A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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- from the discovery of the American continent to the present time
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1. Front matter2. A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT TO THE PRESENT TIME.3. ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I.4. CHAPTER I. DISCOVERIES.5. CHAPTER II. DISCOVERIES CONTINUED.6. CHAPTER III. DISCOVERIES CONTINUED.7. CHAPTER IV. COLONISATION OF VIRGINIA.8. CHAPTER V. COLONISATION OF MARYLAND.9. CHAPTER VI. COLONISATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.10. CHAPTER VII. THE PILGRIM FATHERS.11. CHAPTER VIII. MASSACHUSETTS-BAY COLONY.12. CHAPTER IX. RHODE ISLAND; ROGER WILLIAMS AND ANNE HUTCHINSON.13. CHAPTER X. SETTLEMENT OF CONNECTICUT.14. CHAPTER XI. THE NEW ENGLAND UNION.15. CHAPTER XII. NEW NETHERLANDS; NEW SWEDEN.16. CHAPTER XIII. NEW YORK; NEW SWEDEN.17. CHAPTER XIV. THE RESTORATION.18. CHAPTER XV. MASSACHUSETTS UNDER CHARLES II.19. CHAPTER XVI. THE CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS ANNULLED.20. CHAPTER XVII. THE SETTLEMENT OF CAROLINA.21. CHAPTER XVIII. VIRGINIA UNDER CHARLES II.22. CHAPTER XIX. MARYLAND UNDER CHARLES II.23. CHAPTER XX. SETTLEMENT OF NEW JERSEY.—THE QUAKERS.24. CHAPTER XXI. THE SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.25. CHAPTER XXII. NEW FRANCE.—DISCOVERIES IN THE REGION OF THE GREAT LAKES.26. CHAPTER XXIII. NEW FRANCE (continued). DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.27. CHAPTER XXIV. THE COLONIES AFTER THE REVOLUTION OF 1688.28. CHAPTER XXV. THE FIRST INTERCOLONIAL WAR, AND THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT.29. CHAPTER XXVI. SETTLEMENT OF LOUISIANA.—QUEEN ANNE’S WAR.30. CHAPTER XXVII. THE ACCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER—LAW’S GREAT BUBBLE—LOUISIANA ESTABLISHED—GROWTH OF LIBERTY IN THE STATES.31. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SETTLEMENT OF GEORGIA AND THE PROGRESS OF THE STATES.