{"product_id":"2940013835788","title":"A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION\u003cbr\u003e     I. THE NEW WORLD FOUND\u003cbr\u003e    II. THE ATLANTIC COAST AND THE PACIFIC DISCOVERED\u003cbr\u003e   III. FRANCE AND ENGLAND ATTEMPT TO SETTLE AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ENGLISH IN AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e    IV. THE ENGLISH ON THE CHESAPEAKE\u003cbr\u003e     V. THE ENGLISH IN NEW ENGLAND\u003cbr\u003e    VI. THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES\u003cbr\u003e   VII. HOW THE COLONIES WERE GOVERNED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRIVALS OF THE ENGLISH\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. THE INDIANS\u003cbr\u003e    IX. THE FRENCH IN AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e     X. WARS WITH THE FRENCH\u003cbr\u003e    XI. THE FRENCH DRIVEN FROM AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION\u003cbr\u003e   XII. THE QUARREL WITH THE MOTHER COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE BEGUN\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE STATES AND ON THE SEA\u003cbr\u003e    XV. THE WAR IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEVELOPMENT OF THE UNION\u003cbr\u003e   XVI. AFTER THE WAR\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. OUR COUNTRY IN 1789\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. THE NEW GOVERNMENT\u003cbr\u003e   XIX. GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY, 1789-1805\u003cbr\u003e    XX. THE STRUGGLE FOR COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003e   XXI. RISE OF THE WEST\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING\u003cbr\u003e XXIII. POLITICS FROM 1829 TO 1841\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV. GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1820 TO 1840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LONG STRUGGLE AGAINST SLAVERY\u003cbr\u003e   XXV. MORE TERRITORY ACQUIRED\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI. THE STRUGGLE FOR FREE SOIL\u003cbr\u003e XXVII. STATE OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1840 TO 1860\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1863\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX. THE CIVIL WAR, 1863-1865\u003cbr\u003e   XXX. THE NAVY IN THE WAR; LIFE IN WAR TIMES\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI. RECONSTRUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT\u003cbr\u003e XXXII. GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1860 TO 1880\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII. A QUARTER CENTURY OF STRUGGLE OVER INDUSTRIAL QUESTIONS, 1872\u003cbr\u003e        TO 1897\u003cbr\u003e XXXIV. THE WAR WITH SPAIN, AND LATER EVENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX\u003cbr\u003e  THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003e  CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES\u003cbr\u003e  TABLE OF STATES\u003cbr\u003e  TABLE OF PRESIDENTS\u003cbr\u003e  INDEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF COLORED MAPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRENCH CLAIMS, ETC., IN 1700\u003cbr\u003eEASTERN NORTH AMERICA, 1754\u003cbr\u003eBRITISH TERRITORY, 1764\u003cbr\u003eNORTHERN COLONIES DURING THE REVOLUTION--SOUTHERN COLONIES DURING THE\u003cbr\u003eREVOLUTION\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, ABOUT 1783, SHOWING STATE CLAIMS\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1805\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1824\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1850\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1861\u003cbr\u003eTHE WEST IN 1870 (ALSO 1860 AND 1907)\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES AND ITS OUTLYING POSSESSIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: \"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for\u003cbr\u003ewhich it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for\u003cbr\u003eall.\"]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOLUMBUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Behind him lay the gray Azores,\u003cbr\u003e    Behind the Gates of Hercules;\u003cbr\u003e  Before him not the ghost of shores,\u003cbr\u003e    Before him only shoreless seas.\u003cbr\u003e  The good mate said: \"Now we must pray,\u003cbr\u003e    For, lo! the very stars are gone.\u003cbr\u003e  Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?\"\u003cbr\u003e    \"Why say, 'Sail on! sail on! and on!'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"My men grow mutinous day by day;\u003cbr\u003e    My men grow ghastly wan and weak.\"\u003cbr\u003e  The stout mate thought of home; a spray\u003cbr\u003e    Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.\u003cbr\u003e  \"What shall I say, brave Admiral, say,\u003cbr\u003e    If we sight naught but seas at dawn?\"\u003cbr\u003e  \"Why you shall say at break of day,\u003cbr\u003e    'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  They sailed and sailed, as winds might blow,\u003cbr\u003e    Until at last the blanched mate said:\u003cbr\u003e  \"Why, now not even God would know\u003cbr\u003e    Should I and all my men fall dead.\u003cbr\u003e  These very winds forget their way,\u003cbr\u003e    For God from these dread seas is gone,\u003cbr\u003e  Now speak, brave Admiral; speak and say\"--\u003cbr\u003e    He said, \"Sail on! sail on! and on!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate:\u003cbr\u003e    \"This mad sea shows its teeth to-night.\u003cbr\u003e  He curls his lips, he lies in wait\u003cbr\u003e    With lifted teeth, as if to bite!\u003cbr\u003e  Brave Admiral, say but one good word;\u003cbr\u003e    What shall we do when hope is gone?\"\u003cbr\u003e  The words leapt like a leaping sword:\u003cbr\u003e    \"Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck,\u003cbr\u003e    And peered through darkness. Ah, that night\u003cbr\u003e  Of all dark nights! And then a speck--\u003cbr\u003e    A light! A light! A light! A light!\u003cbr\u003e  It grew, a starlit flag unfurled!\u003cbr\u003e    It grew to be Time's burst of dawn.\u003cbr\u003e  He gained a world; he gave that world\u003cbr\u003e    Its grandest lesson: \"On! sail on!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Joaquin Miller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyrighted and published by The Whitaker \u0026amp; Ray Wiggin Co. San Francisco,\u003cbr\u003eCalifornia. Used by permission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW WORLD FOUND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe New World, of which our country is the most important part, was\u003cbr\u003ediscovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. When that great man set sail\u003cbr\u003efrom Spain on his voyage of discovery, he was seeking not only unknown\u003cbr\u003elands, but a new way to eastern Asia. 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