New school history of the United States . A. Arthur 288 The Centuiy of Independence 290 Summary of Topics—Part VI. 300 The Declaration of Independence 306 The Constitution of the United States of America 310 LIST OF MAPS. AT PAGE I. Discoveries, Explorations, and Ethnographic Map of the Indian Tribes of the United States 1600 15 II. French Claims in 1750, and the United States at the close of the Revolution 93 III. War of 1812 179 IV. The United States in 1820 195 V. The War of Secession 231 VI. The United States in 1880 287 VII. Territorial Growth of the United States 299 LIST OF CHARTS,
New school history of the United States . A. Arthur 288 The Centuiy of Independence 290 Summary of Topics—Part VI. 300 The Declaration of Independence 306 The Constitution of the United States of America 310 LIST OF MAPS. AT PAGE I. Discoveries, Explorations, and Ethnographic Map of the Indian Tribes of the United States 1600 15 II. French Claims in 1750, and the United States at the close of the Revolution 93 III. War of 1812 179 IV. The United States in 1820 195 V. The War of Secession 231 VI. The United States in 1880 287 VII. Territorial Growth of the United States 299 LIST OF CHARTS, Etc. I. Synchronal Chart of American Discovery and 27 11. Synchronal Chart of the American Revolution 157 III. Synchronal Chart of the War of 1812 189 IV. Synchronal Chart of the War of Secession 257 V. Settlement and Admission of the States 304 VI. The Territories of the United States 305 VII. Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States 305 History of the United States. PART I.—INTRODUCTORY. THE NEW I. The United States is now one of the great-est nations of the size and in popula-tion it is fourth on the roll ofnations. It covers three milhonsand a half of square miles, andnumbers over fifty millions of inhabitants. It stretches across the continent of North Amer-ica, and occupies the middle and most favored regions. Bythe purchase of Alaska from Russia its frontier was carriedto Behrmgs Strait and the Arctic Sea. The extent of the S HISTOR V OF THE UNITED STA TES. territory ; the fertility of the soil; the variety and abundanceof the productions ; the number, freedom, and industry ofthe people, have rendered its inhabitants rich and powerful.^^ There are none to make them afraid. This vast domain has been won and occupied onlyby degrees. The process of settlement is still going chief advancement has been made in little more than ahundred years. The youth of the United States shouldlearn how their country has been acquired
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