History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent (5 volume set)

New York : Appleton, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 volume set. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Contents: Volume 1. Early voyages, French settlements in America --The Spaniards in Florida and on the Pacific coast --The Spaniards in the Mississippi Valley --The Spaniards hold Florida --The English attempt colonization --England plants a new nation in Virginia --Virginia obtains civil liberty --Slavery, dissolution of the London Company --Restriction on colonial commerce --Colonization of Maryland --Prelates and Puritans --The Pilgrims --New England's plantation --Self-government in Massachusetts --The providence plantations --Colonization of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut --The Prelates and Massachusetts --The united colonies of New England --The place of Puritanism in history --The fall and restoration of the Stuarts --The Navigation Acts --Connecticut, Rhode Island and Charles II --Massachusetts and Charles II --New England its red men --The overthrow of the charter of Massachusetts --Shaftsbury and Locke legislate for Carolina --Settlements in South Carolina --Maryland after the restoration --How the Stuarts reward the loyalty of Virginia --The great rebellion in Virginia --New Netherland --New Netherland and New Sweden --New Netherland, New Jersey, and New York --The people called Quakers in the United States --Pennsylvania --Despotism of James II in the northern colonies --The revolution of 1686 --The result so far. Volume 2. The southern states after the revolution --The middle states after the revolution --New England after the revolution --Parliament and the colonies --The red men east of the Mississippi --The languages and manners of the red men --Policy and religion of the red men --The nature and origin of the red men --Progress of France in North America --The rivalry of France and Great Britain in America --The war of the Spanish succession --Of boundaries of British, French and Spanish colonies --Progress of Louisiana --Colonial administration under the house of Hanover --The British salve-trade, colonization of Georgia --War between Great Britain and Spain, 1739-1748 --American claims legislative independence of England. Henry Perlham's administration 1748 --The royal governor of New York appeals to the paramount power of Britain. Henry Perlham's administrations continued 1748-1749 --The exploration of Ohio Henry Perlham's administration continued --^ America refused to ruled by arbitrary instructions. Henry Perlham's administration continued 1751-1753 --Franklin plans union for the American people. Henry Perlham's administration continued 1753-1754 --The old thirteen colonies. Newcastle's administration 1754 --The ministers are advised to tax America by act of Parliament Newcastle's administration 1754-1755 --England and France contend for the Ohio Valley and for Acadia Newcastle's administration continued 1755 --Great Britain unites America under military rule Newcastle's administration continued 1755-1756 --The aristocracy without the people cannot govern England Newcastle's administration continued 1756-1757 --The Whig aristocracy cannot conquer Canada. Anarchy in the administration 1757 --The new Protestant and powers against the Catholic power of the Middle Age William Pitt's ministry 1757 --Conquest of the valley of the West Pitt's ministry 1757-1758 --The conquest of Canada Pitt's ministry continued 1759 --^ Invasion of the valley of the Tennessee Pitt's ministry continued 1759-1760 --Possession taken of the country on the lakes Pitt's ministry continued 1760 --The king and the aristocracy against the Great commoner. George III drives out Pitt 1760-1761 --The acts of trade provoke revolution. The remodeling of the colonial governments 1761-1762 --The king drives ou the Newcastle Whings. The dawn of the new republic 1762-1763. Volume 3. England As It Was In 1763. 1763 --England And Its Dependencies. Ireland. 1763. --Charles Townshend Pledges The Ministry Of Bute To Tax America By The British Parliament, And Resigns February-May l763 --Pontiac's War Triumvirate Ministry. May-September 1763. Enforcement Of The Acts Of Navigation Grenville's Administration Continued. October 1763-April 1764 --How America Received The Plan Of A Stamp-Tax Grenville's Administration Continued. April-December l764. --The Twelfth Parliament Of Great Britain Passes The American Stamp-Tax Grenville's Administration Continued January-.April 1765. --The Day-Star Of The American Union April-July 1765. --The Battle Between The King And The Duke Of Bedford. April-July 1765 --America Repels Its Stamp-Tax Administration Of Rockingham. August-September 1765 --The Stamp Act Leads America To Union Administration Of Rookingham. October-December 1765. --^ Has Parliament The Right To Tax America? Administration Of Rookingham December 1765-January 1766. --William Pitt Intervenes. Rookingham's Administration Continued. January 1766. --Parliament Affirms Its Right To Tax America Rookingham's Administration Continued The Third of February 1766. --The Repeal Of The Stamp Act. Administration of Rookingham. February-May 1766. --The Charter Of Massachusetts In Peril. The Fall Of The Rockingham Whigs. The Earl Of Chatham, May-October 1766. --Charles Townshend Usurps The Lead In Government. Administration OF Chatham. October 1766-March 1767 --Parliament Will Have An American Army And An American Revenue. Administration