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Joel Dorman Steele. A Brief History of the United States
A Brief History of the United States
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION, FIRST EPOCH. EARLY DISCOVERIES AND SETTLEMENTS, SECOND EPOCH. DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIES, THIRD EPOCH. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FOURTH EPOCH. DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES, FIFTH EPOCH. THE CIVIL WAR, SIXTH EPOCH. RECONSTRUCTION AND PASSING EVENTS,
APPENDIX. QUESTIONS FOR CLASS USE, HISTORICAL RECREATIONS, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TABLES, INDEX, A SUGGESTION TO TEACHERS
INTRODUCTION
INDIAN CHARACTERISTICS
FIRST EPOCH
EARLY DISCOVERIES AND SETTLEMENTS
SECOND EPOCH
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIES
THIRD EPOCH
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
FOURTH EPOCH
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES
FIFTH EPOCH
THE CIVIL WAR
SIXTH EPOCH
RECONSTRUCTION, AND PASSING EVENTS
REFERENCES FOR READING
EPOCH 1
EARLY DISCOVERIES AND SETTLEMENTS
SPANISH EXPLORATIONS
EXPLORATIONS ON THE PACIFIC
EXTENT OF THE SPANISH POSSESSIONS
FRENCH EXPLORATIONS
ENGLISH EXPLORATIONS
DUTCH EXPLORATIONS
EXTENT OF THESE EXPLORATIONS
REFERENCES FOR READING
EPOCH II
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES
VIRGINIA
MASSACHUSETTS
PLYMOUTH COLONY
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
CONNECTICUT
RHODE ISLAND
NEW YORK
EPOCH II
THE FOUR DUTCH GOVERNORS
NEW JERSEY
PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE
MARYLAND
CIVIL WARS
THE CAROLINAS
GEORGIA
INTER-COLONIAL WARS
I. KING WILLIAM'S WAR. (1689–1697.)
II. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR. (1702–1713.)
ATTACKS BY THE COLONISTS
III. KING GEORGE'S WAR
IV. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. (1754–1763)
THE FIVE OBJECTIVE POINTS OF THE WAR
1. FORT DU QUESNE
2. ACADIA AND LOUISBURG
3. CROWN POINT AND TICONDEROGA
4. NIAGARA
CLOSE OF THE WAR
CONDITION OF THE COLONIES
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
EDUCATION
REFERENCES FOR READING
EPOCH III
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
REFERENCES FOR READING
EPOCH IV
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES
WASHINGTON'S ADMINISTRATION. (FIRST PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS 1789–1797)
ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION
(SECOND PRESIDENT: 1797–1801)
JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATION
(THIRD PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1801–1809.)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—
MADISON'S ADMINISTRATION
(FOURTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1809–1817.)
SECOND WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN, 1812–14
[ILLUSTRATION: BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.]
MONROE'S ADMINISTRATION
(FIFTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1817–1825.)
J. Q. ADAMS'S ADMINISTRATION
(SIXTH PRESIDENT: 1825–1829)
JACKSON'S ADMINISTRATION
(SEVENTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1829–1837.)
VAN BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION
(EIGHTH PRESIDENT: 1837–1841.)
HARRISON AND TYLER'S ADMINISTRATION
(NINTH AND TENTH PRESIDENTS: 1841–1845.)
JAMES K. POLK'S ADMINISTRATION
(ELEVENTH PRESIDENT: 1845–1849.)
WAR WITH MEXICO. 1846–7
I. GENERAL TAYLOR'S ARMY
INVASION OF MEXICO
II. GENERAL KEARNEY'S ARMY
III. GENERAL SCOTT'S ARMY
TAYLOR AND FILLMORE'S ADMINISTRATION
(TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH PRESIDENTS: 1849–1853)
PIERCE'S ADMINISTRATION
(FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1853–1857.)
BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION
(FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1857–1861.)
