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| Introduction | xi |
| CHAPTER I |
| Territorial Concepts |
| European Contests Affecting America and a Summary of American Expansion | 1 |
| By Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., Professor of History in Harvard University. Author of “National Ideals Historically Traced” and Editor of “The American Nation.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, in the history of Colonial America, between the Landing of Columbus, 1492, and Champlain’s Battle with the Iroquois, 1609. |
| CHAPTER II |
| A Fight for Life |
| The Hundred Years’ War Between Early Colonists and the Indians | 14 |
| By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Author of “A History of the United States.” |
| Champlain’s Battle with the Iroquois, 1609 | 27 |
| By Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Champlain’s Battle with the Iroquois, 1609, and the Conquest of the Pequots, 1637. |
| CHAPTER III |
| The Conquest of the Pequots, 1637 | 32 |
| By Richard Hildreth. Author of “The History of the United States of America.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Conquest of the Pequots, 1637, and the Defeat of King Philip, 1676. |
| CHAPTER IV |
| The Defeat of King Philip, 1676 | 44 |
| By Richard Hildreth. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Defeat of King Philip, 1676, and the Capture of Quebec, 1759. |
| CHAPTER V |
| The Fall of Quebec, 1759 | 63 |
| By Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D., Librarian of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. Author of “France in America.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Capture of Quebec, 1759, and the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. |
| CHAPTER VI |
| I. Causes of the American Revolution, 1775–1783 | 79 |
| II. The Outbreak of War, 1775 |
| By Claude Halstead Van Tyne, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of American History in the University of Michigan. Author of “The American Revolution.” |
| CHAPTER VII |
| The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775 | 102 |
| By Benson J. Lossing. Author of “The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775, and the Battle of Saratoga, 1777. |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| The Battle of Saratoga, 1777 | 120 |
| By Richard Hildreth. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Saratoga, 1777, and the Battle of Yorktown, 1781. |
| CHAPTER IX |
| I. Yorktown and the Surrender of Cornwallis, 1781 | 145 |
| II. The Results of Yorktown |
| By Claude Halstead Van Tyne, Ph.D. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Yorktown, 1781, and the Battles on the Lakes, 1813, 1814. |
| CHAPTER X |
| The Battle of Lake Erie, 1813 | 157 |
| By James Barnes. Author of “Naval Actions of the War of 1812.” |
| CHAPTER XI |
| The Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814 | 173 |
| By James Barnes. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, in the history of the United States, between the Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814, and the War with Mexico, 1846–1847. |
| CHAPTER XII |
| The Rupture with Mexico, 1843–1846 | 183 |
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