Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of the United States of America, From the Discovery of the Continent in 1492, to the Fiftieth Anniversary of Their Independence
The following history was undertaken at the request of the editors of the Sabbath School and Youth's Library of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
It embraces an account of the discovery of the American continent, and the various settle ments made by different nations, within the pre sent limits of the United States; together with notices of the population, government, religion, arts, and employments of its original inhabitants. It also describes the growth of the colonies, the many distressing wars and calamities in which they were involved, and a particular detail of the circumstances which finally separated them from the government of England, and established their national independence. It is interspersed with narrations of many interesting incidents and remarkable facts and the whole is accompanied with observations and re?ections designed to illustrate and set forth the most prominent fea tures in the manners, customs, and government of the people of this country.
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