America: A History (Large Print)

ISBN-13: 9781539721024 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 724 str.

Robert MacKenzie

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Originally published in 1882.

CONTENTS OF AMERICA: A HISTORY
THE UNITED STATES.
BOOK FIRST.
I. DISCOVERY,
II. COLONIZATION,
III. VIRGINIA,
IV. NEW ENGLAND,
V. THE NEW ENGLAND PERSECUTIONS,
VI. WITCHCRAFT IN NEW ENGLAND,
VII. THE INDIANS,
VIII. NEW YORK,
IX. PENNSYLVANIA,
X. GEORGIA,
XI. SLAVERY,
XII. EARLY GOVERNMENT,
BOOK SECOND.
I. GEORGE WASHINGTON,
II. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
III. THE VALLEY OF THE OHIO,
IV. AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION,
V. BUNKER HILL,
VI. INDEPENDENCE,
VII. AT WAR,
VIII. SYMPATHY BEYOND THE SEA,
IX. THE WAR CONTINUES,
X. THE SURRENDER AT SARATOGA,
XI. HELP FROM EUROPE,
XII. MAJOR ANDRE,
XIII. THE CLOSE OF THE WAR,
XIV. THE THIRTEEN STATES BECOME A NATION,
XV. THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN,
BOOK THIRD.
I. KING COTTON,
II. SLAVERY,
III. MISSOURI,
IV. HOPE FOR THE NEGRO,
V. TEXAS,
VI. THE WAR WITH MEXICO,
VII. CALIFORNIA,
VIII. KANSAS,
IX. THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY,
X. JOHN BROWN,
XI. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY,
XII. SECESSION,
XIII. THE TWO PRESIDENTS,
BOOK FOURTH.
I. THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK,
II. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN,
III. "ON TO RICHMOND,"
IV. LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVE,
V. CONFEDERATE SUCCESSES,
VI. THE WAR CONTINUES,
VII. GETTYSBURG,
VIII. THE LAST CAMPAIGN,
IX. THE MURDER OF THE PRESIDENT,
X. THE LOSSES AND THE GAINS OF THE WAR,
XI. AFTER THE WAR,
XII. HOW THE AMERICANS CARED FOR THEIR SOLDIERS,
BOOK FIFTH.
I. REUNITED AMERICA,
II. ENGLAND AND AMERICA,
III. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA,
IV. EDUCATION IN AMERICA,
V. EUROPE AND AMERICA,
POSTSCRIPT-PRESIDENT GARFIELD,
THE DOMINION OF CANADA.
I. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY,
II. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN,
III. THE JESUITS IN CANADA,
IV. THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
V. THE AMERICAN CONTINENT GAINED BY THE BRITISH,
VI. COLONIZATION BY FRANCE AND BY ENGLAND,
VII. AFTER THE CONQUEST,
VIII. CANADA DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE,
IX. CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT,
X. THE WAR OF 1812,
XI. DOMESTIC STRIFE,
XII. THE CANADIAN REVOLUTION,
XIII. CONFEDERATION,
XIV. THE MARITIME PROVINCES,
XV. THE PROVINCES OF THE NORTH-WEST,
XVI. THE PROGRESS OF THE CANADIAN NATION,
SOUTH AMERICA.
I. DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST,
II. THE INDIANS OF SPANISH AMERICA,
III. SPANISH GOVERNMENT OF THE NEW WORLD,
IV. REVOLUTION,
V. INDEPENDENCE,
VI. THE CHURCH OF ROME IN SPANISH AMERICA,
VII. BRAZIL,