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The American Revolution, 1776–1783 by Claude Halstead Van Tyne, PhD, Assistance Professor of American History, University of Michigan

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Volume 9 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University

From the Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

From the Editor’s Introduction to Volume Nine: No more difficult task can be found in the twenty-six volumes of The American Nation than to write a fresh and original account of the Revolution…The fundamental thought of this volume is that the Revolution was a close struggle, in which the Americans suffered from inexperience and from the difficulty of securing common action, and the British from ineptitude; that to a large degree it was also a civil war, in which the Tories in actual numbers were not far inferior to the patriots; that it was further a remarkable school of political science from which emerged trained statesmen, vigorous state governments, and a weak and ineffectual national government. The point of view of the author as to the relative origins of the states and the nation is his own; it is no part of the scheme of the series to adjust the conclusions of the individual writers to the editor’s frame of mind.

From the Author’s Preface: At the present time there exists more literature devoted to the American Revolution than to any other period in our history, and its very extent increases the difficulty of writing about the subject. While the military side of the struggle has been almost exhaustively treated, there yet remains, notwithstanding much good work, many political, social, and constitutional questions which have been only superficially studied. The problems of writing this volume have been therefore those of condensation, giving proper proportions to the several phases of the Revolution, and of getting a fuller understanding of those questions which have been neglected.

Editor’s IntroductionAuthor’s PrefaceI. Fundamental and Immediate Causes (1763–1775)II. Outbreak of War (1775)III. Organization of an Army (1775–1776)IV. Spirit of Independence (1775–1776)V. The Campaign for Independence (1775–1776)VI. New York Accepts the Revolution (1776)VII. Contest for New York City (1776)VIII. From the Hudson to the Delaware (1776)IX. Framing New State Governments (1776–1780)X. Campaigns of Burgoyne and Howe (1777)XI. State Sovereignty and Confederation (1775–1777)XII. French Aid and French Alliance (1775–1778)XIII. The Turn in the Tide in England and America (1778)XIV. Civil War between Whigs and Tories (1777–1780)XV. The New West (1763–1780)XVI. French Aid and American Reverses (1778–1780)XVII. European Complications and the End of the War (1779–1781)

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European Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Volume 1 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

Editor’s Introduction to Volume One: This first volume of the series supplies a needed link between the history of Europe and the history of early America; for whether it came through a Spanish, French, English, Dutch, or Swedish medium, or through the later immigrants from Germany, from Italy, and from the Slavic countries, the American conception of society and of government was originally derived from the European. Hence the importance at the outset of knowing what that civilization was at the time of colonization.

AUTHOR’S PREFACE: The history of America is a branch of that of Europe. The discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World were results of European movements and sprang from economic and political needs, development of enterprise, and increase of knowledge, in the Old World. …The beginnings of American history are to be found in European conditions at the time of the foundation of the colonies. Similar forces continued to exercise an influence in later times. The power and policy of home governments, successive waves of emigration, and numberless events in Europe had effects that were deeply felt in America.

I. THE EAST AND THE WEST (1200–1500)II. ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL TRADE-ROUTES (1200–1500)III. ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS To EXPLORATION(1200–1500)IV. PIONEER WORK OF PORTUGAL(1400–1527)V. SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE AGE OF COLUMBUS (1474–1525)VI. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL EUROPE (1400–1650)VII. THE SYSTEM OF CHARTERED COMMERCIAL COMPANIES (1550–1700)VIII. TYPICAL AMERICAN COLONIZING COMPANIES (1600–1628)IX. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ON THE CONTINENT (1500–1625)X. RELIGIOUS WARS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY (1520–1648)XI. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND THE CATHOLICS (1534–1660)XII. THE ENGLISH PURITANS AND THE SECTS (1550–1689)XIII. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF ENGLAND (1500–1689)XIV. THE ENGLISH COUNTY AND ITS OFFICERS (1600–1650)XV. ENGLISH JUSTICES OP THE PEACE (1600–1650)XVI. ENGLISH PARISH OR TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT (1600–1650)

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European Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Volume 2 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

Editor’s Introduction to Volume Two: Having the first volume of this series discussed the events, the national developments, and the institutions which preceded the colonization of America, the next step is to describe the land and the people of America as they were found by the Europeans. This volume, therefore, is intended once and for all to set forth the physical conditions of colonization; for within twenty-five years after the discovery, the Spaniards began to penetrate into the interior of North America and encounter the obstacles of rivers and mountains and the sterner opposition of native tribes.Thus, upon a subject described and discussed since the earliest contact between the white and native races, the author has been able to throw a concentrated light, under which the physical basis is seen to furnish a reaction for the native peoples; and these peoples stand out as substantially one, a race-prepared from the beginning to assert itself in the history of America.

