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Introduction
DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION.
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Period I. — Discovery. .... = , » 1
Period II. — Colonization ,c » 7
Period III. — English Colonization to 1748. . ..,,.» . ......:.... 13
Massachusetts Bay Colony » , » ........ 17
New Hampshire , .- , 33
New England in general. .,. ........ o , = 26
The Southern Colonies in general. , , . . , 39
New Jersey 46
Pennsylvania , , . . , 47
Delaware . . 49
The Colonies in general 49
Period IV.— Colonial History, 1750-63 56
French Settlement. 56
French and Indian War. , 60
Results of the War 63
Period V. — Colonial Resistance, 1763-75 65
Taxation without Representation 65
Lexington and Concord. 69
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Xll CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Chapter I.— The Revolution: 1775-81. PAGE
The Rise of the Republic 73
Events iu New Euglaud 76
Events iu Canada 77
Events in England and on the Coast 78
Independence .' 79
Events iu the Middle States, 1776-8 80
Buigoyue's Expedition, 1777 85
Aid'from Fiance, 1778 87
Events in the North after 1778 89
Events on the Sea 92
Events in the South, 1778-81 93
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