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X.—JAMES MONROE, PRESIDENT.
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Tour of the President; Admission of Missouri; Provision for Indigent Officers, &c.; Re-election of Mr. Monroe; Seminole War; Revision of the Tariff; Visit of Lafayette; Review of Mr. Monroe's Administration; Election of Mr. Adams,
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658
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XI.—JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, PRESIDENT.
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Controversy respecting the Creeks; Proposed Mission to Panama; Internal Improvements; Fiftieth Anniversary of Independence; "American System;" Election of General Jackson,
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673
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XII.—ANDREW JACKSON, PRESIDENT.
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Condition of the Country; Georgia and the Cherokees; Public Lands; National Bank; Internal Improvements; Indian Hostilities; Discontents in South Carolina; Re-election of Andrew Jackson; Removal of the Deposites; Death of Lafayette; Deposite Act; Seminole War; Treasury Circular; Election of Mr. Van Buren; Character of Jackson's Administration,
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683
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XIII.—MARTIN VAN BUREN, PRESIDENT.
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Measures respecting Banks; Treasury Circular; Continuance of Florida War; Internal Improvements; Public Expenses; Difficulties in Maine; Border Troubles; Changes of Public Opinion; Character of the Administration; Election of William H. Harrison,
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701
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XIV.—WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, PRESIDENT,
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713
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XV.—JOHN TYLER, PRESIDENT.
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Extra Session of Congress; Relations with Great Britain; Settlement of the North-eastern Boundary; Difficulties in Rhode Island; Modification of the Tariff; Bunker's Hill Monument; Treaties; Annexation of Texas; Presidential Canvass; Character of Mr. Tyler's Administration,
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715
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XVI.—JAMES K. POLK, PRESIDENT.
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Decease of General Jackson; Admission of Texas; Division of Oregon; Mexican War; Siege of Fort Brown; Battle of Palo Alto; Battle of Resaca de la Palma; Fall of Monterey; Battle of Buena Vista; Capture of Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo; Progress of the Army; Occupation of Mexico; Treaty; California and its Gold; Election of General Taylor,
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725
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XVII.—ZACHARY TAYLOR, PRESIDENT.
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755
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BRITISH AMERICA,
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757
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I. CANADA.
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Discovery; Settlement; Capture of Quebec; Death of Champlain; Religious Enterprises; War made by the Iroquois; Accessions to the Colony; Progress of the Colony; Attempts of the English to Conquer Canada; Condition of Canada in 1721 and 1722; General Prosperity of the Colony; Refusal to join in the War of American Independence; Consequences of American Independence to Canada; Territorial Divisions and Constitution; Dissensions after the close of the War of 1812; Disturbances and Insurrections,
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759
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II. NOVA SCOTIA.
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Limits; Conquest by the English; Settlement; Annexation to the British Crown; Policy of England in relation to the Country; Situation of the English Settlers; English Treatment of the Acadians; State of the Province during the Wars of the United States; Results of the War of 1812,
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781
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III. NEW BRUNSWICK.
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Extent; Physical Aspect and Soil; Settlement and Progress; Signal Calamity,
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787
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IV. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.
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Location, Surface, and Climate; Early Settlers; Change of Possession; Plans of Colonization; Character of late Governors; Inhabitants,
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790
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V. NEWFOUNDLAND.
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Location and Importance; Discovery and Settlement; French Hostilities; Renewal of War; Change of Administration; Present Condition,
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793
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VI. HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY.
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Extent; Discovery; Settlement; Contests with France; Present State,
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797
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RUSSIAN AMERICA,
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800
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MEXICO.
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Discovery; Condition, anterior to the Spanish Conquest; Invasion by Cortez; Arrival of Cortez in the Mexican Capital; Abdication of Montezuma;
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