THE GREAT EVENTS

BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZINGTHE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVESIN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

NON-SECTARIAN         NON-PARTISAN         NON-SECTIONAL

ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOSTDISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEFINTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATEDNARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES,BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.

JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

With a staff of specialists

VOLUME XIV

The National Alumni

COPYRIGHT, 1905,

By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

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CONTENTS

VOLUME XIV

PAGE

An Outline Narrative of the Great Events, xiii
CHARLES F. HORNE

The Battle of Lexington (a.d. 1775), 1
RICHARD FROTHINGHAM

The Battle of Bunker Hill (a.d. 1775), 19
JOHN BURGOYNE
JOHN HENEAGE JESSE
JAMES GRAHAME

Canada Remains Loyal to England
Montgomery's Invasion (a.d. 1775), 30
JOHN M'MULLEN

Signing of the American Declaration of Independence
(a.d. 1776), 39
THOMAS JEFFERSON
JOHN A. DOYLE

The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (a.d. 1777), 51
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY

The First Victory of the American Navy (a.d. 1779), 68
ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE

Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary (a.d. 1780), 85
ARMINIUS VAMBERY

Siege and Surrender of Yorktown (a.d. 1