[Illustration: GEORGE WASHINGTON] =ALLYN AND BACON’S SERIES OF SCHOOL HISTORIES= A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES BY CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AND WILLIAM P. TRENT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY REVISED EDITION A L L Y N A N D B A C O N Boston and Chicago ALLYN AND BACON’S SERIES OF SCHOOL HISTORIES _12mo, half leather, numerous maps, plans, and illustrations_ ——————— ANCIENT HISTORY. By Willis M. West of the University of Minnesota. MODERN HISTORY. By Willis M. West. HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Charles M. Andrews of Bryn Mawr College. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By Charles K. Adams, and William P. Trent of Columbia University. THE ANCIENT WORLD. By Willis M. West. Also in two volumes: PART I: GREECE AND THE EAST. PART II: ROME AND THE WEST. COPYRIGHT, 1903 AND 1909, BY WILLIAM P. TRENT AND BY JOHN P. FISK, L. S. HANKS, AND BURR W. JONES, EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. PREFACE. THE lamented death of President Adams entails on me the duty of writing the preface to our joint work,—a duty which, had he lived, would naturally have fallen to him, since to his initiative and energy the volume owes its existence. Fortunately, the entire manuscript had the benefit of his wisdom and experience as teacher and investigator, and the proofs of about half the book passed under his watchful supervision. Five years ago, in a letter to me proposing the book, Dr. Adams gave, among his reasons for wishing to add to the long list of school histories of the United States, three principal objects:— First, to present fully and with fairness the Southern point of view in the great controversies that long threatened to divide the Union. Second, to treat the Revolutionary War, and the causes that led to it, impartially and with more regard for British contentions than has been usual among American writers. Third, to emphasize the importance of the West in the growth and development of the United States.