A Short History of the United States eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 355 pages of information about A Short History of the United States.

A Short History of the United States eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 355 pages of information about A Short History of the United States.

Elections, presidential, of 1800; of 1824; of 1840; of 1844;
  of 1848; of 1852; of 1856; of 1860; of 1868; of 1872;
  of 1876; of 1880; of 1884; of 1888; of 1892; of 1896. 
Electoral Commission. 
Embargo, Jefferson’s. 
Era of Good Feeling. 
Ericson, Leif (Life er’ik-son). 
Ericsson, John. 
Erie Canal.

Farragut, Admiral D.G., portrait; at New Orleans. 
Federal Ratio. 
Federalist Party. 
Fifteenth Amendment. 
Fillmore, Millard, portrait; chosen Vice-President; becomes President. 
Florida, discovered; settled; purchased. 
Fourteenth Amendment. 
France, explorers and colonists of; colonists conquered by British;
  recognizes independence of the United States;
  influence of revolution in, on America; controversy. 
Franklin, Benjamin, portrait; early life of; examined by House of
  Commons; Minister to France; in Federal Convention. 
Fredericksburg, battle of. 
Free Soil Party. 
Freeman’s Farm, battles of. 
Fremont, John C.; portrait; in California; defeated for the Presidency. 
Fugitive Slave Act. 
Fulton, Robert.

Gadsden Purchase. 
Gag Resolutions. 
Gage, British general. 
Gama, da (dae gae’mae). 
Garfield, J. A.; elected President; murdered. 
Garrison, W. L.
Gates, General; in Burgoyne’s campaign; defeated at Camden. 
Genet, French Minister. 
Georgia, settlement of. 
Gettysburg, battle of. 
Ghent, Treaty of. 
Grant, General U.S.; portrait; seizes Cairo; captures Fort Donelson;
  at Shiloh; captures Vicksburg; at Chattanooga; Lieutenant-General;
  his Virginia Campaign; elected President; reelected President. 
Great Britain; Treaty of 1783; Jay’s Treaty; Treaty of Ghent;
  Treaty of 1842; Oregon Treaty; Alabama claims. 
Greeley, Horace; portrait; on secession; defeated for Presidency. 
Greene, General, his Southern Campaigns. 
Grenville, George. 
Guilford, battle of.

Hamilton, Alexander; Secretary of the Treasury; his financial policy;
  his constitutional ideas; intrigues against Adams. 
Harrison, Benjamin, elected President. 
Harrison, General W.H.; at Tippecanoe; elected President; his death. 
Hartford Convention. 
Harvester, the. 
Hawaii annexed. 
Hawkins, Sir John. 
Hayes, R.B., elected President. 
Henry, Patrick; portrait; Parson’s Cause; his Stamp Act Resolutions;
  in Continental Congress; opposes Constitution. 
Hood, Confederate general. 
Hooker, General Joseph. 
Hudson, Henry.

Impressment. 
Iroquois.

Jackson, General Andrew; portrait; a Creek War; defends New Orleans;
  candidate for Presidency; elected President; his administration. 
Jamestown, founded. 
Jay, John. 
Jay’s Treaty. 
Jefferson, Thomas; portrait; writes Declaration of Independence;
  Secretary of State; his constitutional ideas; Vice-President;
  writes Kentucky Resolutions; elected President; his administrations. 
Johnson, Andrew; portrait; President; his reconstruction policy;
  impeached. 
Johnston, Confederate general. 
Judiciary Act of 1801.

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