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our history, especially in relation to the politics of each period.
Fourth. We have treated the causes and results of wars, the problems of
financing and sustaining armed forces, rather than military strategy.
These are the subjects which belong to a history for civilians. These are
matters which civilians can understand--matters which they must
understand, if they are to play well their part in war and peace.
Fifth. By omitting the period of exploration, we have been able to
enlarge the treatment of our own time. We have given special attention
to the history of those current questions which must form the subject
matter of sound instruction in citizenship.

Sixth. We have borne in mind that America, with all her unique
characteristics, is a part of a general civilization. Accordingly we have
given diplomacy, foreign affairs, world relations, and the reciprocal
influences of nations their appropriate place.
Seventh. We have deliberately aimed at standards of maturity. The
study of a mere narrative calls mainly for the use of the memory. We
have aimed to stimulate habits of analysis, comparison, association,
reflection, and generalization--habits calculated to enlarge as well as
inform the mind. We have been at great pains to make our text clear,
simple, and direct; but we have earnestly sought to stretch the intellects
of our readers--to put them upon their mettle. Most of them will receive
the last of their formal instruction in the high school. The world will
soon expect maturity from them. Their achievements will depend upon
the possession of other powers than memory alone. The effectiveness
of their citizenship in our republic will be measured by the excellence
of their judgment as well as the fullness of their information.
C.A.B. M.R.B.
NEW YORK CITY, February 8, 1921.

=A SMALL LIBRARY IN AMERICAN HISTORY=
=SINGLE VOLUMES:=
BASSETT, J.S. A Short History of the United States ELSON, H.W.
History of the United States of America
=SERIES:=
"EPOCHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY," EDITED BY A.B. HART
HART, A.B. Formation of the Union THWAITES, R.G. The Colonies
WILSON, WOODROW. Division and Reunion
"RIVERSIDE SERIES," EDITED BY W.E. DODD

BECKER, C.L. Beginnings of the American People DODD, W.E.
Expansion and Conflict JOHNSON, A. Union and Democracy
PAXSON, F.L. The New Nation

CONTENTS

PART I. THE COLONIAL PERIOD

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA 1 The Agencies of
American Colonization 2 The Colonial Peoples 6 The Process of
Colonization 12
II. COLONIAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE
20 The Land and the Westward Movement 20 Industrial and
Commercial Development 28
III. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS 38 The Leadership of the
Churches 39 Schools and Colleges 43 The Colonial Press 46 The
Evolution in Political Institutions 48
IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM 56
Relations with the Indians and the French 57 The Effects of Warfare on
the Colonies 61 Colonial Relations with the British Government 64
Summary of Colonial Period 73

PART II. CONFLICT AND
INDEPENDENCE

V. THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY 77 George
III and His System 77 George III's Ministers and Their Colonial
Policies 79 Colonial Resistance Forces Repeal 83 Resumption of
British Revenue and Commercial Policies 87 Renewed Resistance in
America 90 Retaliation by the British Government 93 From Reform to
Revolution in America 95
VI. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 99 Resistance and Retaliation
99 American Independence 101 The Establishment of Government and
the New Allegiance 108 Military Affairs 116 The Finances of the
Revolution 125 The Diplomacy of the Revolution 127 Peace at Last
132 Summary of the Revolutionary Period 135

PART III. FOUNDATIONS OF THE
UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
VII. THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 139 The Promise
and the Difficulties of America 139 The Calling of a Constitutional
Convention 143 The Framing of the Constitution 146 The Struggle
over Ratification 157
VIII. THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PARTIES 162 The Men and
Measures of the New Government 162 The Rise of Political Parties 168
Foreign Influences and Domestic Politics 171
IX. THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER 186
Republican Principles and Policies 186 The Republicans and the Great
West 188 The Republican War for Commercial Independence 193 The
Republicans Nationalized 201 The National Decisions of Chief Justice
Marshall 208 Summary of Union and National Politics 212

PART IV. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN

DEMOCRACY
X. THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS 217
Preparation for Western Settlement 217 The Western Migration and
New States 221 The Spirit of the Frontier 228 The West and the East
Meet 230
XI. JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 238 The Democratic Movement in
the East 238 The New Democracy Enters the Arena 244 The New
Democracy at Washington 250 The Rise of the Whigs 260 The
Interaction of American and European Opinion 265
XII. THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST 271 The
Advance of the Middle Border 271 On to the Pacific--Texas