The French in
the West and

the South
(1669-1718).

The wars of the
English with
the French and
the Indians
(1689-1763).

131.

French exploration of the West; the Jesuit mis-
sionaries.

132. Joliet and Marquette on the Mississippi.

133. La Salle's expedition. (The forts; Louisiana.)
134. Mobile and New Orleans; what the English colo-
nists held; what the French held.

135. War with the French and Indians; (1) “King Wil-
liam's War." (Schenectady, Haverhill, Acadia.)
135. (2) "Queen Anne's War." (Deerfield, Annapolis,
Nova Scotia.)

136. (3) “King George's War"; Louisburg. (Results.)
137. (4) The "French and Indian War." (Object; the
French forts.)

138. The Ohio Company; Governor Dinwiddie's mes-
senger.

139.

Results of Washington's journey.

140. The Albany Convention; Franklin's snake; Brad-

dock.

141. Braddock's defeat; Washington.

142. Acadian exiles; William Pitt. (Louisburg; Fort
Duquesne; the French driven back to Canada.)
143. Fall of Quebec; Pontiac.

144. What the war settled.

(France and the West in
1759; treaty of 1763; what America was to be-
come; Spain; the English flag at the end of 1763.)
145. Four results of the wars between the English and

the French.

146. The thirteen colonies in 1763.

The population.

("Making roots.")

147. Language, religion, social rank; cities; trade.
Government of the colonies; law. ("Don't tread
on me.") Unity of the people.

148.

General state of

the country in
1763.

149.

Farm life. (The houses; the fires; food; the
store; recreation.)

150. City life; the Southern Plantations. (Dress; life

then and life now.)

FOURTH PERIOD.—THE REVOLUTION; THE CONSTITUTION.

The Revolution.
(1. The colonists

resist taxation

without repre-
sentation,
1764-1775.)

(Elec-

(1763–1789.)

154. American commerce; the new king. (What he
was and what he did.)

155. The king proposes to tax the colonies; object of
tax; protest of the Americans. (Pitt and Burke.)
156. The Stamp Act.

157. Resistance of the Colonies to the Act.

158. Repeal of the Act; the Declaratory Act; the Bos-
ton Massacre; the Gaspee.

(Colonists resist
taxation-con-
tinued.)

The Revolution.
(2. From the be-
ginning of the
war, 1775, to
the Declaration
of Independence,
1776.)

The Revolution.
(3. The war of
Independence,
from 1776 to
1777.)

The Revolution.
(4. The war of
Independence,
from 1777 to
1781.)

TOPICAL ANALYSIS.

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159. The new taxes; their object; the "Boston Tea-
Party."
160. Parliament closes the port of Boston. (General
Gage; Patrick Henry; the first Continental Con-
gress; Massachusetts; the "Minute Men.")

161. Lexington; Concord. (Paul Revere; the siege of
Boston.)

162. Ethan Allen. (Ticonderoga, Crown Point.)
163.

Washington made Commander-in-Chief; Bunker
Hill. (Franklin's letter.)

164. Washington takes command; the attack on Canada.
165. Washington enters Boston; Fort Moultrie.
166. The idea of independence; "Common Sense."
167. The Declaration of Independence. (The Liberty
bell; the King's statue.) The new nation.
168. Summary.

169. What the British hoped to do in New York.
170. Washington at New York; Fort Washington; Fort
Lee.

171. The Battle of Long Island.

172. Washington retreats northward. (Fort Washington;
General Lee.)

173. Fort Lee; Washington retreats southward. (Gen-
eral Lee.)

174. Trenton.

175. Robert Morris.

176. Cornwallis outwitted;

Princeton; Morristown;

Lafayette. (De Kalb, Steuben.)

177. Burgoyne's Expedition; Bennington. (Stark.)
178. Howe's Expedition; Brandywine; Germantown.
(Valley Forge.)

179. Saratoga; "Stars and Stripes; " results of victory.
180. Summary.

181. The winter at Valley Forge; England's offer in 1778.
182. Monmouth; Lee; Indian massacres; Clark's vic-

tories in the West.

183. The war in the South; Savannah; Wayne's vic-
tory; Paul Jones.

184. Charleston; Marion and Sumter.

185. Our defeat at Camden.

185. Our victory at King's Mountain.
186. Arnold's treason.

186. The terrible winter at Morristown.

187. General Greene; Cowpens; the retreat; Mrs. Steele;
Guilford Court House; Cornwallis.

188. Greene's victories in South Carolina.

189. The crowning victory of the war. (Lafayette; the
French Fleet; the "World's Upside Down";
Lord North.)

190. Summary of the Revolution.

191. George III.'s speech; the treaty; John Adams.
192. Condition of the United States. (Congress.)
Distress of the country. (Debt, paper money;
quarrels of the states; no freedom of trade.)
Shays' rebellion.

193.

After the
Revolution
(1782-1787).

194.

The formation

and adoption of

the Constitu-

tion (1787-
1789).

195. The Northwest territory. (The ordinance of 1787;
what the states thought of the territory.)

196. The convention of 1787; the Constitution.
196. Alexander Hamilton. (The "Ship of State.")
197. What four things were accomplished by the Con-
stitution.

198. Summary. (What John Adams said.)

FIFTH PERIOD.—THE UNION; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. (1789-1860.)

