The History of the United States: From Their Colonization to the End of the Twenty-sixth Congress, in 1841, Volume 1

Lippincott, 1856 - United States

CHAPTER I	21

Settlers arrive at Plymouth Rock	27

Religious Persecution	33

CONTENTS	35

Leislers Insurrection	53

War with France	73

Stamp Act opposed	79

Duties partially repealed	85

The insurrection quelled	347

Each State entitled to one vote in Congress	353

Grand committee appointed	360

Election of the Executive	366

Powers of the Executive	372

Miscellaneous provisions	374

Ordinance for the Northwest Territory	380

Washingtons arrival at New York	386

General Congress proposed	91

Effects of Slavery	97

CHAPTER II	103

+ Address to the People of Great Britain	121

Lord Norths Propositions rejected	146

Royal Authority terminated in the Colonies	152

Junction of Montgomery and Arnold	158

Mecklenburg Declaration	164

Committee to draw the Declaration	171

Arrival of the British Armament	177

Conference of a Committee of Congress with Lord Howe	183

New York evacuated by Washington	184

Capture of Fort Washington	190

Retreat from the Assanpink	196

Sir William Howe retreats to Staten Island	202

The British repulsed at Red Bank	208

Burgoyne retreats	214

The Army and People support him	217

Silas Deane	223

General Lee arrested	229

Arrival of British Commissioners	235

Silas Deane	241

Incursion into Connecticut	247

It capitulates	253

CONTENTS	254

Benedict Arnold	260

Sergeant Champe	266

Greene retreats from Cornwallis	272

Expedition of Phillips and Arnold	278

Action at Hobkirks Hill	284

CHAPTER IV	290

Terms of the treaty with Great Britain	296

CONTENTS	298

Appeal to Rhode Island	303

Claims of Virginia opposed	309

Cession by Virginia	315

He resigns his commission to Congress	321

Exclusion of Slavery rejected	327

Principles of International Law proposed	329

Regulations of commerce proposed to the States	335

Commercial difficulties among the States	341

Impost duties	392

Construction of Constitutions	402

Republican simplicity	408

Funding of the Debt	414

Rise in price of the public Securities	416

Assumption of State debts	422

Policy of the Assumption considered	428

Ratification of the Constitution by Rhode Island	434

Tonnage duties	440

Opposition to the Administration	446

Construction of Constitutions	456

Relations of the United States with England	462

New apportionment of Members under the census	468

His reports on Manufactures and the Mint	474

Dissensions in the Cabinet	480

Parties in the United States	487

Loan from the Bank	493

The slavetrade and negro slavery	499

The fugitive slave law made inoperative	500

Proclamation of Neutrality	507

Case of The Little Democrat	514

Impressment of Seamen	520

Jeffersons Commercial report	526

Restrictive policy	532

Policy of a Navy	539

Parties in the United States	545

Accounts with the States adjusted	549

Proceedings of the malcontents	555

Selfcreated Societies	561

Treasury report	567

Objections to the Treaty	573

Presentation of the French flag	579

Madisons speech on the Treaty	585

Amess speech	591

Monroe succeeds Gouverneur Morris	597

Monroe defends the United States	603

Adets proclamation and complaints	609

Complaints by French Envoys	615

Pacific policy of Washington reviewed	621

Washingtons career	627

Powers of Congress 373	643

Title	The History of the United States: From Their Colonization to the End of the Twenty-sixth Congress, in 1841, Volume 1 The History of the United States: From Their Colonization to the End of the Twenty-sixth Congress, in 1841, George Tucker
Author	George Tucker
Publisher	Lippincott, 1856
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	Jul 21, 2006

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