.
  5. 5.MAPS.
  6. 6.TO THE TEACHER — THE UNITED STATES
  7. 7.I — DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION, 1000-1600 — Books for Study and Reading
  8. 8.CHAPTER I — THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
  9. 9.CHAPTER 2 — SPANISH AND FRENCH PIONEERS IN THE UNITED STATES
  10. 10.CHAPTER 3 — PIONEERS OF ENGLAND
  11. 11.II — COLONIZATION, 1600-1660 — Books for Study and Reading
  12. 12.CHAPTER 4 — FRENCH COLONISTS, MISSIONARIES, AND EXPLORERS
  13. 13.CHAPTER 5 — VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND
  14. 14.CHAPTER 6 — NEW ENGLAND
  15. 15.CHAPTER 7 — NEW NETHERLAND AND NEW SWEDEN
  16. 16.QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
  17. 17.III — A CENTURY OF COLONIAL HISTORY, 1660-1760 — Books for Study and Reading
  18. 18.CHAPTER 8 — THE COLONIES UNDER CHARLES II
  19. 19.CHAPTER 9 — COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1688-1760
  20. 20.CHAPTER 10 — EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH
  21. 21.QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
  22. 22.IV — COLONIAL UNION, 1760-1774 — Books for Study and Reading
  23. 23.CHAPTER 11 — BRITAIN'S COLONIAL SYSTEM
  24. 24.CHAPTER 12 — TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
  25. 25.CHAPTER 13 — REVOLUTION IMPENDING
  26. 26.V — THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-1783 — Books for Study and Reading
  27. 27.CHAPTER 14 — BUNKER HILL TO TRENTON
  28. 28.CHAPTER 15 — THE GREAT DECLARATION AND THE FRENCH ALLIANCE
  29. 29.CHAPTER 16 — INDEPENDENCE
  30. 30.CHAPTER 15
  31. 31.VI — The Critical Period, 1783-1789 — Books for Study and Reading
  32. 32.Chapter 17 — The Confederation, 1783-1787
  33. 33.Chapter 18 — Making Of The Constitution, 1787-1789
  34. 34.QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
  35. 35.VII — THE FEDERALIST SUPREMACY, 1789-1801 — Books for Study and Reading
  36. 36.CHAPTER 19 — ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  37. 37.CHAPTER 20 — RISE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
  38. 38.CHAPTER 21 — THE LAST FEDERALIST ADMINISTRATION
  39. 39.VIII — THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS, 1801-1812 — Books for Study and Reading
  40. 40.CHAPTER 22 — THE UNITED STATES IN 1800
  41. 41.CHAPTER 23 — JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATIONS
  42. 42.CHAPTER 24 — CAUSES OF THE WAR OF 1812
  43. 43.QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
  44. 44.IX — WAR AND PEACE, 1812-1829 — Books for Study and Reading
  45. 45.CHAPTER 25 — THE SECOND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1812 1815
  46. 46.CHAPTER 26 — THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING, 1815-1824
  47. 47.CHAPTER 27 — NEW PARTIES AND NEW POLICIES, 1824-1829
  48. 48.X — THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY, 1829-1844 — Books for Study and Reading
  49. 49.CHAPTER 28 — THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN 1830
  50. 50.CHAPTER 29 — THE REIGN OF ANDREW JACKSON, 1829-1837
  51. 51.CHAPTER 30 — DEMOCRATS AND WHIGS, 1837-1844
  52. 52.XI — SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES, 1844-1859 — Books for Study and Reading
  53. 53.CHAPTER 31 — BEGINNING OF THE ANTISLAVERY AGITATION
  54. 54.CHAPTER 32 — THE MEXICAN WAR
  55. 55.CHAPTER 33 — THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
  56. 56.CHAPTER 34 — THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS
  57. 57.QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
  58. 58.XII — SECESSION, 1860-1861 — Books for Study and Reading
  59. 59.CHAPTER 35 — THE UNITED STATES IN 1860
  60. 60.CHAPTER 36 — SECESSION, 1860-1861
  61. 61.XIII — THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-1865 — Books for Study and Reading
  62. 62.CHAPTER 37 — THE RISING OF THE PEOPLES, 1861
  63. 63.CHAPTER 38 — BULL RUN TO MURFREESBORO', 1861-1862
  64. 64.CHAPTER 39 — THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
  65. 65.CHAPTER 40 — THE YEAR 1863
  66. 66.CHAPTER 41 — THE END OF THE WAR, 1864-1865
  67. 67.QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
  68. 68.XIV — RECONSTRUCTION AND REUNION, 1865-1888 — Books for Study and Reading
  69. 69.CHAPTER 42 — PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1861-1869
  70. 70.CHAPTER 43 — FROM GRANT TO CLEVELAND, 1869-1889
  71. 71.XV — NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1889-1900 — Books for Study and Reading
  72. 72.CHAPTER 44 — CONFUSION IN POLITICS
  73. 73.CHAPTER 45 — THE SPANISH WAR, 1898
  74. 74.GENERAL QUESTIONS
  75. 75.TOPICS FOR SPECIAL WORK
  76. 76.SUGGESTIONS TO THE TEACHER
  77. 77.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [1]
  78. 78.INDEX
  79. 79.DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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