Great Epochs in American History, Volume III

by Francis Whiting Halsey

32 chapters6h 15mEnglish1912

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This is the third volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume III describes the French war and the Revolution and covers time period from 1745 to 1782. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Chapters (31)

1The Two Sieges of Louisburg (1745 anad 1758) by A.G. Bradley

1171

2The Albany "Plan of Union" for the Colonies (1754) by Benjamin Franklin

913

3Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) I: by A.G. Bradley

633

4Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) II: Washington's own account

817

5The Defeat of Braddock (1755) I: by A.G. Bradley

819

6The Defeat of Braddock (1755) II: Washington's own account

268

7The Deportation of the Acadians of Nova Scotia (1755) by A.G. Bradley

961

8The Victory of Wolfe at Quebec (1759) by Captain John Knox

1155

9The Stamp Act and Its Repeal (1765) by William E. H. Lecky

1223

10Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) I: by Theodore Roosevelt

1141

11Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) II: Boone's own account

747

12The Boston Tea party (1773) I: by George Bancroft

601

13The Boston Tea party (1773) II: Governor Hutchinson's Account

375

14Patrick Henry's Call to Arms (1775) by William Wirt

750

15Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) I: by William E. H. Lecky

510

16Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) II: William Emerson's Account of the Concord Fight

308

17Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-Chief (1775) by Washington Irving

960

18Washington's Capture of Boston (1776), Washington's own account

502

19The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) I: by James Parton

875

20The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) II: John Adams's Account

393

21Franklin in France by Sir George Trevelyan

788

22The Battles of Trenton and Princeton (1777) by William E. H. Lecky

539

23The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (1777) by Sir Edward Creasy

1094

24John Paul Jone's Sea Fight (1779) by John Paul Jones

703

25Arnold's Treason (1780) by William E. H. Lecky

1048

26The Execution of André (1780) I: by Gen. William Heath

326

27The Execution of André (1780) II: the historian's Lecky's view

242

28The Capture of Vincennes (1779), George Rogers Clark's own Account

693

29The Surrender of Cornwallis (1781), Cornwalli's own Account

498

30Washington's Services in the War by William E. H. Lecky

411

31The Cost of the War by Richard Hildreth

555

Great Epochs in American History, Volume III

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