The Heritage of America
About this book
Chapter 1.
Opening Up the Continent
The continent
Individuals may discover
Brave and stupid men
Religion
Dying near the Mississippi
These Spaniards lied
Savages
Proof
Chapter 2.
Planting Colonies in the New World
The Virginia Company
Pocahontas
Pilgrims
Savage barbarians
Puritans
New Netherland
Wouter van Twiller
Diversity
Chapter 3.
Life in the American Colonies
Wonders of the invisible world
Bacon’s rebellion
Wabanaki
Hardships of Maine
Lazy louts
Slaves and redemptioners
Ben Franklin
George Mason estate
Chapter 4.
White Men and Red
Skin color
John Lawson’s opinion of the Indians of North Carolina
First Indian war
Neutrality
Indian captivity
Indian wars
Bounty
Indian adoption
Chapter 5.
The Struggle for the Continent
Indians between both French and English
Braddock’s defeat
Battle on the Plains of Abraham
Chapter 6.
The Coming of the Revolution
Boston tea party
John Adams complained
Liberty or death
George Washington, British loyalist
Powder alarm
Shot heard round the world
Declaration of independence
Chapter 7.
The Winning of Independence
Looting Fort Ticonderoga
March against nature
Continental morale
Siege of Fort Vincennes
Mutiny
Battle of Flamborough Head
Surrender at Yorktown
Chapter 8.
Confederation and Constitution
Thirteen states
Rhode Island sat it out
Compromises
Bill of Rights
Chapter 9.
Launching the New Government
Presidency
Dept Assumption
Partisanship
Equality
Treason
Libels
Strict construction
Chapter 10.
The War of 1812
Privateering
Tippecanoe
Burning of Washington
Forces of war
Treaty of Ghent
Winning the battle
Trade
Chapter 11.
The Hardy Frontiersman
Praying Indians
Cheap land in Connecticut
William Cooper
Westward migration
Davy Crockett
In the opinion of Rev. Timothy Flint
Hardships and perils
Chapter 12.
New Settlements in the Wilderness
Neighborliness
Nostalgia
Underground railroad
She saw Indians
Dishonesty
Chapter 13.
Sailing and Whaling
Flogging at sea
Whale
Fate
Raw material
Scooners from Monhegan Island
Chapter 14.
Steamboat Days
New Orleans
Romance of the river
Chapter 15.
Social Life in the Early Republic
Equality
Possessing land
Race and nationality
Servants and laborers
Teaching the class system
Northern vs. southern races
Child labor
Boston Brahmins
Antebellum beauty
Criticisms by Dickens
Religion vs. law
The telegraph
Anesthesia
Cholera
Chapter 16.
Man the Reformer
New world
Pseudoscientific fads
Social welfare
Principles
Wilderness
Working for a living
Shakers
Chapter 17.
The South and Slavery
An ideal of the industrial age
Effects of slavery
Cargo of slaves
Benevolent master
Labor in the rice fields
Myth of the happy darky
Chapter 18.
Abolition and Fugitive Slaves
Vested interests
The power of the press
Property