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EPOCHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

FORMATION OF THE UNION.

1750-1829.

CHAPTER I.

THE AMERICANS IN 1750.

1. References.

Bibliographies. - R. G. Thwaites, Colonies, §§ 39, 74, 90; notes to Joseph Story, Commentaries, §§ 1-197; notes to H. C. Lodge, Colonies, passim; notes to Justin Winsor, Narrative and Critical History, V. chs. ii.-vi.; Channing and Hart, Guide, §§ 130-133.

Historical Maps. - R. G. Thwaites, Colonies, Maps Nos. I and 4 (Epoch Maps, Nos. 1 and 4); G. P. Fisher, Colonial Era, Maps Nos. 1 and 3; Labberton, Atlas, lxiii.; B. A. Hinsdale, Old Northwest (republished from MacCoun's Historical Geography).

General Accounts. Joseph Story, Commentaries, §§ 146-190; W. E. H. Lecky, England in the Eighteenth Century, II. 1-21; III. 267-305; T. W. Higginson, Larger History, ch. ix.; Edward Channing, The United States, 1765-1865, ch. i.; H. E. Scudder, Men and Manners in America; Hannis Taylor, English Constitution, Introduction, I.; H. C. Lodge, Colonies (chapters on social life); T. Pitkin, United States, I. 85-138; Justin Winsor, Narrative and Critical History, V. chs. ii.-vi.; R. Frothingham, Rise of the Republic, chs. i., iv. Grahame, United States, III. 145-176.

Special Histories. W. B. Weeden, Economic and Social History of New England, II. chs. xiv., xv.; G. E. Howard, Local Constitutional History, I. chs. ii., iii., vii.-ix.; C. F. Adams, History of Quincy, chs. iii.-xiv.; M. C. Tyler, History of American Literature, II.; Edward Channing, Town and County Government, and Navigation Acts; F. B. Dexter, Estimates of Population; C. F. Bishop, Elections in the Colonies; Wm. Hill, First Stages of the Tariff Policy; W. E. DuBois, Suppression of the Slave Trade; J. R. Brackett, Negro in Maryland.

Contemporary Accounts. Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography (1706-1771); John Woolman, Journal (1720-1772); George Whitefield, Journals (especially 1739); Kalm, Travels (1748-1749); Robert Rogers, Concise Account of North America (1765); A. Burn

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