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Sec. Wisconsin State Hist. Soc.
Vol. 8 Preliminaries of the Revolution, by George Elliott Howard, Ph.D., Prof. Hist. Univ. of Nebraska.
Vol. 9 The American Revolution, by Claude Halstead Van Tyne, Ph.D., Prof. Hist. Univ. of Michigan.
Vol. 10 The Confederation and the Constitution, by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, A.M., Head Prof. Hist. Univ. of Chicago.
GROUP III.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION
Vol. 11 The Federalist System, by John Spencer Bassett, Ph.D., Prof. Am. Hist. Smith College.
Vol. 12 The Jeffersonian System, by Edward Channing, Ph.D., Prof. Hist. Harvard Univ.
Vol. 13 Rise of American Nationality, by Kendric Charles Babcock, Ph.D., Pres. Univ. of Arizona.
Vol. 14 Rise of the New West, by Frederick Jackson Turner, Ph.D., Prof. Am. Hist. Univ. of Wisconsin.
Vol. 15 Jacksonian Democracy, by William MacDonald, LL.D., Prof. Hist. Brown Univ.
GROUP IV.
TRIAL OF NATIONALITY
Vol. 16 Slavery and Abolition, by Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., Prof. Hist. Harvard Univ.
Vol. 17 Westward Extension, by George Pierce Garrison, Ph.D., Prof. Hist. Univ. of Texas.
Vol. 18 Parties and Slavery, by Theodore Clarke Smith, Ph.D., Prof. Am. Hist Williams College.
Vol. 19 Causes of the Civil War, by Admiral French Ensor Chadwick, U.S.N., recent Pres. of Naval War Col.
Vol. 20 The Appeal to Arms, by James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D., recent Librarian Minneapolis Pub. Lib.
Vol. 21 Outcome of the Civil War, by James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D., recent Lib. Minneapolis Pub. Lib.
GROUP V.
NATIONAL EXPANSION
Vol. 22 Reconstruction, Political and Economic, by William Archibald Dunning, Ph.D., Prof. Hist, and Political Philosophy Columbia Univ.
Vol. 23 National Development, by Edwin Erle Sparks, Ph.D., Prof. American Hist. Univ. of Chicago.
Vol. 24 National Problems, by Davis R. Dewey, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Mass. Institute of Technology.
Vol. 25 America as a World Power, by John H. Latane, Ph.D., Prof. Hist. Washington and Lee Univ.
Vol. 26 National Ideals Historically Traced, by Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., Prof. Hist. Harvard Univ.
Vol. 27 Index to the Series, by David Maydole Matteson, A.M.

COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO ADVISE AND CONSULT WITH THE EDITOR
THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Charles Francis Adams, LL D, President Samuel A Green, M.D., Vice- President James Ford Rhodes, LL D, ad Vice President Edward Channing, Ph.D., Prof History, Harvard Univ Worthington C Ford, Chief of Division of MSS Library of Congress
THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Reuben G Thwaites, LLD, Secretary Frederick J Turner, Ph.D., Prof Hist Univ of Wisconsin James D Butler LLD William W Wright, LLD Hon Henry E Legler
THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Captain William Gordon McCabe, Litt D, President Lyon G Tyler, LL D, Pres William and Mary College Judge David C Richardson J A C Chandler, Professor Richmond College Edward Wilson James
THE TEXAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Judge John Henninger Reagan, President George P Garrison, Ph.D., Prof Hist Univ of Texas Judge C W Rames Judge Zachary T Fullmore

THE AMERICAN NATION: A HISTORY
VOLUME 1
EUROPEAN BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN HISTORY
1300-1600
BY EDWARD POTTS CHEYNEY, A M.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
WITH MAPS

TO MY FATHER

CONTENTS [Proofer's Note: Original page numbers included in CONTENTS for reference purposes.]
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES...XV
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION...XXVII
AUTHOR'S PREFACE...XXI
I. THE EAST AND THE WEST (1200-1500)...3
II. ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL TRADE-ROUTES (1200-1500)...22
III. ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS To EXPLORATION(1200-1500)...41
IV. PIONEER WORK OF PORTUGAL(1400-1527)...60
V. SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE AGE OF COLUMBUS (1474-1525)...79
VI. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL EUROPE (1400-1650)...104
VII. THE SYSTEM OF CHARTERED COMMERCIAL COMPANIES (1550-1700)...123
VIII. TYPICAL AMERICAN COLONIZING COMPANIES (1600-1628)...147
IX. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ON THE CONTINENT (1500-1625)...168
X. RELIGIOUS WARS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY (1520-1648)...179
XI. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND THE CATHOLICS (1534-1660)...200
XII. THE ENGLISH PURITANS AND THE SECTS (1550-1689)...210
XIII. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF ENGLAND (1500-1689)...240
XIV. THE ENGLISH COUNTY AND ITS OFFICERS (1600-1650)...261
XV. ENGLISH JUSTICES OP THE PEACE (1600-1650)...274
XVI. ENGLISH PARISH OR TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT (1600-1650)...290
XVII. CRITICAL ESSAY ON AUTHORITIES...316
INDEX...333

MAPS
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MEDIAEVAL TRADE-ROUTES ACROSS ASIA (in colors)
CONQUESTS OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS (1300-1525) (in colors)
THE LAURENTIAN PORTOLANO OF 1351
PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES ON THE COAST OF AFRICA (1340-1498)
TERRITORIAL GROWTH OF SPAIN (1230-1580)
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE ASSIGNED TO ENGLISH COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ABOUT 1625 (in colors)

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand there is need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.
To accomplish this double task within a time short enough to serve its purpose, there is but one possible method, the co-operative. Such a division of labor has been employed in several German, French, and English enterprises; but this is the first attempt, to carry out that system on a large scale for the whole of the United States.
The title of the work succinctly suggests