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the work of Mr. Gay. Well written and well
illustrated.
45,46. JOHN FISKE: The American Revolution. 2 vols. Boston:
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1891.
47. JOHN FISKE: The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1888.--Remarkable narrative style.
48. DANIEL C. GILMAN: _James Monroe (American Statesmen
Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1883.
49-52. RICHARD HILDRETH: The History of the United States of
America. Two series, each 3 vols. New York: Harpers, 1849-1856 (also

later editions from the same plates).--Vols. II.-VI. cover the period
1750-1821. Very full and accurate, but without foot-notes. Federalist
standpoint.
53. JAMES K. HOSMER: _Samuel Adams (American Statesmen
Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1885.
54-57. JOHN BACH MCMASTER: _A History of the People of the
United States, from the Revolution to the Civil War_. 4 vols. New
York: Appleton, 1883-1895.--The four volumes published cover the
period 1784-1820. The point of view in the first volume is that of social
history; in later volumes there is more political discussion.
58. JOHN T. MORSE, JR.: _Benjamin Franklin (American Statesmen
Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889.
59, 60. FRANCIS PARKMAN: Montcalm and Wolfe. 2 vols. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co., 1885.
61. GEORGE PELLEW: _John Jay (American Statesmen Series)_.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890.
62, 63. TIMOTHY PITKIN: _A Political and Civil History of the
United States of America, from the Year 1763 to the Close of the
Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797_. 2 vols. New
Haven: Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828.--An old book, but well written,
and suggestive as to economic and social conditions.
64. THEODORE ROOSEVELT:_ Gouverneur Morris (American
Statesmen Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1888.
65. JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS: _Albert Gallatin (American Statesmen
Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1884.
66-69. GEORGE TUCKER: _The History of the United States, from
their Colonization to the End of the Twenty-Sixth Congress, in 1841_.
4 vols. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1856-1857.--Practically begins in 1774.
Written from a Southern standpoint.
70. MOSES COIT TYLER: _Patrick Henry (American Statesmen
Series)_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887.
71-78. JUSTIN WINSOR: Narrative and Critical History of America.
8 vols. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
1886-1889.--Vol. VI. And part of Vol. VII. cover the period 1750-1789.
The rest of Vol. VII. covers the period 1789-1830. Remarkable for its
learning and its bibliography, but not a consecutive history.
SOURCES.

In the above collections are not included the sources which are
necessary for proper school and college work. References will be found
in the bibliographies preceding each chapter below, and through the
other bibliographies there cited.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
THE AMERICANS IN 1750. 1. References--2. Colonial geography--3.
The people and their distribution--4. Inherited institutions--5. Colonial
development of English institutions--6. Local government in the
colonies--7. Colonial government--8. English control of the colonies--9.
Social and economic conditions--10. Colonial slavery.

CHAPTER II.
EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH (1750-1763). 11. References--12.
Rival claims in North America (1690-1754)--13. Collisions on the
frontier (1749-1754)--14. The strength of the parties (1754)--15.
Congress of Albany (1754)--16. Military operations (1755- 1757)--17.
The conquest of Canada (1758-1760)--18. Geographical results of the
war (1763)--19. The colonies during the war (1754-1763)--20. Political
effects of the war (1763).

CHAPTER III.
CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION (1763-1775). 21. References--22.
Condition of the British Empire (1763)--23. New schemes of colonial
regulation (1763)--24. Writs of Assistance (1761- 1764)--25. The
Stamp Act (1763-1765)--26. The Stamp Act Congress (1765)-- 27.
Revenue acts (1767)--28. Colonial protests and repeal (1767-1770)--29.
Spirit of violence in the colonies (1770-1773)--30. Coercive acts of
1774 --31. The First Continental Congress (1774)--32. Outbreak of
hostilities (1775)--33. Justification of the Revolution.

CHAPTER IV.
UNION AND INDEPENDENCE (1775-1783). 34. References--35.
The strength of the combatants (1775)--36. The Second Continental
Congress (1775)--37. The national government formed (1775)-- 38.
Independence declared (1776)--39. New State governments formed
(1775- 1777)--40. The first period of the war (1775-1778)--41. Foreign
relations (1776-1780)--42. The war ended (1778-1782)--43. Finances
of the Revolution (1775-1783)--44. Internal difficulties
(1775-1782)--45. Formation of a Constitution (1776-1781)--46. Peace
negotiated (1781-1783)--47. Political effects of the war (1775-1783).

CHAPTER V.
THE CONFEDERATION (1781-1788). 48. References--49. The
United States in 1781--50. Form of the government (1781-1788)--51.
Disbandment of the army (1783)--52. Territorial settlement with the
States (1781-1802)--53. Finances (1781-1788)--54. Disorders in the
States (1781-1788)--55. Slavery (1777-1788)--56. Foreign relations and
commerce (1781-1788)--57. Disintegration of the Union (1786,
1787)--58. Reorganization attempted (1781-1787).

CHAPTER VI.
THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION (1787-1789). 59. References--60.
The Federal Convention assembled (1787)--61. Difficulties of the
convention (1787)--62. Sources of the Constitution-- 63. The great
compromises (1787)--64. Details of the Constitution (1787)-- 65.
Difficulties of ratification (1787, 1788)--66. State conventions (1787,
1788)--67. Expiration of the Confederation (1788)--68. Was the
Constitution a compact?

CHAPTER VII.
ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT (1789-1793). 69.
References--70. Geography of the United States in 1789--71. The

people of the United States in 1789--72. Political