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History of the United States of America, Volume V, eAudiobook MP3 eaudioBook

History of the United States of America, Volume V eAudiobook MP3

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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 EPOCHSIV. AMERICA IN ALLIANCE WITH FRANCECHAPTER I. CAN THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE? July-August, 1776CHAPTER II. THE RETREAT FROM LONG ISLAND. August, 1776CHAPTER III. THE PROGRESS OF THE HOWES. August 30-September, 1776CHAPTER IV. OPINION IN ENGLAND. BORDER WAR IN AMERICA. July-November, 1776CHAPTER V. WHITE PLAINS. FORT WASHINGTON. October 1-November 16, 1776CHAPTER VI. WASHINGTON'S RETREAT THROUGH THE JERSEYS. November 17-December 13, 1776CHAPTER VII. TRENTON. December 11-26, 1776CHAPTER VIII. ASSANPINK AND PRINCETON. December 26, 1776-January, 1777CHAPTER IX. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF AMERICA. 1776-1783CHAPTER X. PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777. FRANCE, HOLLAND, SPAIN,AND ENGLAND. December, 1776-May, 1777CHAPTER XI. THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777. March-July, 1777CHAPTER XII. THE ADVANCE OF BUKGOYNE FROM CANADA. May-August, 1777CHAPTER XIII. PROGRESS OF SIR WILLIAM HOWE AND BURGOYNE. July-October 20, 1777CHAPTER XIV. THE CONTEST FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER. THE CONFEDEEATION. September-November, 1777CHAPTER XV. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE. BRITAIN IN WANT OF TROOPS. November, 1777 to April, 1778CHAPTER XVI. THE ASPECT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE. 1775-1781CHAPTER XVII. FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. December, 1777 to April, 1778.CHAPTER XVIII. THE BRITISH ABANDON PENNSYLVANIA. May-June, 1778CHAPTER XIX. AFTER THE FRENCH ALLIANCE. June-December, 1778CHAPTER XX. THE KING OF SPAIN BAFFLED BY THE BACKWOODSMEN OF VIRGINIA. 1778-1779CHAPTER XXI. THE TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN. REFORMS IN VIRGINIA. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. 1779CHAPTER XXII. AMERICA IN EUROPE. THE ARMED NEUTRALITY. 1778-1780CHAPTER XXIII. GREAT BRITAIN MAKES WAR ON THE NETHERLANDS. 1780-1781CHAPTER XXIV. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CLINTON AND LINCOLN. 1778-1780CHAPTER XXV. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CORNWALLIS AND GATES. 1780CHAPTER XXVI. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. CORNWALLIS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHWEST. 1780CHAPTER XXVII. THE RISE OF FREE COMMONWEALTHS. 1780CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COMPLOT OF SIR HENRY CLINTON AND ARNOLD. 1780CHAPTER 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. 1780-1781CHAPTER II. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN. THE SEPARATE COMMAND OF MORGAN. 1780-1781CHAPTER III. THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OF GREENE. February-September, 1781CHAPTER IV. THE LAST CAMPAIGN OF THE AMERICAN WAR. 1781.CHAPTER V. BRITAIN IS WEARY OF WAR WITH AMERICA. January-June, 1782CHAPTER VI. SHELBURNE STRIVES SINCERELY FOR PEACE. July-August, 1782CHAPTER VII. PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN.From September first to the end of November, 1782

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