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Stony Point--John Paul Jones--The Bon Homme
Richard and the Serapis--A Thrilling Naval Combat--Wretched
Condition of American Finances-- Franklin's Heavy Burden--The
Treason of Benedict Arnold--Capture of André--Escape of
Arnold--André Executed as a Spy--Sir Henry Clinton Captures
Charleston, General Lincoln and His Army--Lord Cornwallis Left in
Command in the South--The British Defeat Gates Near Camden, South
Carolina--General Nathanael Greene Conducts a Stubborn Campaign
Against Cornwallis--The Latter Retreats Into Virginia--Siege of
Yorktown--Cornwallis Surrenders--"Oh, God; it is All Over!" 155
FOURTH PERIOD.
UNION.
CHAPTER XX.
Condition of the United States at the Close of the Revolution--New
England Injured and New York Benefited Commercially by the
Struggle-- Luxury of City Life--Americans an Agricultural People--The
Farmer's Home--Difficulty of Traveling--Contrast Between North and
South-- Southern Aristocracy--Northern Great Families--White
Servitude--The Western Frontier--Early Settlers West of the
Mountains--A Hardy Population--Disappearance of the Colonial
French--The Ordinance of 1787--Flood of Emigration Beyond the Ohio,
167
CHAPTER XXI.
The Spirit of Disunion--Shays' Rebellion--A National Government
Necessary--Adoption of the Constitution--Tariff and Internal

Revenue--The Whiskey Insurrection--President Washington Calls Out
the Military--Insurgents Surrender--"The Dreadful Night"--Hamilton's
Inquisition, 174
INDEPENDENCE VINDICATED.
CHAPTER XXII.
Arrogance of France--Americans and Louis XVI.--Genet Defies
Washington --The People Support the President--War With the
Indians--Defeat of St. Clair--Indians State Their Case--General Wayne
Defeats the Savages-- Jay's Treaty--Retirement of Washington--His
Character--His Military Genius--Washington as a Statesman--His
Views on Slavery--His Figure in History, 180
CHAPTER XXIII.
John Adams President--Jefferson and the French Revolution--The
French Directory--Money Demanded From America--"Millions for
Defence; Not One Penny for Tribute"--Naval Warfare with
France--Capture of The Insurgent --Defeat of The Vengeance--Peace
With France--Death of Washington-- Alien and Sedition
Laws--Jefferson President--The Louisiana Purchase-- Burr's Alleged
Treason--War with the Barbary States--England Behind the
Pirates--Heroic Naval Exploits--Carrying War Into Africa--Peace With
Honor, 191
CHAPTER XXIV.
French Decrees and British Orders in Council--Damage to American
Commerce--The Embargo--Causes of the War of 1812--The
Chesapeake and The Leopard--President and Little Belt--War
Declared--Mr. Astor's Messenger --The Two Navies
Compared--American Frigate Victories--Constitution and
Guerriere--United States and Macedonian--Constitution and Java--
American Sloop Victories--The Shannon and Chesapeake--"Don't Give
Up the Ship!" 200

CHAPTER XXV.
The War on Land--Tecumseh's Indian Confederacy--Harrison at
Tippecanoe-- General Hull and General Brock--A Fatal
Armistice--Surrender of Detroit --English Masters of
Michigan--General Harrison Takes Command in the
Northwest--Harrison's Answer to Proctor--"He Will Never Have This
Post Surrendered"--Croghan's Brave Defence--The British
Retreat--War on the Niagara Frontier--Battle of Queenstown--Death of
Brock--Colonel Winfield Scott and the English Doctrine of Perpetual
Allegiance, 209
CHAPTER XXVI.
Battle of Lake Erie--Master-Commandant Oliver Hazard
Perry--Building a Fleet--Perry on the Lake--A Duel of Long
Guns--Fearful Slaughter on the Lawrence--"Can Any of the Wounded
Pull a Rope?"--At Close Quarters-- Victory in Fifteen Minutes--"We
Have Met the Enemy and They Are Ours"-- The Father of Chicago
Sees the End of the Battle--The British Evacuate Detroit--General
Harrison's Victory at the Thames--Tecumseh Slain--The Struggle in the
Southwest--Andrew Jackson in Command--Battle of Horseshoe
Bend--The Essex in the Pacific--Defeat and Victory on the
Ocean--Captain Porter's Brave Defence--Burning of Newark--Massacre
at Fort Niagara-- Chippewa and Lundy's Lane--Devastation by the
British Fleet--British Vandalism at Washington--Attempt on
Baltimore--"The Star Spangled Banner" 216
CHAPTER XXVII.
British Designs on the Southwest--New Orleans as a City of
Refuge--The Baratarians--The Pirates Reject British
Advances--General Jackson Storms Pensacola--Captain Reid's
Splendid Fight at Fayal--Edward Livingston Advises Jackson--Cotton
Bales for Redoubts--The British Invasion--Jackson Attacks the British
at Villere's--The Opposing Armies--General Pakenham Attempts to
Carry Jackson's Lines by Storm--The British Charge--They are

Defeated with Frightful Slaughter--Pakenham Killed--Last Naval
Engagement --The President-Endymion Fight--Peace--England Deserts
the Indians as She Had Deserted the Tories--Decatur Chastises the
Algerians, 225
SOUTH AMERICA FREE.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
England and Spanish America--A Significant Declaration--The Key to
England's Policy in South America--Alexander Hamilton and the South
Americans--President Adams' Grandson a Filibuster--Origin of the
Revolutions in South America--Colonial Zeal for Spain--Colonists
Driven to Fight for Independence--A War of Extermination--Patriot
Leaders--The British Assist the Revolutionists--American Caution and
Reserve--The Monroe Doctrine--Why England Championed the
Spanish-American Republics --A Free Field Desired for British
Trade--The Holy Alliance--Secretary Canning and President
Monroe--The Monroe Declaration Not British, But American, 233
PROGRESS.
CHAPTER XXIX.
The United States Taking the Lead in Civilization--Manhood Suffrage
and Freedom of Worship--Humane Criminal Laws--Progress the
Genius of the Nation--A Patriotic Report--State Builders in the
Northwest--Illinois and the Union--Immigration--British Jealousy--An
English Farmer's Opinion of America--Commerce and
Manufactures--England Tries to Prevent Skilled Artisans From
Emigrating--The Beginning of Protection--The British Turn on their
Friends the Algerians--General Jackson Invades Florida--Spain Sells
Florida to the United States, 246
CHAPTER XXX.
The Missouri Compromise--Erie Canal Opened--Political Parties and

Great National Issues--President Jackson Crushes the United States
Bank--South Carolina Pronounces the Tariff Law Void--Jackson's
Energetic Action--A Compromise--Territory Reserved for the
Indians--The Seminole War-- Osceola's Vengeance--His Capture and
Death--The Black Hawk War--Abraham Lincoln a Volunteer--Texas
War for Independence--Massacre of the Alamo --Mexican Defeat at
San Jacinto--The Mexican President a Captive--Texas Admitted to the
Union--Oregon--American Statesmen Blinded by the Hudson Bay
Company--Marcus Whitman's Ride--Oregon Saved to the Union--The
"Dorr War," 253
CHAPTER XXXI.
War With Mexico--General Zachary Taylor