A History of the United States. Charles Kendall Adams

IX. the french alliance and the campaigns of 1778 and 1779.

       A WINTER OF DISCOURAGEMENT.

       PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN.

       CONDITIONS WEST OF THE ALLEGHANIES.

       THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST.

       THE VICTORIES OF PAUL JONES.

       CHAPTER X. the campaigns of 1780 and 1781.

       THE WAR IN THE SOUTH.

       THE TREASON OF BENEDICT ARNOLD.

       CAUSES OF DISCOURAGEMENT.

       AMERICAN SUCCESSES IN THE SOUTH.

       THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.

       CHAPTER XI. the articles of confederation and the constitution.

       DIFFICULTIES OF CONFEDERATION.

       THE CONSTITUTION.

       PART III. THE ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES, 1789–1825.

       CHAPTER XII. the country at the close of the eighteenth century.

       GENERAL CONDITIONS.

       SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE.

       CHAPTER XIII. the administrations of washington, 1789–1797.

       EARLY LEGISLATION AND PARTIES.

       DIFFICULTIES OF ADMINISTRATION.

       CHAPTER XIV. the administration of john adams, 1797–1801.

       A PERIOD OF DISSENSIONS.

       CHAPTER XV. the administrations of jefferson, 1801–1809.

       JEFFERSONIAN POLICY.

       MEASURES AND EVENTS.

       CHARACTER OF JEFFERSON’S STATESMANSHIP.

       CHAPTER XVI. the administrations of madison, 1809–1817.

       OUTBREAK OF WAR.

       EXPLOITS OF THE NAVY.

       REVERSES AND SUCCESSES.

       END OF THE WAR.

       THE DISAFFECTION OF NEW ENGLAND.

       CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR.

       CHAPTER XVII. the administrations of monroe, 1817–1825.

       CHARACTER OF THE PERIOD.

       DIPLOMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

       SLAVERY COMES TO THE FRONT.

       FACTIONAL POLITICS.

       PART IV. SPREAD OF DEMOCRACY AND EXTENSION OF TERRITORY, 1825–1850.

       CHAPTER XVIII. the administration of john quincy adams, 1825—1829.

       FAILURES OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

       THE TARIFF QUESTION.

       CHAPTER XIX. the jacksonian epoch, 1829–1837.

       POLITICAL CONDITIONS.

       PROGRESS OF THE NATION.

       CHAPTER XX. jackson’s first administration, 1829–1833.

       A POPULAR AUTOCRAT.

       THE DEBATE OVER THE NATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION.

       THE TARIFF AND NULLIFICATION.

       CHAPTER XXI. jackson’s second administration, 1833–1837.

       THE ABOLITIONISTS.

       FINANCIAL DISTURBANCES.

       CHAPTER XXII. the administrations