History of the United States of America, Volume IV

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Volume 4 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.

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."

The American Revolution in Five Epochs
III. America Takes Up Arms for Self‑Defense and Arrives at Independence
Chapter I. America Sustains the Town of Boston (May 1774)
Chapter II. Preparations for a General Congress (June–August 1774)
Chapter III. Massachusetts Defeats the Attempt of the British Parliament to Change Its Charter (May–August 1774)
Chapter IV. The First American Congress (September–October 1774)
Chapter V. How Great Britain Began Catholic Emancipation, and How Virginia Nullified the Quebec Act (October–November 1774)
Chapter VI. The Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain (October 1774–January 20, 1775)
Chapter VII. The King Declares Massachusetts in Rebellion (January–February 1775)
Chapter VIII. The Spirit of New England (February–March 1775)
Chapter IX. The King Awaits News of Success (March–May 1775)
Chapter X. To Lexington and Concord, and Back to Boston (April 19, 1775)
Chapter XI. Effects of the Day of Lexington and Concord: The General Rising (April–June 1775)
Chapter XII. The American Revolution Emanates From the People (May–July 1775)
Chapter XIII. Massachusetts Asks for George Washington as Commander‑in‑Chief (May–June 17, 1775)
Chapter XIV. Bunker Hill (June 16–17, 1775)
Chapter XV. The Army Round Boston (June 17–August 1775)
Chapter XVI. America Awaits the King’s Decision (July–October 1775)
Chapter XVII. Final Answer of the King to America (August–December 1775)
Chapter XVIII. Final Answer of Parliament to America (October–December 1775)
Chapter XIX. Annexation of Canada (August–December 1775)
Chapter XX. Advancing Toward Independence (Last Months of 1775–March 1776)
Chapter XXI. Acts of Independence (February–April 1776)
Chapter XXII. Britain Seeks Foreign Aid (1775–1776)
Chapter XXIII. America Seeks Foreign Aid (1775–1776)
Chapter XXIV. The British Recover Canada; North Carolina Declares for Independence (January–July 1776)
Chapter XXV. How South Carolina Advanced to Independence (February–July 1776)
Chapter XXVI. Virginia Proclaims the Rights of Man and Proposes Independence (May–June 1776)
Chapter XXVII. The People of Every American Colony Demand Independence (June–July 1776)
Chapter XXVIII. The Resolution and the Declaration of Independence (July 1–4, 1776)