{"product_id":"2940013835900","title":"A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.      EUROPE FINDS AMERICA\u003cbr\u003eII.     THE SPANIARDS IN THE UNITED STATES\u003cbr\u003eIII.    ENGLISH, DUTCH, AND SWEDES ON THE SEABOARD\u003cbr\u003eIV.     THE PLANTING OF NEW ENGLAND\u003cbr\u003eV.      THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES\u003cbr\u003eVI.     THE FRENCH IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY\u003cbr\u003eVII.    THE INDIANS\u003cbr\u003eVIII.   THE STRUGGLE FOR NEW FRANCE AND LOUISIANA\u003cbr\u003eIX.     LIFE IN THE COLONIES IN 1763\u003cbr\u003eX.      \"LIBERTY, PROPERTY, AND NO STAMPS\"\u003cbr\u003eXI.     THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003eXII.    UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION\u003cbr\u003eXIII.   MAKING THE CONSTITUTION\u003cbr\u003eXIV.    OUR COUNTRY IN 1790\u003cbr\u003eXV.     THE RISE OF PARTIES\u003cbr\u003eXVI.    THE STRUGGLE FOR NEUTRALITY\u003cbr\u003eXVII.   STRUGGLE FOR \"FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS\"\u003cbr\u003eXVIII.  THE WAR FOR COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003eXIX.    PROGRESS OF OUR COUNTRY BETWEEN 1790 AND 1815\u003cbr\u003eXX.     SETTLEMENT OF OUR BOUNDARIES\u003cbr\u003eXXI.    THE RISING WEST\u003cbr\u003eXXII.   THE HIGHWAYS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE\u003cbr\u003eXXIII.  POLITICS FROM 1824 TO 1845\u003cbr\u003eXXIV.   EXPANSION OF THE SLAVE AREA\u003cbr\u003eXXV.    THE TERRITORIES BECOME SLAVE SOIL\u003cbr\u003eXXVI.   PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1840 AND 1860\u003cbr\u003eXXVII.  WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-1865\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. WAR ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE SEA\u003cbr\u003eXXIX.   THE COST OF THE WAR\u003cbr\u003eXXX.    RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH\u003cbr\u003eXXXI.   THE NEW WEST (1860-1870)\u003cbr\u003eXXXII.  POLITICS FROM 1868 TO 1880\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII. GROWTH OF THE NORTHWEST\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV.  MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS\u003cbr\u003eXXXV.   POLITICS SINCE 1880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003eCONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES\u003cbr\u003eSTATE CONSTITUTIONS\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF IMPORTANT MAPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDISCOVERY ON THE EAST COAST OF AMERICA\u003cbr\u003eEUROPEAN CLAIMS AND EXPLORATIONS, 1650\u003cbr\u003eFRENCH CLAIMS, ETC., IN 1700\u003cbr\u003eBRITISH COLONIES, 1733\u003cbr\u003eEUROPEAN POSSESSIONS, 1763\u003cbr\u003eTHE BRITISH COLONIES IN 1764\u003cbr\u003eBRITISH COLONIES, 1776\u003cbr\u003eRESULTS OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1783\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1789\u003cbr\u003eDISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, 1790\u003cbr\u003eSLAVE AND FREE SOIL IN 1790\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1801\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1810\u003cbr\u003eNORTH AMERICA AFTER 1824\u003cbr\u003eDISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, 1820\u003cbr\u003eFREEDOM AND SLAVERY IN 1820\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1826\u003cbr\u003eTERRITORY CLAIMED BY TEXAS IN 1845\u003cbr\u003eTHE OREGON COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003eROUTES OF THE EARLY EXPLORERS\u003cbr\u003eTERRITORY CEDED BY MEXICO, 1848 AND 1853\u003cbr\u003eRESULTS OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES IN 1851\u003cbr\u003eEXPANSION OF SLAVE SOIL, 1790-1860\u003cbr\u003eDISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, 1850\u003cbr\u003eTHE UNITED STATES, 1861\u003cbr\u003eWAR FOR THE UNION\u003cbr\u003eINDUSTRIAL AND RAILROAD MAP OF THE UNITED STATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE\u003cbr\u003eUNITED STATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEUROPE FINDS AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e%1. Nations that have owned our Soil.%--Before the United States\u003cbr\u003ebecame a nation, six European powers owned, or claimed to own, various\u003cbr\u003eportions of the territory now contained within its boundary. England\u003cbr\u003eclaimed the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. Spain once held\u003cbr\u003eFlorida, Texas, California, and all the territory south and west of\u003cbr\u003eColorado. France in days gone by ruled the Mississippi valley. Holland\u003cbr\u003eonce owned New Jersey, Delaware, and the valley of the Hudson in New\u003cbr\u003eYork, and claimed as far eastward as the Connecticut river. The Swedes\u003cbr\u003ehad settlements on the Delaware. Alaska was a Russian possession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore attempting to narrate the history of our country, it is\u003cbr\u003enecessary, therefore, to tell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. How European nations came into possession of parts of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. How these parts passed from them to us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. What effect the ownership of parts of our country by Europeans had on\u003cbr\u003eour history and institutions before 1776.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e%2. European Trade with the East; the Old Routes.%--For two hundred\u003cbr\u003eyears before North and South America were known to exist, a splendid\u003cbr\u003etrade had been going on between Europe and the East Indies. Ships loaded\u003cbr\u003ewith metals, woods, and pitch went from European seaports to Alexandria\u003cbr\u003eand Constantinople, and brought back silks and cashmeres, muslins,\u003cbr\u003edyewoods, spices, perfumes, ivory, precious stones, and pearls. This\u003cbr\u003etrade in course of time had come to be controlled by the two Italian\u003cbr\u003ecities of Venice and Genoa. The merchants of Genoa sent their ships to\u003cbr\u003eConstantinople and the ports of the Black Sea, where they took on board\u003cbr\u003ethe rich fabrics and spices which by boats and by caravans had come up\u003cbr\u003ethe valley of the Euphrates and the Tigris from the Persian Gulf. The\u003cbr\u003emen of Venice, on the other hand, sent their vessels to Alexandria, and\u003cbr\u003ecarried on their trade with the East through the Red Sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: Routes to India]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e%3. New Routes wanted.%--Splendid as this trade was, however, it was\u003cbr\u003edoomed to destruction.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173912789232,"sku":"2940013835900","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013835900_p0.jpg?v=1763595351","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013835900","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}