A Short History of the United States [Illustrated]

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CONTENTS
I DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION, 1000-1600.
1. The European Discovery of America. 2. Spanish and French Pioneers in the United States. 3. Pioneers of England.
II COLONIZATION, 1600-1660.
4. French Colonists, Missionaries, and Explorers. 5. Virginia and Maryland. 6. New England. 7. New Netherland and New Sweden.
III A CENTURY OF COLONIAL HISTORY, 1660-1760.
8. The Colonies under Charles II. 9. Colonial Development, 1688-1760. 10. Expulsion of the French.
IV COLONIAL UNION, 1760-1774.
11. Britain's Colonial System. 12. Taxation without Representation. 13. Revolution impending.
V THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-1783.
14. Bunker Hill to Trenton. 15. The Great Declaration and the French Alliance. 16. Independence.
VI THE CRITICAL PERIOD, 1783-1789.
17. The Confederation, 1783-1787. 18. Making of the Constitution, 1787-1789.
VII THE FEDERALIST SUPREMACY, 1789-1801.
19. Organization of the Government. 20. Rise of Political Parties. 21. The Last Federalist Administration.
VIII THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS, 1801-1812.
22. The United States in 1800. 23. Jefferson's Administrations. 24. Causes of the War of 1812.
IX WAR AND PEACE, 1812-1829.
25. The Second War of Independence, 1812-1815. 26. The Era of Good Feeling, 1815-1824. 27. New Parties and New Policies, 1824-1829.
X THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY, 1829-1844.
28. The American People in 1830. 29. The Reign of Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837. 30. Democrats and Whigs, 1837-1844.
XI SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES, 1844-1859.
31. Beginning of the Antislavery Agitation. 32. The Mexican War. 33. The Compromise of 1850. 34. The Struggle for Kansas.
XII SECESSION, 1860-1861.
35. The United States in 1860. 36. Secession, 1860-1861.
XIII THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-1865.
37. The Rising of the Peoples, 1861. 38. Bull Run to Murfreesboro', 1861-1862. 39. The Emancipation Proclamation. 40. The Year 1863. 41. The End of the War, 1864-1865.
XIV RECONSTRUCTION AND REUNION, 1865-1869.
42. President Johnson and Reconstruction, 1865-1869. 43. From Grant to Cleveland, 1869-1889.
XV NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1889-1900.
44. Confusion in Politics. 45. The Spanish War.

MAPS.
UNITED STATES, SHOWING FORMS OF LAND.
BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA.
UNITED STATES IN 1783.
CLAIMS AND CESSIONS.
TERRITORIAL ACQUISITIONS.
UNITED STATES IN 1800.
UNITED STATES IN 1803.
UNITED STATES IN 1819.
UNITED STATES IN 1830.
UNITED STATES IN 1850.
UNITED STATES IN 1860.
SLAVERY AND SECESSION.
UNITED STATES IN 1900.
DEPENDENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES.