e Surrenders, With All His Army--Articles of Confederation
Submitted to the Several States--Effect of the Surrender of Burgoyne--
Franklin the Washington of Diplomacy--Attitude of France--France
Concludes to Assist the United States--Treaties of Commerce and
Alliance--King George Prepares for War with France--The Winter at
Valley Forge--Conspiracy to Depose Washington Defeated--General Howe
Superseded by Sir Henry Clinton--The Battle of Monmouth--General Charles
Lee's Treachery--Awful Massacre of Settlers in the Wyoming Valley--
General Sullivan Defeats the Six Nations--Brilliant Campaign of George
Rogers Clark--Failure of the Attempt to Drive the British from Rhode
Island, 143

CHAPTER XIX.

The British Move Upon the South--Spain Accedes to the Alliance Against
England--Secret Convention Between France and Spain--Capture of Stony
Point--John Paul Jones--The Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis--A
Thrilling Naval Combat--Wretched Condition of American Finances--
Franklin's Heavy Burden--The Treason of Benedict Arnold--Capture of
Andre--Escape of Arnold--Andre Executed as a Spy--Sir Henry Clinton
Captures Charleston, General Lincoln and His Army--Lord Cornwallis
Left in Command in the South--The British Defeat Gates Near Camden,
South Carolina--General Nathanael Greene Conducts a Stubborn Campaign
Against Cornwallis--The Latter Retreats Into Virginia--Siege of
Yorktown--Cornwallis Surrenders--"Oh, God; it is All Over!" 155

FOURTH PERIOD.

UNION.

CHAPTER XX.

Condition of the United States at the Close of the Revolution--New
England Injured and New York Benefited Commercially by the Struggle--
Luxury of City Life--Americans an Agricultural People--The Farmer's
Home--Difficulty of Traveling--Contrast Between North and South--
Southern Aristocracy--Northern Great Families--White Servitude--The
Western Frontier--Early Settlers West of the Mountains--A Hardy
Population--Disappearance of the Colonial French--The Ordinance of
1787--Flood of Emigration Beyond the Ohio, 167

CHAPTER XXI.

The Spirit of Disunion--Shays' Rebellion--A National Government
Necessary--Adoption of the Constitution--Tariff and Internal
Revenue--The Whiskey Insurrection--President Washington Calls Out the
Military--