[Transcriber's Notes]

The debt of England caused by the French and Indian War of 140,000,000
Pounds sterling is equivalent to about 19,000,000,000 Pounds in 2006.

Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" is available at
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/comsn10a.txt

[1492-1495] indicate the following text covers this period, until the
next such appearance.

This is a list or unfamiliar (to me) words.

abatis
  Defensive obstacle made by laying felled trees on top of eachother
  with branches, sometimes sharpened, facing the enemy.

appanage
  Land or other source of revenue for the maintenance of a memberof the
  family of a ruling house. Whatever belongs rightfully to one'srank or
  station in life. Natural or necessary accompaniment; adjunct.From the
  Latin "panis"--bread or "apanar"--to nourish.

Aristides
  Athenian statesman and general who fought at Marathon andSalamis. A
  central figure in the confederation known as the Delian League.

encomia
  Formal expression of praise; eulogy; tribute.

entails
  To limit the inheritance of property to a specified succession of
  heirs.

exigency
  Requiring much effort or immediate action; urgent; pressing.

finical
  Exacting about details; finicky; fussy; very particular.

indite
  Compose or write.

lief
  Gladly; willingly.

mooted
  Hypothetical case argued by law students as an exercise. Anancient
  English meeting of the freemen of a shire. To discuss or debate.

recreant
  Cowardly, craven, unfaithful, disloyal, traitorous, apostate,
  renegade.

subaltern
   Lower in position or rank. British military rank belowcaptain.

primogeniture
  System of inheritance by the eldest son.

whilom
  Former; erstwhile; at one time.

[End Transcriber's Notes]



After a painting by Gilbert Stuart. (The Gibbs Portrait.)

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
TO THE PRESENT TIME

By

E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS
CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY

With 650 Illustrations and Maps

VOLUME II.

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1912

COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS



CONTENTS

PERIOD III

REVOLUTION AND THE OLD CONFEDERATION
1763--1789


CHAPTER 1. RESULTS OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

How Important.
Vergennes's Prophecy.
England in Debt.
Tempted to Tax Colonies.
Colonies Strengthened.
Military Experience Gained.
Leaders Trained.
Fighting Power Revealed.
Best of All, Union.
How Developed.
Nothing but War could have done This.
Scattered Condition of Population then.
Difficulties of Communication.
Other Centrifugal Influences.
France no longer a Menace to the Colonies.
But a Natural Friend and Ally.
Increase of Territory at the Colonies' Disposal.


CHAPTER II. GEORGE III. AND HIS AMERICAN COLONIES

Character of the Young King.
Policy
Advisers.
Indefinite Causes Separating Colonies from England.
England Blind to These.
Ignorant of the Colonies.
Stricter Enforcement of Navigation Laws.
Writs of

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