  CHAPTER I. discovery. THE AMERICAN INDIANS. CHAPTER II. the first plantations and colonies, 1607 (1630). THE SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA. CHAPTER III. spread of plantations, 1630 (1689). THE SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH OF MARYLAND. CHAPTER IV. the country at the end of the seventeenth century. GENERAL CONDITIONS. CHAPTER V. development of the colonies, 1690 (1765). COLONIAL DISPUTES. CHAPTER VI. causes of the revolution. GENERAL CAUSES. CHAPTER VII. the campaigns of 1775 and 1776. EARLY MOVEMENTS. CHAPTER VIII. the campaign of 1777. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CENTER. CHAPTER IX. the french alliance and the campaigns of 1778 and 1779. A WINTER OF DISCOURAGEMENT. CHAPTER X. the campaigns of 1780 and 1781. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CHAPTER XI. the articles of confederation and the constitution. DIFFICULTIES OF CONFEDERATION. CHAPTER XII. the country at the close of the eighteenth century. GENERAL CONDITIONS. CHAPTER XIII. the administrations of washington, 1789 (1797). EARLY LEGISLATION AND PARTIES. CHAPTER XIV. the administration of john adams, 1797 (1801). A PERIOD OF DISSENSIONS. CHAPTER XV. the administrations of jefferson, 1801 (1809). JEFFERSONIAN POLICY. CHAPTER XVI. the administrations of madison, 1809 (1817). OUTBREAK OF WAR. CHAPTER XVII. the administrations of monroe, 1817 (1825). CHARACTER OF THE PERIOD. CHAPTER XVIII. the administration of john quincy adams, 1825 1829. FAILURES OF THE ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER XIX. the jacksonian epoch, 1829 (1837). POLITICAL CONDITIONS. CHAPTER XX. jackson's first administration, 1829 (1833). A POPULAR AUTOCRAT. CHAPTER XXI. jackson's second administration, 1833 (1837). THE ABOLITIONISTS. CHAPTER XXII. the administrations of van buren and of harrison CHAPTER XXIII. the administration of polk, 1845 (1849). THE OPENING OF THE MEXICAN WAR. CHAPTER XXIV. the administration of taylor and fillmore, 1849 (1853). THE QUESTION OF CALIFORNIA. CHAPTER XXV. the administration of pierce, 1853 (1857). THE CONFUSION OF PARTIES. CHAPTER XXVI. the administration of buchanan, 1857 (1861). THE SUPREME COURT AND SLAVERY. CHAPTER XXVII. the beginnings of the civil war. OPENING OF HOSTILITIES. CHAPTER XXVIII. the campaigns of 1862. THE WAR IN THE WEST. CHAPTER XXIX. the campaigns of 1863. VICKSBURG. CHAPTER XXX. the campaigns of 1864. GRANT AND LEE IN VIRGINIA. CHAPTER XXXI. end of the war, 1865. MOVEMENTS OF SHERMAN AND GRANT. CHAPTER XXXII. the administration of johnson: reconstruction, CHAPTER XXXIV. the administrations of hayes and of garfield and CHAPTER XXXV. first administration of cleveland, 1885 (1889). IMPORTANT MEASURES AND REFORMS. CHAPTER XXXVI. the administration of benjamin harrison, 1889 (1893). DOMESTIC EVENTS AND MEASURES. CHAPTER XXXVII. second administration of cleveland, 1893 (1897). FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. CHAPTER XXXVIII. the administrations of mckinley and roosevelt, CHAPTER XXXIX. progress of the epoch. SPREAD AND CHARACTER OF POPULATION. constitution of the united states of america. Preamble. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. Article I. list of presidents and vice presidents, with their terms of office. GEORGE WASHINGTON ALLYN AND BACON’S SERIES OF SCHOOL HISTORIES
A HISTORY OF
THE UNITED STATES
BY
CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AND WILLIAM P. TRENT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
REVISED EDITION
ALLYN AND BACON Boston and Chicago
COPYRIGHT, 1903 AND 1909, BY WILLIAM P. TRENT AND BY JOHN P. FISK, L. S. HANKS, AND BURR W. JONES, EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. The lamented death of President Adams entails on me the duty of writing the preface to our joint work,—a duty which, had he lived, would naturally have fallen to him, since to his initiative and energy the volume owes its existence. Fortunately, the entire manuscript had the benefit of his wisdom and experience as teacher and investigator, and the proofs of about half the book passed under his watchful supervision. Five years ago, in a letter to me proposing the book, Dr. Adams gave, among his reasons for wishing to add to the long list of school histories of the United States, three principal objects:— First, to present fully and with fairness the Southern point of view in the great controversies that long threatened to divide the Union. Second, to treat the Revolutionary War, and the causes that led to it, impartially and with more regard for British contentions than has been usual among American writers. Third, to emphasize the importance of the West in the growth and development of the United States. These objects have been kept constantly in view. We felt, moreover, that the development of institutions and government may justly be considered of great importance, although naturally lacking in picturesqueness, and we have endeavored to set in relief this evolutionary process. How far we have succeeded in accomplishing the objects sought remains for others to judge. I cannot forbear to place on record here my appreciation of the fortitude with which Dr. Adams bore his protracted sufferings and did his work; of his conscientiousness in matters of minutest detail; of his fairness and sympathy toward those with whom he did not agree, and of the unfailing courtesy that marked every line of his correspondence. Acknowledgment is due to the highly competent services of Miss May Langdon White of New York, whom Dr. Adams selected to assist in the revision of the work. W. P. TRENT. Columbia University, New York, November, 1902. CONTENTS.
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