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
STATES ADMITTED DURING THE FOURTH EPOCH
REFERENCES FOR READING
EPOCH V
THE CIVIL WAR
LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION
(SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1861–1865)
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND ALEXANDRIA
THE WAR IN MISSOURI
THE WAR IN THE WEST
THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE COAST
BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION AGAINST ROANOKE ISLAND
THE WAR IN THE EAST
THE SIOUX WAR
THE WAR IN THE WEST
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA
BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA
THE WAR IN EAST TENNESSEE
THE WAR IN THE EAST
THE WAR ON THE SEA AND THE COAST
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA
RED RIVER EXPEDITION
THE WAR ON THE SEA AND ON THE COAST
GENERAL REVIEW OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR.—
REFERENCES FOR READING
EPOCH VI
RECONSTRUCTION AND PASSING EVENTS
JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION
(SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1865–1869.)
GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION
(EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT—TWO TERMS: 1869–1877.)
HAYES'S ADMINISTRATION
(NINETEENTH PRESIDENT: 1877–1881.)
QUESTIONS FOR CLASS USE
INTRODUCTION
FIRST EPOCH
SECOND EPOCH
THIRD EPOCH
FOURTH EPOCH
FIFTH EPOCH
SIXTH EPOCH
HISTORICAL RECREATIONS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
JOHN HANCOCK. NEW HAMPSHIRE. JOSIAH BARTLETT, WILLIAM WHIPPLE, MATTHEW THORNTON. MASSACHUSETTS BAY. SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, ROBERT TREAT PAINE, ELBRIDGE GERRY. RHODE ISLAND. STEPHEN HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. CONNECTICUT. ROGER SHERMAN, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. NEW YORK. WILLIAM FLOYD, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. NEW JERSEY. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. PENNSYLVANIA. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE ROSS. DELAWARE. CAESAR RODNEY, GEORGE READ, THOMAS M'KEAN
VIRGINIA. GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, THOMAS JEFFERSON, BENJAMIN HARRISON, THOMAS NELSON, JUN., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON. NORTH CAROLINA. WILLIAM HOOPER, JOSEPH HEWES, JOHN PENN. SOUTH CAROLINA. EDWARD RUTLEDGE, THOMAS HEYWARD, JUN., THOMAS LYNCH, JUN., ARTHUR MIDDLETON. GEORGIA. BUTTON GWINNETT, LYMAN HALL, GEORGE WALTON. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
SECTION I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION II
SECTION III
SECTION IV
SECTION V
SECTION VI
SECTION VII
SECTION VIII
SECTION IX
SECTION X.—CLAUSE 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex-post-facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility
SECTION I
SECTION II
SECTION III.—He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States
SECTION IV.—The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors
ARTICLE III.—JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
SECTION I.—The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office
SECTION II
SECTION III
SECTION I.—Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof
SECTION II
SECTION III
SECTION IV.-The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence
NEW HAMPSHIRE. JOHN LANGDON, NICHOLAS GILMAN. MASSACHUSETTS. NATHANIEL GORHAM, RUFUS KING. CONNECTICUT. WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON, ROGER SHERMAN. NEW YORK. ALEXANDER HAMILTON. NEW JERSEY. WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, DAVID BREARLEY, WILLIAM PATERSON, JONATHAN DAYTON
NORTH CAROLINA. WILLIAM BLOUNT, RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT, HUGH WILLIAMSON
PENNSYLVANIA. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THOMAS MIFFLIN, ROBERT MORRIS, GEORGE CLYMER, THOMAS FITZSIMONS, JARED INGERSOLL, JAMES WILSON. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. SOUTH CAROLINA. JOHN RUTLEDGE, CHARLES C. PINCKNEY, CHARLES PINCKNEY, PIERCE BUTLER. GEORGIA. WILLIAM FEW, ABRAHAM BALDWIN
AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE XIII
SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the person shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ARTICLE XIV. SECTION 1
SECTION 2
SECTION 3
SECTION 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pension and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave, but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void
SECTION 5. Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. ARTICLE XV. SECTION 1. The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation
