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Outline Narrative (29:41) The Battle of Lexington, AD 1775, by Richard Frothingham (47:49) The Battle of Bunker Hill, AD 1775, by John Burgoyne (3:42) The Battle of Bunker Hill, AD 1775, by John Heneage Jesse (12:07) The Battle of Bunker Hill, AD 1775, by Joanes Grahame (13:51) Canada Remains Loyal to England, AD 1775, by John McMullen (22:26) Signing of the American Declaration of Independence, AD 1776, by Thomas Jefferson (20:44) Signing of the American Declaration of Independence, AD 1776, by John A. Doyle (12:19) The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga, AD 1777, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (43:22) The First Victory of the American Navy, AD 1779, by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (44:17) Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary, AD 1780, by Arminius Vambry (23:47) Siege and Surrender of Yorktown, AD 1781, by Henry B. Dawson (39:27) Siege and Surrender of Yorktown, AD 1781, by Lord Cornwallis (8:40) British Defense of Gibraltar, AD 1782, by Frederick Sayer, part 1 (26:55) British Defense of Gibraltar, AD 1782, by Frederick Sayer, part 2 (25:59) Close of the American Revolution, AD 1782, by The American Peace Commissioners (10:26) Close of the American Revolution, AD 1782, by John Ludlow (44:25) Settlement of American Loyalists in Canada, AD 1783, by Sir John G. Bourinot (19:45) The First Balloon Ascension, AD 1783, by Hatton Turnor (25:39) Framing of the Constitution of the United States, AD 1787, by Andrew W. Young, part 1 (25:32) Framing of the Constitution of the United States, AD 1787, by Andrew W. Young, part 2 (27:59) Framing of the Constitution of the United States, AD 1787, by Joseph Story (13:19) Inauguration of Washington, AD 1789-1797, by James K. Paulding and George Washington (39:24) French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille, AD 1789, by William Hazlitt (43:30) Hamilton Establishes the American Bank, AD 1791, by Alexander Hamilton and Lawrence Lewis, Jr (13:05) Negro Revolution in Haiti, AD 1791, by Charles Wyllys Elliot (39:37) Republican France Defies Europe, AD 1792, by Alphonse M.L. Lamartine, part 1 (24:35) Republican France Defies Europe, AD 1792, by Alphonse M.L. Lamartine, part 2 (21:26) The Invention of the Cotton-gin, AD 1793, by Charles W. Dabney (7:26) The Invention of the Cotton-gin, AD 1793, by R.B. Handy (42:07) The Invention of the Cotton-gin, AD 1793, by Denison Olmsted (23:33) The Execution of Louis XVI, AD 1793, by Thomas Carlyle (37:21) The Reign of Terror, AD 1794, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 1 (20:52) The Reign of Terror, AD 1794, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 2 (20:26) The Downfall of Poland, AD 1794, by Sir Archibald Alison (20:29) The Rise of Napoleon, AD 1796, by Sir Walter Scott (34:25) Overthrow of the Mamelukes, AD 1798, by Charles Knight (22:03) Jenner Introduces Vaccination, AD 1798, by Sir Thomas J. Pettigrew (31:31)
