Chapter 1 of 21
By George Makepeace Towle
By George Makepeace Towle
Author Of "Young People's History Of England," "Young People's History Of Ireland," "Heroes Of History," "Modern France," Etc.
1886
CONTENTS
I. AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES.
II. THE ERA OF DISCOVERY.
III. THE ERA OF COLONIZATION.
IV. THE COLONIAL ERA.
V. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
VI. SOCIETY IN 1776.
VII. THE REVOLUTION.
VIII. THE CONFEDERATION AND CONSTITUTION.
IX. WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENCY.
X. THE WAR OF 1812.
XI. THE MEXICAN WAR.
XII. THE SLAVERY AGITATION.
XIII. THE CIVIL WAR.
XIV. THE PRESIDENTS.
XV. MATERIAL PROGRESS.
XVI. PROGRESS IN LITERATURE.
XVII. PROGRESS IN THE ARTS.
XVIII. PROGRESS IN SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
XIX. POLITICAL CHANGES.
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