This etext was produced by Charles Franks, George Balogh and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE AMERICAN NATION A HISTORY FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES BY ASSOCIATED SCHOLARS EDITED BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, L.L.D. PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY ADVISED BY VARIOUS HISTORICAL SOCIETIES THE AMERICAN NATION A HISTORY LIST OF AUTHORS AND TITLES GROUP I FOUNDATIONS OF THE NATION Vol. 1 European Background of American History, by Edward Potts Cheyney, A.M., Prof. European Hist., Univ. of Pa. Vol. 2 Basis of American History, by Livingston Farrand, LL.D., President Univ. of Colo. Vol. 3 Spain in America, by the late Edward Gaylord Bourne, Ph.D., formerly Prof. Hist., Yale Univ. Vol. 4 England in America, by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., President William and Mary College. Vol. 5 Colonial Self-Government, by Charles McLean Andrews, Ph.D., Prof. Am. History, Yale University. GROUP II TRANSFORMATION INTO A NATION Vol. 6 Provincial America, by Evarts Boutell Greene, Ph.D., Prof. Hist, and Dean of College, Univ. of Ill. Vol. 7 France in America, by the late Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D., formerly Sec. Wisconsin State Hist. Soc. Vol. 8 Preliminaries of the Revolution, by George Elliott Howard, Ph.D., Prof. Polit. Science Univ. of Neb. Vol. 9 The American Revolution, by Claude Halstead Van Tyne, Ph.D., Head Prof. Hist. Univ. of Michigan. Vol. 10 The Confederation and the Constitution, by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, A.M., Head Prof. Hist., Univ. of Chicago. GROUP III DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION Vol. II The Federalist System, by John Spencer Bassett, Ph.D., Prof. Am. Hist., Smith College. Vol. 12 The Jeffersonian System, by Edward Channing, Ph.D., Prof. Ancient and Modern Hist., Harvard Univ. Vol. 13 Rise of American Nationality, by Kendric Charles Babcock, Ph.D., Dean Col. Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Illinois. Vol. 14 Rise of the New West, by Frederick Jackson Turner, Ph.D., Prof. Hist., Harvard University. Vol. 15 Jacksonian Democracy, by William MacDonald, LL.D., Prof. Government, Univ. of California. GROUP IV TRIAL OF NATIONALITY Vol. 16 Slavery and Abolition, by Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., Prof. Government, Harvard Univ. Vol. 17 Westward Extension, by the late George Pierce Garrison, Ph.D., formerly Prof. Hist., Univ. of Texas. Vol. 18 Parties and Slavery, by Theodore Clarke Smith, Ph.D., Prof. Am. Hist., Williams College. Vol. l9 Causes of the Civil War, by Rear-Admiral French Ensor Chadwick, U.S.N., retired former Pres. of Naval War College. Vol. 20 The Appeal to Arms, by James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D., formerly Librarian Minneapolis Pub. Lib. Vol. 21 Outcome of the Civil War, by James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D. GROUP V NATIONAL EXPANSION Vol. 22 Reconstruction, Political and Economic, by William Archibald Dunning, Ph.D., Prof. Hist, and Political Philosophy, Columbia Univ. Vol. 23 National Development, by Edwin Erie Sparks, Ph.D., Pres. Pa. State College.