Formation of the Union, 1750-1829, by Albert Bushnell Hart

 

 

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. • PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION. • SUGGESTIONS FOR READERS AND TEACHERS. • STUDENTS' REFERENCE LIBRARY. • SCHOOL REFERENCE LIBRARY. • LARGER REFERENCE LIBRARY.

  • CHAPTER I. THE AMERICANS IN 1750 1. References - 2. Colonial geography - 3. The people and their distribution - 4. Inherited institutions - 5. Colonial development of English institutions - 6. Local government in the colonies - 7. Colonial government - 8. English control of the colonies - 9. Social and economic conditions - 10. Colonial slavery.
  • CHAPTER II. EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH (1750-1763). 11. References - 12. Rival claims in North America (1690-1754) - 13. Collisions on the frontier (1749-1754) - 14. The strength of the parties (1754) - 15. Congress of Albany (1754) - 16. Military operations (1755- 1757) - 17. The conquest of Canada (1758-1760) - 18. Geographical results of the war (1763) - 19. The colonies during the war (1754-1763) - 20. Political effects of the war (1763).
  • CHAPTER III. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION (1763-1765.) 21. References - 22. Condition of the British Empire (1763) - 23. New schemes of colonial regulation (1763) - 24. Writs of Assistance (1761-1764) - 25. The Stamp Act (1763-1765) - 26. The Stamp Act Congress (1765) - 27. Revenue acts (1767) - 28. Colonial protests and repeal (1767-1770) - 29. Spirit of violence in the colonies (1770-1773) - 30. Coercive acts of 1774 - 31. The First Continental Congress (1774) - 32. Outbreak of hostilities (1775) - 33. Justification of the Revolution.
  • CHAPTER IV. UNION AND INDEPENDENCE (1775-1783). 34. References - 35. The strength of the combatants (1775) - 36. The Second Continental Congress (1775) - 37. The national government formed (1775) - 38. Independence declared (1776) - 39. New State governments formed (1775-1777) - 40. The first period of the war (1775-1778) - 41. Foreign relations (1776-1780) - 42. The war ended (1778-1782) - 43. Finances of the Revolution (1775-1783) - 44. Internal difficulties (1775-1782) - 45. Formation of a Constitution (1776-1781) - 46. Peace negotiated (1781-1783) - 47. Political effects of the war (1775-1783).
  • CHAPTER V. THE CONFEDERATION (1781-1788) 48. References - 49. The United States in 1781 - 50. Form of the government (1781-1788) - 51. Disbandment of the army (1783) - 52. Territorial settlement with the States (1781-1802) - 53. Finances (1781-1788) - 54. Disorders in the States (1781-1788) - 55. Slavery (1777-1788) - 56. Foreign relations and commerce (1781-1788) - 57. Disintegration of the Union (1786, 1787) - 58. Reorganization attempted (1781-1787).
  • CHAPTER VI. THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION (1787-1789). 59. References - 60. The Federal Convention assembled (1787) - 61. Difficulties of the convention (1787) - 62. Sources of the Constitution - 63. The great compromises (1787) - 64. Details of the Constitution (1787) - 65. Difficulties of ratification (1787, 1788) - 66. State conventions (1787, 1788) - 67. Expiration of the Confederation (1788) - 68. Was the Constitution a compact?
  • CHAPTER VII. ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT (1789-1793). 69. References - 70. Geography of the United States in 1789 - 71. The people of the United States in 1789 - 72. Political methods in 1789 - 73. Organization of Congress (1789) - 74. Organization of the Executive (1789, 1790) - 75. Organization of the courts (1789-1793) - 76. Revenue and protection (1789, 1790) - 77. National and State debts (1789, 1790) - 78. United States Bank (1791, 1792) - 79. Slavery questions (1789-1798) - 80. The success of the new government (1789-1792).
  • CHAPTER VIII. FEDERAL SUPREMACY (1793-1801). 81. References - 82. Formation of political parties (1792-1794) - 83. War between France and England (1793) - 84. American neutrality (1793) - 85. The Jay Treaty (1794-1796) - 86. The Whiskey Rebellion (1794) - 87. Election of John Adams (1796) - 88. Breach with France (1795-1798) - 89. Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) - 90. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798-1800) - 91. Election of 1800, 1801 - 92. Causes of the fall of the Federalists.
  • CHAPTER IX. REPUBLICAN SUPREMACY (1801-1809). 93. References - 94. The political revolution of 1801 - 95. Jefferson's civil service (1801-1803) - 96. Attack on the judiciary (1801-1805) - 97. The policy of retrenchment (1801-1809) - 98. Barbary Wars (1801-1806) - 99. Annexation of Louisiana (1803) - 100. Federal schemes of disunion (1803-1809) - 101. The Burr conspiracy (1806, 1807) - 102. Aggressions on neutral trade (1803-1807) - 103. Policy of non resistance (1805-1807) - 104. The embargo (1807, 1808) - 105. Repeal of the embargo (1809).
  • CHAPTER X. THE UNION IN DANGER (1809-1815). 106. References - 107. Non intercourse laws (1809, 1810) - 108. Fruitless negotiations (1809-1811) - 109. The war party (1811) - 110. Strength of the combatants (1812) - 111. War on the northern frontier (1812, 1813) - 112. Naval war (1812-1815) - 113. Disastrous campaign of 1814 - 114. Question of the militia (1812-1814) - 115. Secession movement in New England (1814) - 116. Peace of Ghent (1812-1814) - 117. Political effects of the war (1815).
  • CHAPTER XI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION (1815-1824). 118. References - 119. Conditions of national growth (1815) - 120. The second United States Bank (1815) - 121. Internal improvements (1806-1817) - 122. The first protective tariff (1816) - 123. Monroe's administration (1817-1825) - 124. Territorial extension (1805-1819) - 125. Judicial decisions (1812-1824) - 126. The slavery question revived (1815-1820) - 127. The Missouri Compromises (1818-1821) - 128. Relations with Latin American States (1815-1823) - 129. The Monroe Doctrine (1823).
  • CHAPTER XII. ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL REORGANIZATION (1824-1829). 130. References - 131. Political methods in 1824 - 132. The tariff of 1824 (1816-1824) - 133. The election of 1824 - 134. The election of 1825 - 135. The Panama Congress (1825, 1826) - 136. Internal improvements (1817-1829) - 137. The Creek and Cherokee questions (1824-1829) - 138. The tariff of abominations (1828) - 139. Organized opposition to Adams (1825-1829) - 140. The triumph of the people (1828).

    • To the Memory
    OF THOMAS H. LAMSON,
    A GENEROUS FRIEND OF LEARNING.

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