MAJOR ANDRÉ’S POCKET-BOOK.—From a photograph 315 VIRGINIA COLONIAL CURRENCY.—From a photograph 316 LORD CORNWALLIS.—From an old print 317 WILLIAM WASHINGTON.—From an engraving after a portrait by C. W. Peale 318 BANASTRE TARLETON.—From a mezzotint in the Emmet Collection, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 319 FRANCIS MARION.—From an engraving in the Emmet Collection, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 320 DANIEL MORGAN.—From a miniature in Yale College Library, New Haven 321 COUNT ROCHAMBEAU.—From an old engraving 322 NATHANAEL GREENE.—From the original portrait in possession of Mrs. William Benton Greene, Princeton, N. J. 323 FACSIMILE OF THE LAST ARTICLE OF CAPITULATION AT YORKTOWN.—From a facsimile in Smith’s _American Historical and Literary Curiosities_ 324 PAROLE OF CORNWALLIS.—From the original in the Library of the University of Virginia 325 ORDER PERMITTING THE ILLUMINATION OF PHILADELPHIA.—From Smith’s _American Historical and Literary Curiosities_. Second series. New York 326 NELSON HOUSE. CORNWALLIS’S HEADQUARTERS, YORKTOWN.—From a sketch by Benson J. Lossing in 1850 327 EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG.—Compiled from Preble’s _History of the Flag of the United States_. Boston, 1880 328 LIST OF MAPS ENGLISH COLONIES, 1700 _Facing p._ 80 NORTH AMERICA, 1750. SHOWING CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF EXPLORATION _Facing p._ 176 ENGLISH COLONIES, 1763-1775 _Facing p._ 320 _The Appendix in this volume is taken by permission from Mr. Howard W. Preston’s_ Documents Illustrative of American History. A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CHAPTER I COMMON UNDERTAKINGS