Of Grafton. March-July 1767. --Coalition Of The King And The Aristocracy. July-November 1767. --Massachusetts Consults Her Sister Colonies. Administration of Grafton. Hillsborough secretary for the colonies. November 1767-March 1768. --^ Will Massachusetts Rescind? Administration Of Grafton. Hills Hillsborough Secretary For The Colonies. April-July 1768. --Union Of Bedford And The King. The Regulators Of North Carolina. Hillsborough Secretary For The Colonies. July-September 1768. --The Towns Of Massachusetts Meet In Convention. A Commonwealth In Louisiana. Hillsborough Secretary For The Colonies. September-October 1768. --The King And Parliament Against The Town Of Boston. Hillsborough Secretary For The Colonies. October 1768-February 1769. --Virginia Comes To The Aid Of Massachusetts. Grafton's administration. Hillsborough Colonial Minister. March-August 1769. --Growth Of Republicanism In Louisiana, Kentucky, And Massachusetts. Lord North Forms An Administration. May 1769-January 1770. --The Boston "Massacre." Lord North's Administration. January- March 1770. --The King Violates The Charter Of Massachusetts. March-October 1770. --The Origin Of Tennessee. October 1770-June 1771. --^ Great Britain Centers In Itself Power Over Its Colonies. Hillsborough's Retirement. June 1771-August 1772. --The Towns Of Massachusetts Hold Correspondence August 1772 --January 1773. --Virginia Consolidates Union, January --July 1773. --The Boston Tea-Party, August-December 1773. --Tile King In Council Insults Massachusetts And Its Agent. December 1773-February 1774. --In Crisis February-May 1774. Volume 4. America Sustains The Town Of Boston. May 1774. --Preparations For A General Congress. June-August 1774. --Massachusetts Defeats The Attempt Of The British Parliament To Change Its Charter. May-August 1774. --The First American Congress. September-October 1774. --How Britain began Catholic Emancipation, And How Virginia Nullified the Quebec act. October-November 1774. --The Fourteenth Parliament Of Great Britain. October 1774-January 20, 1775 --The King Declares Massachusetts In Rebellion. January-February 1775 --The King Awaits News Of Success. March-May 1775 --To Lexington And Conoord1 And Back To Boston. April 19, 1775. --Effects Of The Day Of Lexington And Concord. The General Rising. .April-June 1775. --The American Revolution Emanates From The People. May-July 1775. --Massachusetts Asks For George Washington Ab Commander-In-Chief • May-June 17, 1775. --The Army Round Boston. June 17-.August 1775. --America Awaits The King's Decision. July-October 1775. --Final Answer Of The King To America. August-December 1775. --Final Answer Of Parliament To America.. October-December 1775. --Annexation Of Canada. August-December 1775 --Advancing Toward Independence. Last Months of 1775-March 1776 --Acts Of Independence. February-April 1776. --Britain Seeks Foreign Aid. 1775- 1776 --America Seeks Foreign Aid. 1775- 1776 --The British Recover Canada. North Carolina Declares For Independence. January-July 1776. --How South Carolina Advanced To Independence. February-July 1776. --Virginia Proclaims The Rights Of Man And Proposes Independence. May-June 1776. --The People Of Every American Colony Demand Independence. June-July 1776 --The Resolution And The Declaration Of Independence, From the First to the Fourth of July 1776. Volume 5. Will The Thirteen United States Maintain Their Independence? July-August 1776. --The Retreat From Long Island. August 1776. --The Progress Of The Howes. August 30 to September 1776 --Opinion In England. Border War In America. July-November 1776 --White Plains. Fort Washington. October 1-Novemher 16, 1776. --Washington's Retreat Through The Jerseys. November 17-December 13, 1776. --Trenton. December 11-26, 1776 --Assanpink And Princeton. December 26, 1776-January 1777. --Preparations for the campaign of 1777. France, Holland, Spain, And England. December 1776-May 1777. --The Opening Of The Campaign Of 1777. March- July 1777. --The Advance Of Burgoyne From Canada. May-August 1777. --Progress Of Sir William Howe And Burgoyne. July-October 20, 1777 --The Contest For The Delaware River. The Confederation. September-November 1777. --The Winter At Valley Forge. Britain In Want Of· Troops. November 1777 to April 1778. --^ The Aspect Of Continental Europe. 1775-1781. --France And The United States. December 1777 to April 1778. --The British Abandon Pennsylvania.. May-June 1778. --After The French Alliance. June-December 1778. --The King Of Spain Baffled By The Backwoodsmen Of Virginia. 1778-1779 --The Treaty Between France And Spain. Reforms in Virginia. Progress Of The War. 1779 --America In Europe. The Armed Neutrality, 1778-1780. --Great Britain Makes War On The Netherlands, 1780-1781. --The War In The South. Clinton And Lincoln. 1778-1780 --The War In The South. Cornwallis And Gates. 1780 --The War In The South. Cornwallis And The People Of The South-West. 1780. --The Rise Of Free Commonwealths. 1780. --The Complot Of Sir Henry Clinton And Arnold. 1780 --Striving For Union. 1779- 1781. --France Has Urgent Need Of Peace. l780-1781 --The Southern Campaign. The Separate Command Of Morgan. 1780-1781 --The Southern Campaign Of Greene. February-September 1781 --^ The Last Campaign Of The American War. 1781. --Britain Is Weary Of War With America. January-June 1782 --Shelburne strives sincerely for peace. July-August 1882 --Peace Between Tile United States Of America And Great Britain. From September first to the end of November 1782.