AUTHOR’S PREFACE: The present work is an attempt to describe, as fully as the limits of the book will permit, those features of North America and its native inhabitants which have been of greatest significance in the history of the United States. For the physical features of the continent, numerous trustworthy works are available; for the fauna and flora, there are various general treatises of value; while for the aborigines there is not a single comprehensive book of a satisfactory character. This lack has long been a source of embarrassment to students of American ethnology, and for that reason, the chief emphasis in the following pages is laid upon the distribution and the culture of the Indians.It is my hope, however, that the book may prove of some service as an introduction to the study of American ethnology as well as to that of American history.

I. General Physiography of North America (1500–1900)II. Waterways, Portages, Trails, and Mountain-Passes (1500–1800)III. Timber and Agricultural Products of North America (1500–1900)IV. Animal Life of North America (1500–1900)V. Antiquity of Man in North America VI. Classification and Distribution of the American Indians (1500–1900)VII. The Eskimo and the North Pacific Indians (1500–1900)VIII. Indians of the Northern Interior and of the Lower Pacific Coast (1800–1900)IX. The Indians of the Great Plains (1700–1900)X. Northern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600–1900)XI. Southern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600–1900)XII. Indian Tribes of the Southwest and of Mexico (1500–1900)XIII. Social Organization of the Indians (1500–1900)XIV. Indian Houses, House Life, and Food Quest (1500–1900)XV. Indian Industrial Life and Warfare (1500–1900)XVI. Indian Religion, Mythology, and Art (1500–1900)XVII. Character and Future of the Indians (1904)

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Volume 3 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

From the Editor’s Introduction to Volume Three: This volume begins with the detailed narrative of the founding and development of the communities now included within the United States of America, and the story necessarily goes back to the discovery of the American islands and continents. Professor Bourne in his earlier chapters summarizes and restates, with many original conclusions, the controverted points with regard to the discovery of America.

From the Author’s Preface: It has been my design in preparing this volume to accomplish two objects, so far as was practicable within the limits imposed by the conditions of the series to which it belongs. The first object was to provide an account, succinct and readable, and abreast of present scholarship, of the discovery and exploration of the New World. The second part of my plan is to present an outline sketch of the Spanish colonial system and of the first stage of the transmission of European culture to America.

Editor’s IntroductionAuthor’s PrefaceI. Preliminaries of Discovery (867–1487)II. Preparations of Columbus (1446–1492)III. Columbus’s Discovery and the Papal Demarcation Line (1492–1494)IV. Columbus at the Zenith of His Fortunes (1493–1500)V. Voyages of the Cabots and Corte-Reals (1496–1502)VI. Development of the Coast-Line (1499–1 506)VII. Amerigo Vespucci and the Naming of America (1499–1507)VIII. The Search for a Strait (1508–1514)IX. Magellan and the First Voyage around the World (1519–1522)X. Exploration of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts (1512–1541)XI. Exploration of the Interior of North America (1512–1541)XII. French and Spaniards in Florida (1558–1568)XIII. The Achievement of Three Generations (1492–1580)XIV. The Beginnings of Spanish Colonial Policy (1493–1518)XV. Spanish Colonial Government and Administration (1493–1821)XVI. Spanish Emigration to America (1500–1600)XVII. Race Element and Social Conditions in Spanish America (1500–1821)XVIII. Negro Slaves (1502–1821)XIX. Colonial Commerce and Industry (1495–1821)XX. The Transmission of European Culture (1493–1821)

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England in America, 1580–1652 by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, President of William and Mary College

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Volume 4 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand there is need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

Editor’s Introduction to Volume Four: This volume begins a detailed story of the English settlement, and its title indicates the conception of the author that during the first half-century the American colonies were simply outlying portions of the English nation, but that owing to disturbances culminating in civil war they had the opportunity to develop on lines not suggested by the home government.

AUTHOR’S PREFACE: This book covers a period of a little more than three-quarters of a century. It begins with the first attempt at English colonization in America, in 1576, and ends with the year 1652, when the supremacy of Parliament was recognized throughout the English colonies. The most interesting period in the history of any country is the formative period; and through the mass of recently published original material on America the opportunity to tell its story well has been of late years greatly increased. In the preparation of this work I have endeavored to consult the original sources, and to admit secondary testimony only in matters of detail.

