I. EUROPE FINDS AMERICA II. THE SPANIARDS IN THE UNITED STATES III. ENGLISH, DUTCH, AND SWEDES ON THE SEABOARD IV. THE PLANTING OF NEW ENGLAND V. THE MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN COLONIES VI. THE FRENCH IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY VII. THE INDIANS VIII. THE STRUGGLE FOR NEW FRANCE AND LOUISIANA IX. LIFE IN THE COLONIES IN 1763 X. "LIBERTY, PROPERTY, AND NO STAMPS" XI. THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE XII. UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION XIII. MAKING THE CONSTITUTION XIV. OUR COUNTRY IN 1790 XV. THE RISE OF PARTIES XVI. THE STRUGGLE FOR NEUTRALITY XVII. STRUGGLE FOR "FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS" XVIII. THE WAR FOR COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE XIX. PROGRESS OF OUR COUNTRY BETWEEN 1790 AND 1815 XX. SETTLEMENT OF OUR BOUNDARIES XXI. THE RISING WEST XXII. THE HIGHWAYS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE XXIII. POLITICS FROM 1824 TO 1845 XXIV. EXPANSION OF THE SLAVE AREA XXV. THE TERRITORIES BECOME SLAVE SOIL XXVI. PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1840 AND 1860 XXVII. WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861-1865 XXVIII. WAR ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE SEA XXIX. THE COST OF THE WAR XXX. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH XXXI. THE NEW WEST (1860-1870) XXXII. POLITICS FROM 1868 TO 1880 XXXIII. GROWTH OF THE NORTHWEST XXXIV. MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS XXXV. POLITICS SINCE 1880 APPENDIX DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES STATE CONSTITUTIONS INDEX LIST OF IMPORTANT MAPS DISCOVERY ON THE EAST COAST OF AMERICA EUROPEAN CLAIMS AND EXPLORATIONS, 1650 FRENCH CLAIMS, ETC., IN 1700 BRITISH COLONIES, 1733 EUROPEAN POSSESSIONS, 1763 THE BRITISH COLONIES IN 1764 BRITISH COLONIES, 1776 RESULTS OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE THE UNITED STATES, 1783 THE UNITED STATES, 1789 DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, 1790 SLAVE AND FREE SOIL IN 1790 THE UNITED STATES, 1801 THE UNITED STATES, 1810 NORTH AMERICA AFTER 1824 DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, 1820 FREEDOM AND SLAVERY IN 1820 THE UNITED STATES, 1826 TERRITORY CLAIMED BY TEXAS IN 1845 THE OREGON COUNTRY ROUTES OF THE EARLY EXPLORERS TERRITORY CEDED BY MEXICO, 1848 AND 1853 RESULTS OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 THE UNITED STATES IN 1851 EXPANSION OF SLAVE SOIL, 1790-1860 DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION, 1850 THE UNITED STATES, 1861 WAR FOR THE UNION INDUSTRIAL AND RAILROAD MAP OF THE UNITED STATES A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES * * * * * _DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS_ CHAPTER I EUROPE FINDS AMERICA