I.

Washington's

Administration.

(Two terms,
1789-1797.)

II.

John Adams's
Administration.

(One term,
1797-1801.)

III.
Jefferson's

Administration.

(Two terms,
1801-1809.)

(Washington. See note 3, page 133, and the section on the
Revolution.)

199. Political parties; election and inauguration of
Washington.

200. Washington's Cabinet; how the government ob-
tained money.

201. Payment of three great debts. (Hamilton.)
202. The first census; the U. S. Bank; the Mint. (Deci-
mal coinage.)

203.

"Citizen" Genêt; Washington's proclamation.
204. Emigration to the West. (Boone.) Marietta,
Cincinnati. (The first Western newspaper.)

205. The Cotton Gin and its four results.
206. The Whiskey rebellion.

207. Jay's treaty; three new states.

208. Summary of Washington's presidency.

(Sketch of John Adams. See note 3, page 199.)
209. Trouble with France; the "X. Y. Z. Papers." (Pinck-
"Hail Columbia.")

ney; war;
210. The Alien and the Sedition Laws; death of Wash-

217. The French and English war; the Leopard and the

Chesapeake.

218. The Embargo; the Non-Intercourse Act.

(Jefferson's Ad-
ministration-
continued.)

TOPICAL ANALYSIS.

219. Aaron Burr.

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220. "Fulton's Folly." (Western steamboats; the Sa-

vannah.)

221. Importation of slaves forbidden.

slavery.)

222. (Summary of Jefferson's presidency.)

(Jefferson and

(Madison. See note 1, page 210.)

223. Trade re-opened with Great Britain.

IV.
Madison's
Administration.
(Two terms,
1809-1817.)

V.
Monroe's
Administration.

(Two terms,
1817-1825.)

VI.

John Quincy
Adams's
Administration.

(One term,
1825-1829.)

224. How Napoleon deceived us.

225. Tecumseh's conspiracy; Tippecanoe.

226. The Henry Letters; cause of the war of 1812.
227. General Hull; Detroit.

228. The Constitution and the Guerrière.

229. Perry's victory. (His dispatch.)

230. General Jackson and the Indians; Tohopeka.
(Result.)

231. Chippewa; Lundy's Lane; burning of Washington.
232. Macdonough's victory; Fort McHenry. (The "Star

Spangled Banner.")

233. Jackson at New Orleans; end of the war.

(The
Hartford Convention, note I, p. 219); the treaty
of peace.

234. The three chief results of the war of 1812.
235. Summary of Madison's presidency.

(Monroe. See page 220, and note 1.)

236. The President's inauguration.

237. His journey; the "Era of Good Feeling."
238. First Seminole War; purchase of Florida.

239. Question of the western extension of slavery.
(Jefferson.)

240. Change of feeling about slavery; the North and
the South.

241. How slavery divided the country in regard to trade.
242. Why the North opposed the western extension of
slavery; why the South demanded it.
243. The Missouri Compromise.

244, 245. Desire to reach the West; the "National

(John Quincy Adams. See note 1, page 229.)
249-251. The Erie Canal and its results.

252-255. "Steam-wagons"; railroads and their results.
256-257. The temperance cause; results.

258. Summary of J. Q. Adams's presidency.

(Jackson. See page 234 and note 2.)

260, 261. Removal of government officers. (Jefferson's
rule.)

262–264. Garrison, Channing; the anti-slavery move-
ment; J. Q. Adams.

265. Jackson and the United States Bank.

266. South Carolina resists the duty on imported goods.
267-269. Calhoun; nullification; Webster; Jackson's
course of action; Henry Clay.

270. Growth of the country; railroads; canals; coal;
the express system.

271. Indian wars; the West; Chicago.
272. American art, books, and newspapers.
273. Summary of Jackson's presidency.

(Van Buren. See note 3, page 246.)

274, 275. Business failure and panic. (Causes.)
276. The Independent Treasury and the sub-treasuries.
277, 278. The Mormons; Nauvoo; Utah.

279. Emigration to the United States. (Ocean steam-
ships.)

280. Summary of Van Buren's presidency.

(Harrison and Tyler. See note 3, page 251, and note 4,
page 252.)

281. Election of Harrison; his death; Tyler.
282. The Dorr rebellion;

renters.

Ashburton treaty; Anti-

283. The electric telegraph; Doctor Morton's discovery.
284. Annexation of Texas.

285. Summary of Harrison and Tyler's presidencies.

(Polk: See note 4, page 256.)

286-288. The Oregon question; Dr. Whitman; the

treaty.

289-292. The Mexican War; Palo Alto; Resaca de la
Palma; declaration of war; Monterey; Buena
Vista; California; New Mexico; General Scott;
Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo; the City of Mexico;
results of the war.

293, 294. Discovery of gold in California; Emigration;
results.

295. Summary of Polk's presidency.

(Taylor and Fillmore. See note 2, page 265.)

296. The question of the further extension of slavery.
(The North and the South.)

297. Three methods of settlement proposed; danger of
disunion; the compromise of 1850; the Fugitive
Slave Law.

298. Passage of the Fugitive Slave Law; its results; the
"Underground Railroad"; the "Higher Law."
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"; Charles Sumner and Jef-
ferson Davis.

299.

300. Summary of Taylor and Fillmore's presidencies.