I. Genesis of English Colonization (1492–1579)II. Gilbert and Raleigh Colonies (1583–1602)III. Founding of Virginia (1602–1608)IV. Gloom in Virginia (1608–1617)V. Transition of Virginia (1617–1640)VI. Social and Economic Conditions of Virginia (1634–1652)VII. Founding of Maryland (1632–1650)VIII. Contentions in Maryland (1633–1652)IX. Founding of Plymouth (1608–1630)X. Development of New Plymouth (1621–1643)XI. Genesis of Massachusetts (1628–1630)XII. Founding of Massachusetts (1630–1642)XIII. Religion and Government in Massachusetts (1631–1638)XIV. Narragansett and Connecticut Settlements (1635–1637)XV. Founding of Connecticut and New Haven (1637–1652)XVI. New Hampshire and Maine (1653–1658)XVII. Colonial Neighbors (1643–1652)XVIII. The New England Confederation (1643–1654)XIX. Early New England Life (1624–1652)

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Colonial Self-Government, 1652–1689 by Charles McLean Andrews, Ph.D., Professor of History in Bryn Mawr College

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Volume 5 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand there is need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

Editor’s Introduction to Volume Five: The importance of the volume in the American Nation series is that it includes colonies of the three types which persisted down to the Revolution—the crown colonies of Virginia and New York and New Hampshire; the proprietary colonies in the Jerseys, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Maryland, and the Carolinas; and the three New England charter colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. On one side the volume emphasizes the variety of conditions and experiments in government. On the other side, it brings out that characteristic that gives the volume its name, the steady determination of the colonists in all three types of colonies to enjoy self-government in internal affairs.

AUTHOR’S PREFACE: In consequence of this attempt to formulate and put in force a system of colonial management, trouble inevitably arose between the people and the royal and proprietary governors in New York and the southern colonies; and between New England and the crown. With a government in England endeavoring to shape a definite program of control, and a king on the throne who had no patience with the colonial demand for English liberties, it is little wonder that the era culminated in a series of exciting and dramatic episodes.

I. Navigation Acts and Colonial Trade (1651–1672)II. English Administration of the Colonies (1660–1689)III. Reorganization of New England (1660–1662)IV. Territorial Adjustment in New England (1662–1668)V. New Amsterdam becomes New York (1652–1672)VI. The Province of New York (1674–1686)VII. Foundation of the Jerseys (1660–1677)VIII. Development of the Jerseys (1674–1689)IX. Foundation of the Carolinas (1663–1671) X. Governmental Problems in the Carolinas (1671–1691)XI. Foundation of Pennsylvania (1680–1691)XII. Governmental Problems in Pennsylvania (1681–1696)XIII. Development of Virginia (1652–1675)XIV. Bacon’s Rebellion and its Results (1675–1689)XV. Development of Maryland (1649–1686)XVI. Difficulties in New England (1675–1686)XVII. The Revolution in America (1687–1691)XVIII. Social and Religious Life in the Colonies (1652–1689)XIX. Commercial and Economic Conditions in the Colonies (1652–1689)

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Volume 6 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

From the Editor’s Introduction to Volume Six: To the period between 1689 and 1740 has been applied the term “The Forgotten Half-Century.” Most of the writers on colonial history in detail give special attention to the seventeenth century, the period of upbuilding; and general historians like Bancroft and Hildreth sweep rather lightly over the epoch between the English Revolution and the forerunners of the American Revolution. In distributing the parts of The American Nation, this period has been selected for special treatment, because within it are to be found the roots of many later institutions and experiences … Its theme is the essential difficulty of reconciling imperial control with the degree of local responsibility which had to be accorded to the colonists.

From the Author’s Preface: In consequence of this attempt to formulate and put in force a system of colonial management, trouble inevitably arose between the people and the royal and proprietary governors in New York and the southern colonies; and between New England and the crown. With a government in England endeavoring to shape a definite program of control and a king on the throne who had no patience with the colonial demand for English liberties, it is little wonder that the era culminated in a series of exciting and dramatic episodes.

Editor’s IntroductionAuthor’s PrefaceI. ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES (1689)II. PROVINCIAL REORGANIZATION (1689–1692)III. EXTENSION OF IMPERIAL CONTROL (1689–1713)IV. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE PROVINCES (1689–1713)V. CONSTITUTIONAL TENDENCIES IN THE COLONIES (1689–1713)VI. PURITANS AND ANGLICANS (1689–1714)VII. FRENCH AND ENGLISH INTERESTS IN AMERICA (1689)VIII. KING WILLIAM’S WAR (1689–1701)IX.QUEEN ANNE’S WAR (1760–1709)X. ACADIA AND THE PEACE OF UTRECHT (1709–1713)XI. PROVINCIAL POLITICS (1714–1740)XII. PROVINCIAL LEADERS (1714–1740)XIV. IMMIGRATION AND EXPANSION (1690–1740)XV. FOUNDING OF GEORGIA (1732–1754)XVI. PROVINCIAL INDUSTRY (1690–1740)XVII. PROVINCIAL COMMERCE (1690–1740)XVIII. PROVINCIAL CULTURE (1690–1740)

