A Brief History of the United States, by John Bach McMaster

PREFACE
COLUMBUS
CHAPTER I. THE NEW WORLD FOUND
CHAPTER II. THE ATLANTIC COAST AND THE PACIFIC DISCOVERED
CHAPTER III. FRANCE AND ENGLAND ATTEMPT TO SETTLE AMERICA
CHAPTER IV. THE ENGLISH ON THE CHESAPEAKE
CHAPTER V. THE ENGLISH IN NEW ENGLAND
CHAPTER VI. THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES
CHAPTER VII. HOW THE COLONIES WERE GOVERNED
CHAPTER VIII. THE INDIANS
CHAPTER IX. THE FRENCH IN AMERICA
CHAPTER X. WARS WITH THE FRENCH
CHAPTER XI. THE FRENCH DRIVEN FROM AMERICA
CHAPTER XII. THE QUARREL WITH THE MOTHER COUNTRY
CHAPTER XIII. THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE BEGUN
CHAPTER XIV. THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE STATES AND ON THE SEA
CHAPTER XV. THE WAR IN THE WEST AND IN THE SOUTH
CHAPTER XVI. AFTER THE WAR
CHAPTER XVII. OUR COUNTRY IN 1789
CHAPTER XVIII. THE NEW GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER XIX. GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY, 1789-1805
CHAPTER XX. THE STRUGGLE FOR COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER XXI. RISE OF THE WEST
CHAPTER XXII. THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING
CHAPTER XXIII. POLITICS FROM 1829 TO 1841
CHAPTER XXIV. GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1820 TO 1840
CHAPTER XXV. MORE TERRITORY ACQUIRED
CHAPTER XXVI. THE STRUGGLE FOR FREE SOIL
CHAPTER XXVII. STATE OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1840 TO 1860
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1863
CHAPTER XXIX. THE CIVIL WAR, 1863-1865
CHAPTER XXX. THE NAVY IN THE WAR; LIFE IN WAR TIMES
CHAPTER XXXI. RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER XXXII. GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY FROM 1860 TO 1880
CHAPTER XXXIII. A QUARTER CENTURY OF STRUGGLE OVER INDUSTRIAL QUESTIONS, 1872 TO 1897
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE WAR WITH SPAIN, AND LATER EVENTS