History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789].

George Bancroft

D. Appleton, 1885 - United States

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 5
• Is divided by parties: 13
• The court and the legislature of Rhode Island in conflict: 19
• Madison receives a copy of Washingtons letter: 21
• In New York In Massachusetts: 22
• Congress and a national bank: 27
• Pennsylvania and the public debt Rhode Island refuses the impost: 33
• Ministry of Fox and the duke of Portland The king against the ministry: 46
• Long debates upon it 382: 47
• The furtraders induce Lord North to retain the interior American posts Pitt: 53
• THE AMERICAN ARMY AND ITS CHIEF: 70
• The king of England invites a cordial understanding with France: 71
• CHAPTER VII: 78
• In Maryland In congress Riot in Philadelphia: 82
• Of Delaware Of Maryland Of Georgia Of South Carolina: 86
• The officers of the army bid farewell to Washington: 93
• The objections of Richard Henry: 100
• ON THE WAY TO A FEDERAL CONVENTION 17831787: 106
• CHAPTER II: 110
• History of the clause against slavery 289: 118
• National measures of Virginia: 122
• CHAPTER III: 125
• 1783: 136
• Proposed reform of the confederacy by less than a unanimous vote: 143
• The American commissioners for treaties meet with a rebuff from England: 144
• CHAPTER V: 154
• Public opinion on paper money: 169
• THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITU: 177
• Washington embarrassed for income A gradual abolitionist: 185
• Only five states appear Their extreme caution in their report: 196
• Expectation of the British ministry: 202
• IN FIVE BOOKS: 205
• CHAPTER I: 207
• THE CONFEDERATION: 211
• Extent of the federal legislative powers: 217
• The veto power: 223
• 202: 236
• The large states prevail: 255
• Movement against the slavetrade Two classes of slave states: 264
• CHAPTER V: 270
• Anxiety of the country: 276
• 1784: 277
• PAGE: 278
• Virginia accepts the ordinance with its exclusion of slavery: 291
• The quorum Qualifications of electors: 297
• Madisons vote decides that the power shall not be granted: 303
• Who are citizens? Fugitives from justice Fugitive slaves: 309
• Navy and militia Clause on the militia: 313
• North Carolina will join South Carolina and Georgia on the question: 319
• The universal love of union Intercitizenship: 322
• Reception of the resolution of congress A convention called: 333
• Title of the president The veto power Power of pardon: 342
• CHAPTER X: 348
• Methods of consolidating the union Of bankruptcies Of money bills: 354
• Grant of power to regulate commerce: 357
• THE PEOPLE OF THE STATES IN JUDGMENT ON THE CONSTITU: 369
• CHAPTER I: 371
• Erents overruled by justice General desire for a closer union: 377
• Lee and Wilson in Pennsylvania: 383
• A RETROSPEOT: 389
• CHAPTER III: 393
• Wise conduct of Hancock: 395
• The convention wavering: 401
• The constitution in New Hampshire: 409
• Debate between Lowndes and Pinckrey: 415
• His station and character: 419
• CHAPTER V: 421
• Four motives to union: 422
• Is replied to by Pendleton and Madison: 427
• Navigation of the Mississippi: 433
• The American constitution Its forerunners: 442
• CHAPTER II: 452
• Opinions of Jefferson 403: 461
• Sweden Prussia: 463
• of John Adams 408: 471
• 327: 478
• The proposed five states in the Northwest: 479
• The requirement of an oath: 480
• The tenure for seven years with perpetual reeligibility: 484
• Rufus Putnams plan for colonizing the West His appeal to Washington 282: 496
• Congress declines to lead the way England compels union: 497
• The Federalist and its authors: 500
• The views of Virginia: 503
• A triple executive proposed: 507
• Parsons presents its memorial to congress Efect of the memorial: 513
• The army at Newburg Its appeal to congress: 515
• Jefferson describes the United States as one nation: 518
• Subject referred to a committee of eleven: 520
• Ordinance for governing the territory of the United States Its clauses 287: 527
• Grayson and slavery Nathan Darc and King: 535
• THE CONSTITUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY: 537
• Washington pleads with Virginia statesmen for a national constitution 115: 540
• Progress of the world by mastery over the forces of nature: 544
• Pennsylvania: 545
• Jeffersons ordinance: 549
• Franklin presents the constitution to its legislature: 551
• VOL VI: 562
• Independence and a continental convention and charter: 563

Popular passages

Page 472 - Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as .deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.

Page 218 - Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate States are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation ; to negative all laws passed by the several States contravening, in the opinion of the National Legislature, the Articles of Union, or any treaty subsisting under the authority of the Union...

Page 148 - I have done nothing in the late Contest, but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do, by the Duty which I owed to my People. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the Separation, but the Separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the Friendship of the United States as an independent Power.

Page 106 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.

Page 390 - Under the Articles of Confederation each State retained its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right not expressly delegated to the United States.

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Page 374 - That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.

Page 158 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief...

Page 45 - The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind, Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.

Page 365 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention, who may still have objections to it, would with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.

Bibliographic information

• Title: History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789].; Volume 6 of History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent [to 1789], George Bancroft
• Author: George Bancroft
• Publisher: D. Appleton, 1885
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Oct 31, 2006