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France in America, 1497–1763 by Reuben Gold Thwaites LL.D. Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Volume 7 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand there is need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

Editor’s Introduction to Volume Seven: In laying out a series like The American Nation, one of the fundamental difficulties is to bring into its proper relations the French colonies and their influence on the British settlements. Beginning simultaneously with the earliest English colonization, the French colonies, except in Maine and Acadia, were during their whole history separated from the English by immense expanses of trackless forest. Hence it is not until well into the eighteenth century that the two parallel threads of neighborhood colonization are really intertwisted.It has seemed wise, therefore, to treat French colonization as a continuous episode …

AUTHOR’S PREFACE: The story of the rise and fall of New France is the most dramatic chapter in American history. It has been so admirably related by Francis Parkman that to follow in his footsteps may seem a daring venture. But the work of Parkman runs through twelve octavo volumes, and in this busy world, comparatively, few are willing to undertake the task of reading them all, despite the fact that France and England in North America are quite as entertaining as the best of fiction, and possesses the additional charm of verity. There would seem to be needed a one-volume history of New France, from the standpoint of relationship with her English neighbors to the south.

I. The Planting of New France (1497–1632)II. The Acadian Frontier (1632–1728)III. The St. Lawrence Valley (1632–1713)IV. Discovery of the Mississippi (1634–1687)V. Louisiana and the Illinois (1697–1731)VI. Rivalry with England (1715–1745)VII. King George’s War (1743–1748)VIII. The People of New France (1750)IX. Basis of the Final Struggle (1748–1752)X. Outbreak of War (1752–1754)XI. A Year of Disaster (1755)XII. Guarding the Western Frontier (1755–1756)XIII. A Year of Humiliation (1757)XIV. The Turning of the Scale (1758)XV. The Fall of Quebec (1759)XVI. Conquest Approaching (1759–1760)XVII. The Treaty of Paris (1760–1763)XVIII. Louisiana under Spain (1762–1803)

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Preliminaries of the Revolution, 1763–1775 by George Eliot Howard, PhD, Professor of Institutional History at the University of Nebraska

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Volume 8 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

In the Editor Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

From the Editor’s Introduction to Volume Eight: Few periods of American history have been more written upon than the decade preceding the Revolution. Nevertheless, there is still room for a brief volume on the subject; all the world knows that the Revolution really began almost fifteen years before its beginning, because of the efforts of the British government to give greater unity and stiffness to its colonial system, both as to government and as to trade with other nations; but the real motives underlying the uneasiness of the colonies still need enlightenment … fresh study of the evidence results in a clearer view of the difficulties of the imperial problem and brings out in sharper relief the reasons for the apparent paradox that the freest people then on earth insisted on and deserved a larger freedom.

From the Author’s Preface: The struggle between the English colonies and the parent state resulting in the recognition of a new and dominant nation in the western hemisphere is justly regarded as a revolution. Its preliminaries cover the twelve years between the peace of Paris in 1763 and the appeal to arms in 1775, but its causes are more remote. Up to the very beginning of hostilities, the colonists disclaimed any desire for independence; yet it seems clear to us that unconsciously they had long been preparing themselves for that event.

Editor’s IntroductionAuthor’s PrefaceI. The French War Reveals an American People (1763)II. The British Empire under George III. (1760–1775)III. The Mercantile Colonial System (1660–1775)IV. The First Protest of Massachusetts (1761)V. The First Protest of Virginia (1758–1763)VI. The First Act for Revenue from the Colonies (1763–1764)VII. The Menace of the Stamp Act (1764–1765)VIII. America’s Response to the Stamp Act (1765)IX. The Repeal of the Stamp Act (1766)X. The Townshend Revenue Acts (1766–1767)XI. First Fruits of the Townshend Acts (1768–1770)XII. The Anglican Episcopate and the Revolution (1638–1775)XIII. Institutional Beginnings of the West (1768–1775)XIV. Royal Orders and Committees of Correspondence (1770–1773)XV. The Tea-Party and the Coercive Acts (1773–1774)XVI. The First Continental Congress (1774)XVII. The Appeal to Arms (1774–1775)XVIII. The Case of the Loyalists (1763–1775)

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The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783–1789 by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, LLB, Professor of American History at the University of Michigan. 1936 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book A Constitutional History of the United States.

