THE NATION IN A NUTSHELL

A _RAPID OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY._

BY

GEORGE MAKEPEACE TOWLE

AUTHOR OF "YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND," "YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY
OF IRELAND," "HEROES OF HISTORY," "MODERN FRANCE," ETC.


1886


THE NATION IN A NUTSHELL


CONTENTS:

I. AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES
II. THE ERA OF DISCOVERY
III. THE ERA OF COLONIZATION
IV. THE COLONIAL ERA
V. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
VI. SOCIETY IN 1776
VII. THE REVOLUTION
VIII. THE CONFEDERATION AND CONSTITUTION
IX. WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENCY
X. THE WAR OF 1812