Chapter 20

Condition of the United States at the Close of the Revolution--New England Injured and New York Benefited Commercially by the Struggle-- Luxury of City Life--Americans an Agricultural People--The Farmer's Home--Difficulty of Traveling--Contrast Between North and South-- Southern Aristocracy--Northern Great Families--White Servitude--The Western Frontier--Early Settlers West of the Mountains--A Hardy Population--Disappearance of the Colonial French--The Ordinance of 1787--Flood of Emigration Beyond the Ohio, 167