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THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME XIV
The National Alumni
CONTENTS
VOLUME XIV
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XIV
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
THE GREAT EVENTS
(THE EPOCH OF REVOLUTION)
CHARLES F. HORNE
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
FORMATION OF THE UNITED STATES
OVERTHROW OF DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE
[FOR THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS GENERAL SURVEY SEE VOLUME XV]
FOOTNOTES:
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON
a.d. 1775
RICHARD FROTHINGHAM
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
a.d. 1775
JOHN BURGOYNE JOHN H. JESSE JAMES GRAHAME
JOHN BURGOYNE
JOHN HENEAGE JESSE
JAMES GRAHAME
FOOTNOTES:
CANADA REMAINS LOYAL TO ENGLAND
MONTGOMERY'S INVASION
a.d. 1775
JOHN McMULLEN
SIGNING OF AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
a.d. 1776
THOMAS JEFFERSON JOHN A. DOYLE
THOMAS JEFFERSON
JOHN ANDREW DOYLE
DEFEAT OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA
a.d. 1777
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY
FIRST VICTORY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY
a.d. 1779
ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE
FOOTNOTES:
JOSEPH II ATTEMPTS REFORM IN HUNGARY[28]
a.d. 1780
ARMINIUS VAMBERY
FOOTNOTES:
SIEGE AND SURRENDER OF YORKTOWN
a.d. 1781
HENRY B. DAWSON LORD CORNWALLIS
HENRY B. DAWSON
LORD CORNWALLIS
FOOTNOTES:
BRITISH DEFENCE OF GIBRALTAR
a.d. 1782
FREDERICK SAYER
END OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
a.d. 1782
JOHN ADAMS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JOHN JAY HENRY LAURENS JOHN M. LUDLOW
THE AMERICAN PEACE COMMISSIONERS
Remarks on Article 2d, relative to Boundaries
Remarks on Article 4th, respecting Creditors
Remarks on Articles 5th and 6th, respecting Refugees
JOHN M. LUDLOW
SETTLEMENT OF AMERICAN LOYALISTS IN CANADA[30]
a.d. 1783
SIR JOHN G. BOURINOT
FOOTNOTES:
FIRST BALLOON ASCENSION
a.d. 1783
HATTON TURNOR
"INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE ASCENT OF BALLOONS, OR GLOBES, IN THE AIR
FOOTNOTES:
FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
a.d. 1787
ANDREW W. YOUNG JOSEPH STORY
ANDREW W. YOUNG
JOSEPH STORY
FOOTNOTES:
INAUGURATION OF WASHINGTON
HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS
a.d. 1789-1797
JAMES K. PAULDING and GEORGE WASHINGTON
FRENCH REVOLUTION: STORMING OF THE BASTILLE
a.d. 1789
WILLIAM HAZLITT
FOOTNOTES:
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES BANK
a.d. 1791
ALEXANDER HAMILTON and LAWRENCE LEWIS, Jr.
NEGRO REVOLUTION IN HAITI
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE ESTABLISHES THE DOMINION OF HIS RACE
a.d. 1791
CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT
FOOTNOTES:
REPUBLICAN FRANCE DEFIES EUROPE
BATTLE OF VALMY
a.d. 1792
ALPHONSE M. L. LAMARTINE
FOOTNOTES:
INVENTION OF THE COTTON-GIN
GROWTH OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN AMERICA
a.d. 1793
CHARLES W. DABNEY R. B. HANDY DENISON OLMSTED
CHARLES W. DABNEY
ROBERT B. HANDY
DENISON OLMSTED
EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI
MURDER OF MARAT: CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE
a.d. 1793
THOMAS CARLYLE
FOOTNOTES:
THE REIGN OF TERROR
a.d. 1794
FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT
FOOTNOTES:
THE DOWNFALL OF POLAND
a.d. 1794
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON
FOOTNOTES:
THE RISE OF NAPOLEON
THE FRENCH CONQUEST OF ITALY
a.d. 1796
SIR WALTER SCOTT
OVERTHROW OF THE MAMELUKES
THE BATTLE OF THE NILE
a.d. 1798
CHARLES KNIGHT
FOOTNOTES:
JENNER INTRODUCES VACCINATION
a.d. 1798
SIR THOMAS J. PETTIGREW
FOOTNOTES:
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME
a.d. 1775-1799
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
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