BEGINNINGS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

BY

CARL LOTUS BECKER

PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY CARL LOTUS BECKER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
U.S.A.

THE RIVERSIDE HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION