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A SHORT HISTORY
OF
THE UNITED STATES
FOR SCHOOL USE
BY
EDWARD CHANNING
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY AUTHOR OF "A STUDENTS' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES," ETC.
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I
DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION, 1000-1600.
II
COLONIZATION, 1600-1660.
III
A CENTURY OF COLONIAL HISTORY, 1660-1760.
IV
COLONIAL UNION, 1760-1774.
V
THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-1783.
VI
THE CRITICAL PERIOD, 1783-1789.
VII
THE FEDERALIST SUPREMACY, 1789-1801.
VIII
THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS, 1801-1812.
IX
WAR AND PEACE, 1812-1829.
X
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY, 1829-1844.
XI
SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES, 1844-1859.
XII
SECESSION, 1860-1861.
XIII
THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-1865.
XIV
RECONSTRUCTION AND REUNION, 1865-1869.
XV
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1889-1900.
MAPS.
TO THE TEACHER
THE UNITED STATES
I
DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION, 1000-1600
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER I
THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
CHAPTER 2
SPANISH AND FRENCH PIONEERS IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER 3
PIONEERS OF ENGLAND
II
COLONIZATION, 1600-1660
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 4
FRENCH COLONISTS, MISSIONARIES, AND EXPLORERS
CHAPTER 5
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND
CHAPTER 6
NEW ENGLAND
CHAPTER 7
NEW NETHERLAND AND NEW SWEDEN
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
III
A CENTURY OF COLONIAL HISTORY, 1660-1760
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 8
THE COLONIES UNDER CHARLES II
CHAPTER 9
COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1688-1760
CHAPTER 10
EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
IV
COLONIAL UNION, 1760-1774
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 11
BRITAIN'S COLONIAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER 12
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
CHAPTER 13
REVOLUTION IMPENDING
V
THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-1783
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 14
BUNKER HILL TO TRENTON
CHAPTER 15
THE GREAT DECLARATION AND THE FRENCH ALLIANCE
CHAPTER 16
INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER 15
VI
The Critical Period, 1783-1789
Books for Study and Reading
Chapter 17
The Confederation, 1783-1787
Chapter 18
Making Of The Constitution, 1787-1789
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
VII
THE FEDERALIST SUPREMACY, 1789-1801
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 19
ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 20
RISE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
CHAPTER 21
THE LAST FEDERALIST ADMINISTRATION
VIII
THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS, 1801-1812
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 22
THE UNITED STATES IN 1800
CHAPTER 23
JEFFERSON'S ADMINISTRATIONS
CHAPTER 24
CAUSES OF THE WAR OF 1812
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
IX
WAR AND PEACE, 1812-1829
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 25
THE SECOND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1812 1815
CHAPTER 26
THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING, 1815-1824
CHAPTER 27
NEW PARTIES AND NEW POLICIES, 1824-1829
X
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY, 1829-1844
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 28
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN 1830
CHAPTER 29
THE REIGN OF ANDREW JACKSON, 1829-1837
CHAPTER 30
DEMOCRATS AND WHIGS, 1837-1844
XI
SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES, 1844-1859
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 31
BEGINNING OF THE ANTISLAVERY AGITATION
CHAPTER 32
THE MEXICAN WAR
CHAPTER 33
THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
CHAPTER 34
THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
XII
SECESSION, 1860-1861
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 35
THE UNITED STATES IN 1860
CHAPTER 36
SECESSION, 1860-1861
XIII
THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-1865
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 37
THE RISING OF THE PEOPLES, 1861
CHAPTER 38
BULL RUN TO MURFREESBORO', 1861-1862
CHAPTER 39
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
CHAPTER 40
THE YEAR 1863
CHAPTER 41
THE END OF THE WAR, 1864-1865
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
XIV
RECONSTRUCTION AND REUNION, 1865-1888
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 42
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1861-1869
CHAPTER 43
FROM GRANT TO CLEVELAND, 1869-1889
XV
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1889-1900
Books for Study and Reading
CHAPTER 44
CONFUSION IN POLITICS
CHAPTER 45
THE SPANISH WAR, 1898
GENERAL QUESTIONS
TOPICS FOR SPECIAL WORK
SUGGESTIONS TO THE TEACHER
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA[1]
INDEX
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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