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A History of the United States and its People by Edward Eggleston

The content outlines the early history of the United States, detailing exploration, settlement, colonial life, conflicts, and the events leading to the American Revolution.

CHAPTER

• How Columbus discovered America
• Other Discoveries in America
• Sir Walter Ralegh tries to settle a Colony in America
• How Jamestown was Settled
• The Starving Time, and what followed
• The Great Charter of Virginia
• The Coming of the Pilgrims
• The Coming of the Puritans
• The Coming of the Dutch
• The Settlement of Maryland and the Carolinas
• The Coming of the Quakers and Others to the Jerseys and Pennsylvania
• The Settlement of Georgia, and the Coming of the Germans, Irish, and French
• How the Indians Lived
• Early Indian Wars
• Traits of War with the Indians
• Life in the Colonial Time
• Farming and Shipping in the Colonies
• Bond-Servants and Slaves in the Colonies
• Laws and Usages in the Colonies
• The Spanish in Florida and the French in Canada
• Colonial Wars with France and Spain
• Braddock’s Defeat and the Expulsion of the Acadians
• Fall of Canada
• Characteristics of the Colonial Wars with the French
• How the Colonies were Governed
• Early Struggles for Liberty in the Colonies
• The Causes of the Revolution
• The Outbreak of the Revolution and Declaration of Independence
• The Battle of Trenton and the Capture of Burgoyne’s Army
• The Dark Period of the Revolution
• The Closing Years of the Revolution