History of the United States of America, Volume V: From the Discovery of the Continent

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Volume 5 of History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent by George Bancroft. A major US History Series in six volumes. “The Author’s Last Revision” 1891 by D. Appleton and Company. Volume 5 comprises the American Revolution.

Bancroft as US Secretary of the Navy established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. His comprehensive study of the origins and development of the United States caused him to be referred to as the “Father of American history."

CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN FIVE EPOCHS IV. AMERICA IN ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE CHAPTER I. CAN THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE? July–August, 1776 CHAPTER II. THE RETREAT FROM LONG ISLAND. August, 1776 CHAPTER III. THE PROGRESS OF THE HOWES. August 30–September, 1776 CHAPTER IV. OPINION IN ENGLAND. BORDER WAR IN AMERICA. July–November, 1776 CHAPTER V. WHITE PLAINS. FORT WASHINGTON. October 1–November 16, 1776 CHAPTER VI. WASHINGTON’S RETREAT THROUGH THE JERSEYS. November 17–December 13, 1776 CHAPTER VII. TRENTON. December 11–26, 1776 CHAPTER VIII. ASSANPINK AND PRINCETON. December 26, 1776–January, 1777 CHAPTER IX. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF AMERICA. 1776–1783 CHAPTER X. PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777. FRANCE, HOLLAND, SPAIN, AND ENGLAND. December, 1776–May, 1777 CHAPTER XI. THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777. March–July, 1777 CHAPTER XII. THE ADVANCE OF BUKGOYNE FROM CANADA. May–August, 1777 CHAPTER XIII. PROGRESS OF SIR WILLIAM HOWE AND BURGOYNE. July–October 20, 1777 CHAPTER XIV. THE CONTEST FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER. THE CONFEDEEATION. September–November, 1777 CHAPTER XV. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE. BRITAIN IN WANT OF TROOPS. November, 1777 to April, 1778 CHAPTER XVI. THE ASPECT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE. 1775–1781 CHAPTER XVII. FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. December, 1777 to April, 1778. CHAPTER XVIII. THE BRITISH ABANDON PENNSYLVANIA. May–June, 1778 CHAPTER XIX. AFTER THE FRENCH ALLIANCE. June–December, 1778 CHAPTER XX. THE KING OF SPAIN BAFFLED BY THE BACKWOODSMEN OF VIRGINIA. 1778–1779 CHAPTER XXI. THE TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN. REFORMS IN VIRGINIA. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. 1779 CHAPTER XXII. AMERICA IN EUROPE. THE ARMED NEUTRALITY. 1778–1780 CHAPTER XXIII. GREAT BRITAIN MAKES WAR ON THE NETHERLANDS. 1780–1781 CHAPTER XXIV. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CLINTON AND LINCOLN. 1778–1780 CHAPTER XXV. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CORNWALLIS AND GATES. 1780 CHAPTER XXVI. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CORNWALLIS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHWEST. 1780 CHAPTER XXVII. THE RISE OF FREE COMMONWEALTHS. 1780 CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COMPLOT OF SIR HENRY CLINTON AND ARNOLD. 1780 CHAPTER XXIX. STRIVING FOR UNION. 1779–1781

V. THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TAKE THEIR EQUAL STATION AMONG THE POWERS OF THE EARTH.

CHAPTER I. FRANCE HAS URGENT NEED OF PEACE. 1780–1781 CHAPTER II. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN. THE SEPARATE COMMAND OF MORGAN. 1780–1781 CHAPTER III. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OF GREENE. February–September, 1781 CHAPTER IV. THE LAST CAMPAIGN OF THE AMERICAN WAR. 1781. CHAPTER V. BRITAIN IS WEARY OF WAR WITH AMERICA. January–June, 1782 CHAPTER VI. SHELBURNE STRIVES SINCERELY FOR PEACE. July–August, 1782 CHAPTER VII. PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN. From September first to the end of November, 1782

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