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Volume 10 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918) Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University

From the Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there, is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need of a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

From the Editor’s Introduction to Volume Ten: To the years from 1783 to 1789, Fiske has given the name “The Critical Period of American History"; yet it seems doubtful whether it was really a time of such danger of national dissolution as people then and since have supposed. Certainly, the trend of this volume is to show a more orderly, logical, and inevitable march of events than has commonly been described.

The special service of this volume is to bring out the relation of earlier experiences and forms of government to the final work of the convention. The Confederation is a preparatory stage, which, in the author’s judgment, was more creditable to the men of that time than posterity has been willing to allow. It had viability in itself, and from its mistakes, the framers of the Constitution learned wisdom. Throughout the book attention is paid to the capacity and accomplishment of the American people, and to their working out of tried and familiar principles into a new and more effective combination.

From the Author’s Preface: No history of the American nation would be satisfactory which left in dim obscurity the tale of how the people in the years after the war—when beset with difficulties and troubled by a political order which was unsuited to their needs—proceeded “deliberately and peaceably, without fraud or surprise” to establish a national union and to adjust political powers in a complicated and elaborate system of government.

… I have taken seriously the wish of the editor that the volumes should be based on original materials. Though I have been helped by many secondary writers, almost nothing is taken from them without verification in the sources; and in many cases the secondary writers are referred to because they contain the original material desired.

Editor’s IntroductionAuthor’s PrefaceI. The End of the Revolution (1781–1782)II. The Treaty of Paris (1782–1784)III. The Problem of Imperial Organization (1775–1787)IV. Poverty and Peril (1781–1783)V. Commercial and Financial Conditions (1783–1786)VI. Diplomatic Relations (1783–1788)VII. Founding a Colonial System (1783–1787)VIII. Founding of New Commonwealths (1787–1788)IX. Paper Money (1781–1788)X. Shays’s Rebellion (1786–1787)XI. Proposals to Alter the Articles of Confederation (1781–1786)XII. Plan for a National Government (1787)XIII. Shall the Confederation Be Patched Up? (1787)XIV. The Great Compromise (1787)XV. The Law of the Land (1787)XVI. Further Compromises and the Conclusion of the Convention’s Work (1787)XVII. The Constitution before the People (1787–1788)XVIII. For Better or for Worse (1788)

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Slavery and Abolition 1831–1841 by Albert Bushnell Hart, LLD. Professor of History at Harvard University. Published in 1906 by Harper and Brothers.

Narrated by Joseph Tabler. This book is in the public domain. It is read ‘as written.''

Narrator’s Note: an excellent book! Quite smart and thorough. Well written by the Editor of the Series.

Volume 16 of 27 in The American Nation: A History From Original Sources by Associated Scholars published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.

In the Editor’s Introduction to the series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time, hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in an untechnical style, which shall serve the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.

From the Author’s Preface: Except perhaps the struggle between patriots and tories at the outbreak of the Revolution, no controversy in the history of the United States has aroused such passion and led to such momentous results as that between the advocates and the opponents of slavery … The book has the double purpose of describing the conditions of slavery and the state of mind of those interested in it or against it, and at the same time recording the events which mark the anti-slavery agitation.

It is hard for a son and grandson of abolitionists to approach so explosive a question with impartiality, but the book is intended to show that there was more than one side to the controversy and that both the milder form of opposition called antislavery and the extremer form called abolition were confronted by practical difficulties which to many public-spirited and conscientious men seemed insurmountable.

CONTENTS:Author’s PrefaceI. American Social Characteristics (1830–1860)II. The Intellectual Life (1830–1840)III. The Era of Transportation (1830–1850)IV. Slavery as an Economic System (1607–1860)V. The Slave-Holder and his Neighbors (1830–1860)VI. The Free Negro (1830–1860)VII. Plantation Life (1830–1860)VIII. Control of the Slaves (1830–1860)IX. The Slave-Market (1830–1860)X. The Defense of Slavery (1830–1860)XI. The Anti-Slavery Movement (1624–1840)XII. Garrisonian Abolition (1830–1845)XIII. Non-Garrisonian Abolition (1831–1860)XIV. The Abolition Propaganda (1830–1840)XV. The Abolitionist and the Slave (1830–1840)XVI. The Abolitionist and the Slave-Holder (1830–1860)XVII. Abolition and Government (1830–1840)XVIII. Anti-Slavery in Congress (1831–1840)XIX. Interstate and International Relations of Slavery (1822–1842)XX. Panic of 1837 (1837–1841)XXI. The Effects of Abolition (1830–1860)

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