A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 14 of 22, covering from 1775-1799 AD. - Summary Adapted from the Title Page
Chapters
1 Outline Narrative 30 min 2 The Battle of Lexington, AD 1775, by Richard Frothingham 48 min 3 The Battle of Bunker Hill, AD 1775, by John Burgoyne 4 min 4 The Battle of Bunker Hill, AD 1775, by John Heneage Jesse 12 min 5 The Battle of Bunker Hill, AD 1775, by Joanes Grahame 14 min 6 Canada Remains Loyal to England, AD 1775, by John McMullen 22 min 7 Signing of the American Declaration of Independence, AD 1776, by Thomas Jefferson 21 min 8 Signing of the American Declaration of Independence, AD 1776, by John A. Doyle 12 min 9 The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga, AD 1777, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy 43 min 10 The First Victory of the American Navy, AD 1779, by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie 44 min 11 Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary, AD 1780, by Arminius Vambry 24 min 12 Siege and Surrender of Yorktown, AD 1781, by Henry B. Dawson 39 min 13 Siege and Surrender of Yorktown, AD 1781, by Lord Cornwallis 9 min 14 British Defense of Gibraltar, AD 1782, by Frederick Sayer, part 1 27 min 15 British Defense of Gibraltar, AD 1782, by Frederick Sayer, part 2 26 min 16 Close of the American Revolution, AD 1782, by The American Peace Commissioners 10 min 17 Close of the American Revolution, AD 1782, by John Ludlow 44 min 18 Settlement of American Loyalists in Canada, AD 1783, by Sir John G. Bourinot 20 min 19 The First Balloon Ascension, AD 1783, by Hatton Turnor 26 min 20 Framing of the Constitution of the United States, AD 1787, by Andrew W. Young, part 1 26 min 21 Framing of the Constitution of the United States, AD 1787, by Andrew W. Young, part 2 28 min 22 Framing of the Constitution of the United States, AD 1787, by Joseph Story 13 min 23 Inauguration of Washington, AD 1789-1797, by James K. Paulding and George Washington 39 min 24 French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille, AD 1789, by William Hazlitt 44 min 25 Hamilton Establishes the American Bank, AD 1791, by Alexander Hamilton and Lawrence Lewis, Jr 13 min 26 Negro Revolution in Haiti, AD 1791, by Charles Wyllys Elliot 40 min 27 Republican France Defies Europe, AD 1792, by Alphonse M.L. Lamartine, part 1 25 min 28 Republican France Defies Europe, AD 1792, by Alphonse M.L. Lamartine, part 2 21 min 29 The Invention of the Cotton-gin, AD 1793, by Charles W. Dabney 7 min 30 The Invention of the Cotton-gin, AD 1793, by R.B. Handy 42 min 31 The Invention of the Cotton-gin, AD 1793, by Denison Olmsted 24 min 32 The Execution of Louis XVI, AD 1793, by Thomas Carlyle 37 min 33 The Reign of Terror, AD 1794, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 1 21 min 34 The Reign of Terror, AD 1794, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 2 20 min 35 The Downfall of Poland, AD 1794, by Sir Archibald Alison 20 min 36 The Rise of Napoleon, AD 1796, by Sir Walter Scott 34 min 37 Overthrow of the Mamelukes, AD 1798, by Charles Knight 22 min 38 Jenner Introduces Vaccination, AD 1798, by Sir Thomas J. Pettigrew 32 min
