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The Comic History of the United States

by John D. Sherwood

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Dedication · Epigraph · Dedication — Prefatory
  3. 3Book First — Discoveries — B. C. to 1607 A. D.
  4. 4Chapter I — Of America Before Its Discovery in the Fifteenth Centur…
  5. 5Chapter II — Of the Discoveries in America During the Eleventh, Fif…
  6. 6Chapter III — On the Indian Character
  7. 7Book Second — Settlements and Colonies — 1607 to 1775
  8. 8Chapter I — Of American Settlements Generally
  9. 9Chapter II — The Settlements of Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, the C…
  10. 10Chapter III — John Smith
  11. 11Chapter IV — Of the Settlement of the New England States
  12. 12Chapter V — The Settlement of New York
  13. 13Chapter VI — The Settlement of New Jersey — Chapter VII — The Settl…
  14. 14Chapter VIII — The Colonies in the Upper Half of the Seventeenth Ce…
  15. 15Chapter IX — Witchcraft
  16. 16Chapter X — Of the Manners, Morals, Habits, and Laws of the Colonis…
  17. 17Chapter XI — The Colonies in the Lower Half of the Eighteenth Century
  18. 18Chapter XII — The Championship for the American Belt — 1754 to 1763
  19. 19Chapter XIII — Causes of the American Revolution
  20. 20Chapter I — The First Turn of the Revolutionary Wheel. Grievances;…
  21. 21Chapter II — July Fourth, 1776, and So Forth
  22. 22Chapter III — Second Turn of the Revolutionary Wheel; Its Eccentric…
  23. 23Chapter IV — The Last Turn of the Revolutionary Wheel; Acceleration…
  24. 24Chapter V — How a Poor Constitution Broke Down
  25. 25Book Fourth — The United States — 1789 to 1869 and Onwards
  26. 26Chapter I — The Federal Constitution. 1777–1787
  27. 27Chapter II — Construction; or, Washington’s Administration. 1789–1797
  28. 28Chapter III — Old Family Portraits
  29. 29Chapter IV — The Struggle and Fall of Federalism; or, John Adams’s…
  30. 30Chapter V — The Chief American Productions of the Eighteenth Century
  31. 31Chapter VI — Democracy in Power; or, Jefferson’s Administration. 18…
  32. 32Chapter VII — The United States at Sea; or, Madison’s Cruise. 1809–…
  33. 33Chapter VIII — The Era of Good-Will; or, Monroe’s Nesting. 1817–1825
  34. 34Chapter IX — Troubles Bubble; or, The Sorrows of John Quincy Adams.…
  35. 35Chapter X — The Age of Hickory; or, Jackson’s Epoch. 1829–1837
  36. 36Chapter XI — The Dutch Reign of Martin van Buren. 1837–1841
  37. 37Chapter XII — The Harrison-Tyler Troupe; How It Played. 1841–1845
  38. 38Chapter XIII — Polk’s Whirl; or, The American Polka. 1845–1849
  39. 39Chapter XIV — The Nineteenth Century on the American Half-Shell
  40. 40Chapter XV — The Beginning of Strife; or, The Taylor and Fillmore W…
  41. 41Chapter XVI — The Union Pierced; or, Pierce’s Turn. 1853–1857
  42. 42Chapter XVII — Cotton-Seeds Sprout; or, Buchanan’s Administration.…
  43. 43Chapter XVIII — Our Newer National Album
  44. 44Chapter XIX — The War of Ideas and Musket; or, Lincoln’s Administra…
  45. 45Chapter XX — Velocipedal
  46. 46Chapter XXI — Puzzles and Cross-Readings; or, Johnson’s Entertainme…
  47. 47Chapter XXII — Taken for Granted; or, What Is Expected of Grant and…

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