{"product_id":"book-htss","title":"History of the United States of America, Volume VI","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Dusty Tomes Audio Book\u003cbr\u003eIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 6 of \u003cem\u003eHistory of the United States of America:\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFrom the Discovery of the Continent\u003c\/em\u003e by George Bancroft. A Major U.S. History Series in 6 Volumes. \"The Author's Last Revision\" 1891 by D. Appleton and Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBancroft was U.S. Secretary of the Navy established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. His comprehensive study of the origins and development of the United States caused him to be referred to as the \"Father of American history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When first published, \u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e created a sensation…It remained a bestseller throughout the nineteenth century, making him a wealthy man.\" -George Bancroft: \u003cem\u003eMaster Historian\u003c\/em\u003e by George Athan Billias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS  OF  THE  SIXTH VOLUME:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION IN FIVE BOOKS\u003cbr\u003eI - THE CONFEDERATION.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  I. A RETROSPECTIVE. MOVEMENTS TOWARD UNION. 1643-1781.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  II. THE STRUGGLE FOR REVENUE. 1781-1782.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN. 1782-1783.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. AMERICA AND CONTINENTAL EUROPE. 1783.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. A CALL ON THE ARMY TO INTERPOSE. March 1783.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. THE AMERICAN ARMY AND ITS CHIEF. March 1783.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. DISBANDING THE ARMY. March -July 1783.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII.- ON THE WAY TO A FEDERAL CONVENTION. 1783-1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  I.  HOW THE LAND RECEIVED THE LEGACY OF WASHINGTON. June-December 1783.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  II. VIRGINIA STATESMEN LEAD TOWARD A BETTER UNION. 1784.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  III. THE WEST. 1784-1785.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  IV. THE REGULATION OF COMMERCE. THE FIFTH CONGRESS. 1784-1785.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  V. OBSTACLES TO UNION REMOVED OR QUIETED. 1783-1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  VI. STATES LAWS IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS PROVE THE NEED OF AN OVERRULING UNION. Before May 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  VII. CONGRESS CONFESSES ITS HELPLESSNESS. 1783-1786.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  VIII. VIRGINIA INVITES DEPUTIES OF THE SEVERAL LEGISLATURES OF THE STATES TO MEET IN CONVENTION. September 1786 to May 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  XVII. FRANCE  AND THE UNITED STATES. December 1777 to April 1778.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII.-THE FEDERAL CONVENTION.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. THE INSTITUTION IN OUTLINE. 14 May to 18 June 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.  NEW JERSEY CLAIMS AN EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE STATES. From the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth of June 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. THE CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE. From the Nineteenth of June to the Second of July 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. THE ADJUSTMENT OF REPRESENTATION. From the Third to the Twenty-third of July 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. THE OUTLINE OF THE CONSTITUTION COMPLETE AND REFERRED. From the Seventeenth to the Twenty-seventh of July 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. THE COLONIAL SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES. From January 1786 to July 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. THE CONSTITUTION IN DETAIL. THE POWERS OF CONGRESS. From the Sixth of August to the Tenth of September 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII. THE CONSTITUTION IN DETAIL. THE POWERS OF CONGRESS, CONTINUED. From the Middle to the End of August 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX. THE PRESIDENT. July, August, and September 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  X. THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY. August and September 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI. THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONVENTION. From the Twelfth to the Seventeenth of September 1787.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV.- THE PEOPLE OF THE STATES IN JUDGMENT ON THE CONSTITUTION. 1787-1788.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. THE CONSTITUTION IN CONGRESS AND IN VIRGINIA. September to November 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  II. THE CONSTITUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, AND NEW JERSEY; AND IN GEORGIA. From 18 September 1787 to 2 January 1788.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  III. THE CONSTITUTION IN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS. From 26 September 1787 to 6 February 1788.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER   IV. THE CONSTITUTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, MARYLAND, AND SOUTH CAROLINA. From February to the Twenty-third of May 1788.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  V. THE CONSTITUTION IN VIRGINIA AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. From May 1785 to the Twenty-fifth of June 1788.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. JUNE 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER  I. THE CONSTITUTION. 1787.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER   II. THE LINGERING STATES. From 1787 to the Second of August 1788.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. From 1788 to the Fifth of May 1789.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAudio cover picture - From a painting of George Bancroft by Richter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time; Available as never before, as audiobooks, for your pleasure and consideration. 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