Formation of the Union, 1750-1829

by Albert Bushnell Hart

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FORMATION OF THE UNION 1750-1829

BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, PH.D.

To the Memory

OF

THOMAS H. LAMSON,

A GENEROUS FRIEND OF LEARNING.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

The second volume of the EPOCHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY aims to follow out the principles laid down for "THE COLONIES,"—the study of causes rather than of events, the development of the American nation out of scattered and inharmonious colonies. The throwing off of English control, the growth out of narrow political conditions, the struggle against foreign domination, and the extension of popular government, are all parts of the uninterrupted process of the Formation of the Union.