71-78. JUSTIN WINSOR: _Narrative and Critical History of America_. 8 vols. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1886-1889.--Vol. VI. And part of Vol. VII. cover the period 1750-1789. The rest of Vol. VII. covers the period 1789-1830. Remarkable for its learning and its bibliography, but not a consecutive history. SOURCES. In the above collections are not included the sources which are necessary for proper school and college work. References will be found in the bibliographies preceding each chapter below, and through the other bibliographies there cited. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE AMERICANS IN 1750. 1. References--2. Colonial geography--3. The people and their distribution--4. Inherited institutions--5. Colonial development of English institutions--6. Local government in the colonies--7. Colonial government--8. English control of the colonies--9. Social and economic conditions--10. Colonial slavery. CHAPTER II. EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH (1750-1763). 11. References--12. Rival claims in North America (1690-1754)--13. Collisions on the frontier (1749-1754)--14. The strength of the parties (1754)--15. Congress of Albany (1754)--16. Military operations (1755- 1757)--17. The conquest of Canada (1758-1760)--18. Geographical results of the war (1763)--19. The colonies during the war (1754-1763)--20. Political effects of the war (1763). CHAPTER III. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION (1763-1775). 21. References--22. Condition of the British Empire (1763)--23. New schemes of colonial regulation (1763)--24. Writs of Assistance (1761- 1764)--25. The Stamp Act (1763-1765)--26. The Stamp Act Congress (1765)-- 27. Revenue acts (1767)--28. Colonial protests and repeal (1767-1770)--29. Spirit of violence in the colonies (1770-1773)--30. Coercive acts of 1774 --31. The First Continental Congress (1774)--32. Outbreak of hostilities (1775)--33. Justification of the Revolution. CHAPTER IV. UNION AND INDEPENDENCE (1775-1783). 34. References--35. The strength of the combatants (1775)--36. The Second Continental Congress (1775)--37. The national government formed (1775)-- 38. Independence declared (1776)--39. New State governments formed (1775- 1777)--40. The first period of the war (1775-1778)--41. Foreign relations (1776-1780)--42. The war ended (1778-1782)--43. Finances of the Revolution (1775-1783)--44. Internal difficulties (1775-1782)--45. Formation of a Constitution (1776-1781)--46. Peace negotiated (1781-1783)--47. Political effects of the war (1775-1783). CHAPTER V. THE CONFEDERATION (1781-1788). 48. References--49. The United States in 1781--50. Form of the government (1781-1788)--51. Disbandment of the army (1783)--52. Territorial settlement with the States (1781-1802)--53. Finances (1781-1788)--54. Disorders in the States (1781-1788)--55. Slavery (1777-1788)--56. Foreign relations and commerce (1781-1788)--57. Disintegration of the Union (1786, 1787)--58. Reorganization attempted (1781-1787).