Beschreibung:
This 1930 history of the United States of America between 1765 and 1865 forms part of the Cambridge Historical Series. Many of the major historical events and contexts of the period are covered, beginning with the status of the colonists in 1765 and moving through to the Civil War.
1. The colonists, 1760¿5; 2. Constitutional opposition, 1760¿74; 3. Revolution; 4. The constitution; 5. The new nation; 6. Supremacy of the Jeffersonian Republicans, 1801¿9; 7. The second War of Independence and the era of good feeling; 8. Democracy; 9. The extension of slavery, 1849¿61; 10. The war for the Union, 1861¿6; Appendix 1. The Virginia Resolves, 1769; Appendix 2. The Declaration of Independence; Appendix 3. The Articles of Confederation; Appendix 4. The Constitution of the United States; Appendix 5. Bibliographical note.