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A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time — John Shaqi

A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present timeHowitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

History

A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time

Name: A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time
Author: Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

United States -- History

The French fleet arrives at the Chesapeake.—Du Barras arrives
 with his squadron.—Washington’s plans.—Fort Griswold carried by
 assault.—Ledyard murdered.—The British force blocked up at
 Yorktown.—Cornwallis’s hopes of relief.—Capitulation of the
 British army.—Yorktown and Gloucester surrendered.—The news of
 Cornwallis’s surrender in England.—Its effects on the king and
 on his ministers.—The Rockingham and Shelburne
 administrations.—Negotiations.—Dubious conduct of
 Vergennes.—The preliminaries of peace signed.—Murder of Joshua
 Huddy.—Captain Asgill’s narrow escape                           192–204


                              CHAPTER XIII.

                   STATE OF THE COUNTRY AFTER THE WAR.

 Poverty of the American government.—Destitute condition of the
 republican troops.—Financial embarrassments.—Boundary line of
 States.—Claims to the territory of Vermont.—New York and other
 States oppose the admission of Vermont into the Union.—War on
 the Western frontiers.—Fight with the Indians in
 Kentucky.—Battle of the Big Blue Lick.—Simon Girty, the
 refugee.—Massacre of the Kentuckians.—Passage in the life of a
 Kentucky prisoner.—The back settlements of Carolina             205–214


                              CHAPTER XIV.

                        THE FIRST YEARS OF PEACE.

 Financial difficulties.—A monarchical government
 proposed.—Washington’s patriotism.—Discontent in the
 army.—Washington negotiates with the troops.—Washington
 established as the seat of government.—Peace with Great Britain
 formally proclaimed.—Washington’s entry into New
 York.—Washington resigns his commission as
 commander-in-chief.—Evacuation of America by the
 British.—Slaves under British protection.—The loyalists
 dissatisfied.—The anti-slavery struggle.—Meeting of
 Congress.—Financial arrangements.—Economical efforts.—Jefferson
 succeeds Franklin as ambassador to France.—Treaty with the
 Indians.—Kentucky and Tennessee.—Decimal
 coinage.—Taxation.—Large numbers of malcontents.—The Habeas
 Corpus act suspended.—Attempt to capture the arsenal at
 Springfield.—Reform of the government.—The Church of England in
 America.—Religious excitement in the States                     215–231


                               CHAPTER XV.

                 FORMATION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

 Meeting of the Convention.—Arduous debates.—The Constitution
 proposed.—Its provisions.—The various articles of the
 Constitution.—Washington elected President.—Amendments in the
 Constitution                                                    232–249


                               CHAPTER XV.

              EMIGRATION TO THE WEST.—WASHINGTON PRESIDENT.

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