. Bill Nye's history of the United States. he Republic down to the present find, upon looking over the records and docu-ments on file in the various archives of state andnation, that they are absolutely beyond question,and it is our object to give these rough and untidy, but impregnable truths,dressed in the sweet persuasive language of theauthor, and fluted, embossed, embroidered, andembellished by the skilful hand of the artist, arenow before you. History is but the record of the public and PREFACE. 7 official acts of human beings. It is our object,therefore, to human
. Bill Nye's history of the United States. he Republic down to the present find, upon looking over the records and docu-ments on file in the various archives of state andnation, that they are absolutely beyond question,and it is our object to give these rough and untidy, but impregnable truths,dressed in the sweet persuasive language of theauthor, and fluted, embossed, embroidered, andembellished by the skilful hand of the artist, arenow before you. History is but the record of the public and PREFACE. 7 official acts of human beings. It is our object,therefore, to humanize our history and deal withpeople past and present; people who ate and pos-sibly drank ; people who were born, flourished,and died ; not grave tragedians, posing perpet-ually for their photographs. If we succeed in this way, and administer his-torical truth in the smooth capsule of the cartoon-ist and the commentator, we are content. If not,we know whose fault it will be, but will not getmad and swear about it. Bill Nye. Fredk B. Vriit;-!^ i k CHAPTER I. PAGE The Discovery of America 13 CHAPTER Discoveries—Wet and Dry 23 CHAPTER Thirteen Original Colonies 36 CHAPTER Plymouth Colony 47 CHAPTER V. Drawbacks of being a Colonist 55 9 lO CONTENTS. CHAPTER VI. PAGE The Episode of the Charter Oak 62 CHAPTER Discovery of New York 72 CHAPTER Dutch at New Amsterdam 82 CHAPTER of the Middle States 92 CHAPTER Early Aristocracy 102 CHAPTER and Indian Wars no CHAPTER of Washington 124 CHAPTER with the Present Day i^i CHAPTER Revolutionary War 142 CHAPTER Franklin, , PhG., , etc 152 CHAPTER Critical Period jgo CHAPTER Beginning of the End lyo CONTENTS. 11 CHAPTER XVIII. PAGE The Close of the Revolution i8i CHAPTER First President ■ 191 CHAPTER War with Canada 203 CHAPTER Advance of the Republic 212 CHA
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