A School History of the United States

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Cosimo, Inc., 2006 M05 1 - 520 páginas
[T]he French held to the policy of making friends with the Indians. No pains were spared to win them to the cause of France. They were flattered, petted, treated with ceremonial respect, and became the companions, as the women often became the wives, of the Frenchmen. Much was expected of this mingling of races. It was supposed that the Indian would be won over to civilization and Christianity. But the Frenchmen were won over to the Indians, and adopted Indian ways of life. They lived in wigwams, wore Indian dress, decorated their long hair with eagle feathers, and made their faces hideous with vermilion, ocher, and soot.-from "The French and the Indians"It's clear why A School History of the United States, first published in 1897, became a definitive textbook: simple language, straightforward ideas, and easy organization make it browsable and concisely informative. Outdated attitudes make it more quaint than provocative, yet it still serves as a quick and useful introduction to the story of the United States, from the discovery of the New World by Europeans to the war with Spain at the turn of the 20th century, particularly for those readers interested in how the American perception of the nation's history has shifted over the last century. Handy historical maps abound, and useful appendices include the complete Declaration of Independence as well as the Constitution of the United States as it stood at the beginning of the 20th century.OF INTEREST TO: American history buffs, students of the history of educationAlso available from Cosimo Classics: McMaster's A History of the People of the United States, From the Revolution to the Civil War: Vol. 1. and A Brief History of the United States.American historian JOHN BACH MCMASTER (1852-1932) taught at the Wharton School of Finance and Economy at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from 1883 to 1919. He also wrote Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters (1887).

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THE WAR FOR COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE
233
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION
257
NORTH AMERICA AFTER 1824
263
THE RISING WEST
266
FREEDOM AND SLAVERY
276
THE HIGHWAYS OF TRADE AND COMMERCE
279
XXIII
294
330
297

THE BRITISH COLONIES IN 1764
111
RESULTS OF the War for
151
THE UNITED STATES 1826 298 299
157
XIII
165
OUR COUNTRY IN 1790
179
THE RISE OF PARTIES
197
THE Struggle FOR NEUTRALITY
206
61
219
XVII
224
342
308
XXIV
320
THE TERRITORIES BECOME SLAVE SOIL
346
EXPANSION OF SLAVE SOIL
357
PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1840 AND 1860
365
WAR FOR THE UNION 18611865
379
WAR ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE
410
452 453
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