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CHAPTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. EUROPEAN BEGINNINGS IN AMERICA .
Our History..
The European Background of Our History.
The Discovery of America..
The Winning of a Spanish Empire in America.
Latin America.
The Rivalry between Spain and England.
II. THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH.
III.
The First English Colony
The Beginnings of New England.
The Dutch and the Swedes in America.
A Group of Proprietary Colonies..
William Penn and the Quakers..
Why the English Came to America.
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2
7
9
THE GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA.. 42
The Spreading of the Settlements.
The Colonists and the Indians.
The Growth of Industries.
The Government of the Colonies.
The Colonies and the Mother Country
IV.
OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS..
The Europeans Who Became Colonists..
What the Colonists Brought from Europe to America..
What the Colonists Found in the New World.
The Homes of the Colonists..
Social Life in Colonial Days.
The Schools of Our Forefathers.
Colonial Churches and Religious Life.
V. THE RIVALRY OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN AMERICA..
VI. THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION.
107
The True Character of the American Revolution.
A New British Policy in America...
109
The Stamp Act.
111
The Second British Attempt to Tax the Colonists.
How Keeping British Troops in America Caused Trouble 117
113
X. THE FEDERALIST PERIOD..
Starting the Government.
196
Putting the Finances of the Nation in Sound Condition.. 198
The Beginning of Political Parties.
201
England and France Trample upon Our Rights on the Sea. 233
Our Government Fails to Maintain Our Rights by Peace-
ful Means..
236
Jackson's Attack upon the Bank of the United States.. 326
The Panic of 1837.
327
The Reconstruction of the State Governments in the South 452
The Quarrel between President Johnson and Congress... 455
The Rise and Fall of the Carpetbaggers.
457
The Growth of a New South..
460
The Growth of Mining in the Rocky Mountain Region.. 489
The Cattle Ranch and the Cowboy.
493