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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 14

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 14

by Rossiter Johnson

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Editor
Rudd, John, LL. D.
Title
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14
Credits
Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.
Language
English
LoC Class
D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
Subject
World history
Category
Text
eBook-No.
32690
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32690
Release Date
June 4, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE GREAT EVENTS — BY
  2. 2.FAMOUS HISTORIANS — NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
  3. 3.ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D. — ASSOCIATE EDITORS — CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. — JOHN RUDD, LL.D. — With a staff of specialists — VOLUME XIV — The National Alumni
  4. 4.CONTENTS — VOLUME XIV
  5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — VOLUME XIV — AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE — TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
  6. 6.THE GREAT EVENTS — (THE EPOCH OF REVOLUTION) — CHARLES F. HORNE — THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — THE FRENCH REVOLUTION — FORMATION OF THE UNITED STATES — OVERTHROW OF DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE — [FOR THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS GENERAL SURVEY SEE VOLUME XV] — FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7.BATTLE OF LEXINGTON — a.d. 1775 — RICHARD FROTHINGHAM
  8. 8.BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL — a.d. 1775 — JOHN BURGOYNE JOHN H. JESSE JAMES GRAHAME — JOHN BURGOYNE — JOHN HENEAGE JESSE — JAMES GRAHAME — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.CANADA REMAINS LOYAL TO ENGLAND — MONTGOMERY'S INVASION — a.d. 1775 — JOHN McMULLEN
  10. 10.SIGNING OF AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE — a.d. 1776 — THOMAS JEFFERSON JOHN A. DOYLE — THOMAS JEFFERSON — JOHN ANDREW DOYLE
  11. 11.DEFEAT OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA — a.d. 1777 — SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY
  12. 12.FIRST VICTORY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY — a.d. 1779 — ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.JOSEPH II ATTEMPTS REFORM IN HUNGARY [28] — a.d. 1780 — ARMINIUS VAMBERY — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.SIEGE AND SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN — a.d. 1781 — HENRY B. DAWSON LORD CORNWALLIS — HENRY B. DAWSON — LORD CORNWALLIS — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.BRITISH DEFENCE OF GIBRALTAR — a.d. 1782 — FREDERICK SAYER
  16. 16.END OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — a.d. 1782 — JOHN ADAMS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JOHN JAY HENRY LAURENS JOHN M. LUDLOW — THE AMERICAN PEACE COMMISSIONERS — Remarks on Article 2d, relative to Boundaries — Remarks on Article 4th, respecting Creditors — Remarks on Articles 5th and 6th, respecting Refugees — JOHN M. LUDLOW
  17. 17.SETTLEMENT OF AMERICAN LOYALISTS IN CANADA [30] — a.d. 1783 — SIR JOHN G. BOURINOT — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.FIRST BALLOON ASCENSION — a.d. 1783 — HATTON TURNOR — "INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE ASCENT OF BALLOONS, OR GLOBES, IN THE AIR — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES — a.d. 1787 — ANDREW W. YOUNG JOSEPH STORY — ANDREW W. YOUNG — JOSEPH STORY — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.INAUGURATION OF WASHINGTON — HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS — a.d. 1789-1797 — JAMES K. PAULDING and GEORGE WASHINGTON
  21. 21.FRENCH REVOLUTION: STORMING OF THE BASTILLE — a.d. 1789 — WILLIAM HAZLITT — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES BANK — a.d. 1791 — ALEXANDER HAMILTON and LAWRENCE LEWIS, Jr.
  23. 23.NEGRO REVOLUTION IN HAITI — TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE ESTABLISHES THE DOMINION OF HIS RACE — a.d. 1791 — CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.REPUBLICAN FRANCE DEFIES EUROPE — BATTLE OF VALMY — a.d. 1792 — ALPHONSE M. L. LAMARTINE — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.INVENTION OF THE COTTON-GIN — GROWTH OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN AMERICA — a.d. 1793 — CHARLES W. DABNEY R. B. HANDY DENISON OLMSTED — CHARLES W. DABNEY — ROBERT B. HANDY — DENISON OLMSTED
  26. 26.EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI — MURDER OF MARAT: CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE — a.d. 1793 — THOMAS CARLYLE — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.THE REIGN OF TERROR — a.d. 1794 — FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.THE DOWNFALL OF POLAND — a.d. 1794 — SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.THE RISE OF NAPOLEON — THE FRENCH CONQUEST OF ITALY — a.d. 1796 — SIR WALTER SCOTT
  30. 30.OVERTHROW OF THE MAMELUKES — THE BATTLE OF THE NILE — a.d. 1798 — CHARLES KNIGHT — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.JENNER INTRODUCES VACCINATION — a.d. 1798 — SIR THOMAS J. PETTIGREW — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY — EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME — a.d. 1775-1799 — JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

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