Great Epochs in American History, Volume III
Francis Whiting Halsey
32 chapters · 6 h 16 min · English
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This is the third volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in them, or were personal eye-witnesses of them. Volume III describes the French war and the Revolution and covers time period from 1745 to 1782. - Summary by Kikisaulite
Chapters
1 Introduction by the Editor 9 min 2 The Two Sieges of Louisburg (1745 anad 1758) by A.G. Bradley 20 min 3 The Albany "Plan of Union" for the Colonies (1754) by Benjamin Franklin 15 min 4 Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) I: by A.G. Bradley 11 min 5 Washington's Expedition to the Ohio and the Battle of Great Meadows (1753-1754) II: Washington's own account 14 min 6 The Defeat of Braddock (1755) I: by A.G. Bradley 14 min 7 The Defeat of Braddock (1755) II: Washington's own account 4 min 8 The Deportation of the Acadians of Nova Scotia (1755) by A.G. Bradley 16 min 9 The Victory of Wolfe at Quebec (1759) by Captain John Knox 19 min 10 The Stamp Act and Its Repeal (1765) by William E. H. Lecky 20 min 11 Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) I: by Theodore Roosevelt 19 min 12 Daniel Boone's Migration to Kentucky (1769-1775) II: Boone's own account 12 min 13 The Boston Tea party (1773) I: by George Bancroft 10 min 14 The Boston Tea party (1773) II: Governor Hutchinson's Account 6 min 15 Patrick Henry's Call to Arms (1775) by William Wirt 12 min 16 Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) I: by William E. H. Lecky 8 min 17 Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (1775) II: William Emerson's Account of the Concord Fight 5 min 18 Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-Chief (1775) by Washington Irving 16 min 19 Washington's Capture of Boston (1776), Washington's own account 8 min 20 The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) I: by James Parton 15 min 21 The Drafting of "The Declaration of Independence" (1776) II: John Adams's Account 7 min 22 Franklin in France by Sir George Trevelyan 13 min 23 The Battles of Trenton and Princeton (1777) by William E. H. Lecky 9 min 24 The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (1777) by Sir Edward Creasy 18 min 25 John Paul Jone's Sea Fight (1779) by John Paul Jones 12 min 26 Arnold's Treason (1780) by William E. H. Lecky 17 min 27 The Execution of André (1780) I: by Gen. William Heath 5 min 28 The Execution of André (1780) II: the historian's Lecky's view 4 min 29 The Capture of Vincennes (1779), George Rogers Clark's own Account 12 min 30 The Surrender of Cornwallis (1781), Cornwalli's own Account 8 min 31 Washington's Services in the War by William E. H. Lecky 7 min 32 The Cost of the War by Richard Hildreth 9 min
