rican power in the Pacific (447-449).
=The Wars of American History=
I. Indian wars (57-59).
II. Early colonial wars: King William's, Queen Anne's, and King
George's (59).
III. French and Indian War (Seven Years' War), 1754-1763 (59-61).
IV. Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 (99-135).
V. The War of 1812, 1812-1815 (193-201).
VI. The Mexican War, 1845-1848 (276-284).
VII. The Civil War, 1861-1865 (344-375).
VIII. The Spanish War, 1898 (485-497).
IX. The World War, 1914-1918 [American participation, 1917-1918]
(596-625).
=Government=
I. Development of the American system of government.
1. Origin and growth of state government.
_a._ The trading corporation (2-4), religious congregation
(4-5), and proprietary system (5-6).
_b._ Government of the colonies (48-53).
_c._ Formation of the first state constitutions (108-110).
_d._ The admission of new states (_see_ Index under each
state).
_e._ Influence of Jacksonian Democracy (238-247).
_f._ Growth of manhood suffrage (238-244).
_g._ Nullification and state sovereignty (180-182, 251-257).
_h._ The doctrine of secession (345-346).
_i._ Effects of the Civil War on position of states (366,
369-375).
_j._ Political reform--direct government--initiative,
referendum, and recall (540-544).
2. Origin and growth of national government.
_a._ British imperial control over the colonies (64-72).
_b._ Attempts at intercolonial union--New England
Confederation, Albany plan (61-62).
_c._ The Stamp Act Congress (85-86).
_d._ The Continental Congresses (99-101).
_e._ The Articles of Confederation (110-111, 139-143).
_f._ The formation of the federal Constitution (143-160).
_g._ Development of the federal Constitution.
(1) Amendments 1-11--rights of persons and states (163).
(2) Twelfth amendment--election of President (184, note).
(3) Amendments 13-15--Civil War settlement (358, 366, 369,
370, 374, 375).
(4) Sixteenth amendment--income tax (528-529).
(5) Seventeenth amendment--election of Senators (541-542).
(6) Eighteenth amendment--prohibition (591-592).
(7) Nineteenth amendment--woman suffr
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