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Volume one 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. “Author’s Last Revision” 1888 by D. Appleton and Company.

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.”

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

From the Author’s Preface:

… greater precision has been sought for; the fitter word that offered itself accepted; and, without the surrender of the right of history to pronounce its opinion, care has been taken never unduly to forestall the judgment of the reader, but to leave events as they sweep onward to speak their own condemnation or praise.

From the Author’s Introduction:

It is the object of the present work to explain how the change in the conditions of our land has been brought about; and, as the fortunes of a nation are not under the control of blind destiny, to follow the steps by which a favoring Providence, calling our institutions into being, has conducted the country to its present happiness and glory. 1834.

The foregoing words, written nearly a half-century ago, are suffered to remain, because the intervening years have justified their expression of confidence in the progress of our republic. The seed of disunion has perished; and universal freedom, reciprocal benefits, and cherished traditions bind its many states in the closes union. 1882.

Editor’s IntroductionAuthor’s PrefaceContents of the First Volume:The United States of America as ColoniesPart I.The English People Found a Nation in AmericaChapter I. Early Voyages. French Settlements in AmericaChapter II. The Spaniards in Florida and on the Pacific CoastChapter III. The Spaniards in the Mississippi ValleyChapter IV. The Spaniards Hold FloridaChapter V. The English Attempt ColonizationChapter VI. England Plants a New Nation in VirginiaChapter VII. Virginia Obtains Civil LibertyChapter VIII. Slavery. Dissolution of the London CompanyChapter IX. Restrictions on Colonial CommerceChapter X. Colonization of MarylandChapter XI. Prelates and PuritansChapter XII. The PilgrimsChapter XIII. New England’s PlantationChapter XIV. Self-Government of MassachusettsChapter XV. The Providence PlantationsChapter XVI. Colonization of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and ConnecticutChapter XVII. The Prelates and MassachusettsChapter XVIII. The United Colonies of New EnglandChapter XIX. The Place of Puritanism in HistoryPart II.The Colonies Obtain Geographical UnityChapter I. The Fall and Restoration of the StuartsChapter II. The Navigation ActsChapter III. Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Charles IIChapter IV. Massachusetts and Charles IIChapter V. New England and Its Red MenChapter VI. The Overthrow of the Charter of MassachusettsChapter VII. Shaftesbury and Locke Legislate for CarolinaChapter VIII. Settlements in South CarolinaChapter IX. Maryland after the RestorationChapter X. How the Stuarts Rewarded the Loyalty of VirginiaChapter XI. The Great Rebellion in VirginiaChapter XII. New NetherlandChapter XIII. New England and New SwedenChapter XIV. New Netherland, New Jersey, and New YorkChapter XV. The People Called Quakers in the United StatesChapter XVI. PennsylvaniaChapter XVII. Despotism of James II. In the Northern ColoniesChapter XVIII. The Revolution of 1688Chapter XIX. The Result Thus Far

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