The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the presentBOOK THIRD. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 1775 TO 1789.Reading editionChapter navigation51 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE COMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,Introductory materialPREFATORY.BOOK FIRST. DISCOVERIES. B. C. TO 1607 A. D.Chapter I · OF AMERICA BEFORE ITS DISCOVERY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. B. C.-1000 A. D.Chapter II · OF THE DISCOVERIES IN AMERICA DURING THE ELEVENTH, FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. 1000–1607.Chapter III · ON THE INDIAN CHARACTER.BOOK SECOND. SETTLEMENTS AND COLONIES. 1607 TO 1775.Chapter I · OF AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS GENERALLY.Chapter II · THE SETTLEMENTS OF VIRGINIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, THE CAROLINAS, AND GEORGIA.Chapter III · JOHN SMITH.Chapter IV · OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.Chapter V · THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK.Chapter VI · THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW JERSEY.Chapter VII · THE SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.Chapter VIII · THE COLONIES IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.Chapter IX · WITCHCRAFT.Chapter X · OF THE MANNERS, MORALS, HABITS, AND LAWS OF THE COLONISTS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.Chapter XI · THE COLONIES IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.Chapter XII · THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE AMERICAN BELT. 1754 TO 1763.Chapter XIII · CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.BOOK THIRD. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 1775 TO 1789.Chapter I · THE FIRST TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL. GRIEVANCES; THE PREPARATION; THE START.Chapter II · JULY FOURTH, 1776, AND SO FORTH.Chapter III · SECOND TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL; ITS ECCENTRIC BUT ONWARD MOVEMENTS. 1776–1780.Chapter IV · THE LAST TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL; ACCELERATIONS; SLOWINGS; THE GRIST. 1780–1783.Chapter V · HOW A POOR CONSTITUTION BROKE DOWN.BOOK FOURTH. THE UNITED STATES. 1789 TO 1869 AND ONWARDS.Chapter I · THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. 1777–1787.Chapter II · CONSTRUCTION; OR, WASHINGTON’S ADMINISTRATION. 1789–1797.Chapter III · OLD FAMILY PORTRAITS.Chapter IV · THE STRUGGLE AND FALL OF FEDERALISM; OR, JOHN ADAMS’S ADMINISTRATION. 1797–1801.Chapter V · THE CHIEF AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.Chapter VI · DEMOCRACY IN POWER; OR, JEFFERSON’S ADMINISTRATION. 1801–1809.Chapter VII · THE UNITED STATES AT SEA; OR, MADISON’S CRUISE. 1809–1817.Chapter VIII · THE ERA OF GOOD-WILL; OR, MONROE’S NESTING. 1817–1825.Chapter IX · TROUBLES BUBBLE; OR, THE SORROWS OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 1825–1829.Chapter X · THE AGE OF HICKORY; OR, JACKSON’S EPOCH. 1829–1837.Chapter XI · THE DUTCH REIGN OF MARTIN VAN BUREN. 1837–1841.Chapter XII · THE HARRISON-TYLER TROUPE; HOW IT PLAYED. 1841–1845.Chapter XIII · POLK’S WHIRL; OR, THE AMERICAN POLKA. 1845–1849.Chapter XIV · THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ON THE AMERICAN HALF-SHELL.Chapter XV · THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE; OR, THE TAYLOR AND FILLMORE WEBBING. 1849–1853.Chapter XVI · THE UNION PIERCED; OR, PIERCE’S TURN. 1853–1857.Chapter XVII · COTTON-SEEDS SPROUT; OR, BUCHANAN’S ADMINISTRATION. 1857–1861.Chapter XVIII · OUR NEWER NATIONAL ALBUM.Chapter XIX · THE WAR OF IDEAS AND MUSKET; OR, LINCOLN’S ADMINISTRATION. 1861–1865.Chapter XX · VELOCIPEDAL.Chapter XXI · PUZZLES AND CROSS-READINGS; OR, JOHNSON’S ENTERTAINMENTS. APRIL 14, 1865, TO MARCH 4, 1869.Chapter XXII · TAKEN FOR GRANTED; OR, WHAT IS EXPECTED OF GRANT AND THE AMERICAN FUTURE. MARCH 4, 1869, TO ——.Previous chapter ←Book 2 — Chapter XIII · CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.Next chapter →Book 3 — Chapter I · THE FIRST TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL. GRIEVANCES; THE PREPARATION; THE START.All chapters and sections (51)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE COMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,Opening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsPREFATORY.Books1Book 1 · Chapters123Books2Book 2 · Chapters12345678910111213Books3Book 3 · Chapters12345Books4Book 4 · Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122“L’Histoire c’est La Revolution.”◇Montesquieu, De l’esprit des Lois.◇235◇← CHAPTER XIII. CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.CHAPTER I. THE FIRST TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL. GRIEVANCES; THE PREPARATION; THE START. →