Chapter 21

Great Britain Ignores International Law. Impresses American Seamen. The Chesapeake Affair. Navigation Act and Berlin Decree. England Questions our Neutrality. Preparations for War. Ill Success of Land Operations. Harrison's Victory over Proctor. Jackson Conquers the Creeks. Battle of New Orleans. Naval Victories. Battle of Lake Erie. Opposition of the Federalists to the War. New England Remonstrances. Attitude of Sects. Treaty of Ghent. Its Provisions.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

GEORGE WASHINGTON

BLOODY POND, NEAR LAKE GEORGE, WHICH IS SAID TO STILL CONTAIN THE BONES OF MANY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE FIGHT AT

FORT WILLIAM HENRY

KING GEORGE III.

JAMES OTIS, JR.

BURNING THE STAMPS IN NEW YORK

THE BOSTON MASSACRE. (From an engraving by Paul Revere)

PINE TREE FLAG OF MASSACHUSETTS

RATTLESNAKE FLAG OF SOUTH CAROLINA

UNION FLAG. THE FIRST RECOGNIZED CONTINENTAL STANDARD, RAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME JANUARY 2, 1776

THOMAS PAINE

A PROFILE VIEW OF THE HEIGHTS OF CHARLESTOWN

BUNKER HILL BATTLE. (From a contemporary print)

JOSEPH WARREN

GENERAL HOWE

GENERAL CHARLES LEE. (Although intended for a caricature, this is considered an excellent likeness)

BARON VON STEUBEN

RICHARD MONTGOMERY

THE DEATH OF MONTGOMERY AT QUEBEC

GENERAL HERKIMER AT THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY

GENERAL JOHN STARK

GENERAL HORATIO GATES

JOHN PAUL JONES'S MEDAL

JOHN PAUL JONES'S MEDAL. (Reverse)

GENERAL SULLIVAN

GENERAL LINCOLN

GENERAL MARION IN CAMP

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

BENEDICT ARNOLD

ARNOLD'S ESCAPE

GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE

THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN

GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN

LORD CORNWALLIS

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

FACSIMILE OF SIGNATURES TO TREATY OF PEACE

JOHN PAUL JONES

FIGHT BETWEEN THE BON HOMME RICHARD AND THE SERAPIS

GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE

THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TARLETON AND COLONEL WASHINGTON

DeKALB WOUNDED AT CAMDEN

THE FRANKLIN PENNY

DOLLAR OF 1794. (The first United States coin)

A SCENE AT SPRINGFIELD DURING SLAYS' REBELLION, WHEN THE MOB ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT THE HOLDING OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE

JOHN WESLEY CELEBRATING THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION IN NEW YORK

ALEXANDER HAMILTON (From a painting by John Trumbull in the Trumbull Gallery at Yale College)

ILLICIT DISTILLERS WARNED OF THE APPROACH OF REVENUE OFFICERS

JOHN JAY. (From a painting by S. F. B. Morse in the Yale College Collection)

JOHN ADAMS. (From a copy by Jane Stuart, about 1874, of a painting by her father, Gilbert Stuart, about 1800-in possession of Henry Adams)

GEORGE CLINTON. (From a painting by Ezra Ames)

JOHN MARSHALL

ELERIDGE GERRY

GENERAL ARTHUR ST. CLAIR

JOSEPH BRANT OR THAYENDANEGEA

DUGOUT OF A SOUTHWESTERN PIONEER

ROBERT FULTON

FULTON'S FIRST EXPERIMENT WITH PADDLE-WHEELS

DEPARTURE OF THE CLERMONT ON HER FIRST VOYAGE

JOHN FITCH'S STEAMBOAT AT PHILADELPHIA

MASSACHUSETTS BILL OF THREE SHILLINGS IN 1741

NEW HAMPSHIRE BILL OF FORTY SHILLINGS IN 1742

MASSACHUSETTS TWOPENCE OF 1722

PINE TREE TWOPENCE

PINE TREE THREEPENCE

PINE TREE SIXPENCE

PINE TREE SHILLING

POSTAL PROGRESS, 1776-1876

COTTON PLANT

THE COTTON GIN. (From the original model)

ELI WHITNEY

THOMAS JEFFERSON. (From the painting by Gilbert Stuart--property of T. Jefferson Coolidge)

AARON BURR. (From a painting by Vanderlyn at the New York Historical Society)

STEPHEN DECATUR

LIEUTENANT DECATUR ON THE TURKISH VESSEL DURING THE BOMBARDMENT OF TRIPOLI

JAMES MADISON (From a painting by Gilbert Stuart--property of T. Jefferson Coolidge)

TECUMSEH

OLIVER H. PERRY

PERRY TRANSFERRING HIS COLORS FROM THE LAWRENCE TO THE NIAGARA

LIST OF MAPS

THE UNITED COLONIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION

PLAN OF BUNKER HILL

MAP OF MANHATTAN ISLAND IN 1776, SHOWING THE AMERICAN DEFENCES, ETC.

MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESSIVE ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY BY THE UNITED STATES

PERIOD III.

REVOLUTION AND THE OLD CONFEDERATION

1763-1789