BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTION. (The names of the most important are in heavy-faced type. See preceding page.) LEXINGTON.. .Ten miles from Boston. See pp. 131-136. Bunker Hill.. .Now part of Boston. Map, p. 136: pp. 135–138. QUEBEC. .See Map facing p. 125, and pp. 140-142. Fort Moultrie..See Map, p. 143, and pp. 142–144. Long Island....Map, p. 148, and facing p. 125. Pages 147, 148. PRINCETON... Ten miles from Trenton. Map, p. 150: p. 152. Brandywine.... See Map, p. 154, and pp. 153, 154. BEMIS HEIGHTS.. (1st Stillwater.) Map, p. 156, and p. 159. PAOLI.... .20 miles from Philadelphia. Map and note, p. 154. . Germantown ...Now a part of Philadelphia. Map and p. 154. FORT CLINTON... See Map, p. 169, and note, p. 160. Saratoga... ..(2d Stillwater.) See Map, p. 156, and p. 159. KETTLE CREEK..On the Savannahi river, Georgia. Page 166. STONO FERRY... Ten miles from Charleston. Map, p. 143, and p. 164. Page 166. WAXHAW .In the northern part of South Carolina. Page 166. SPRINGFIELD.. In New Jersey, about eight miles from Newark. ROCKY MOUNT...In S. Carolina, 135 miles from Charleston. Page 166. HANGING ROCK.. In South Carolina, 30 miles from Camden. Page 166. Sanders Creek.. Or Camden in S. Carolina, near Camden. Page 168. FISHING CREEK.. In S. Carolina, about 30 miles from Camden. Page 166. King's Mount'n. Map facing p. 125. The excesses of the Tories commanded by Ferguson so exasperated the inhabitants that a hastily formed force attacked them, killed 150, including Ferguson, and captured the rest. .Map facing p. 125, and pp. 172, 173. Cowpens... HOBKIRK'S HILL. Near Camden, S. C. Map facing p. 125, and p. 173. Eutaw Springs.. In South Carolina. Map facing p. 125, and p. 173. Yorktown......Map facing p. 125, and p. 174; also p. 314. PRINCIPAL BATTLES OF THE SECOND WAR WITH ENGLAND. The asterisk indicates the successful party. Porter.* Am. Frig. Essex. Am. Frig. Constitution. Br. Frig. Guerriere.. Am. Frig. United States. Am. Sloop Hornet. Am. Brig Enterprise. Am. 9 vessels, 54 guns. Am. Frig. Essex. Am. Frig. Constitution.. Br. Ship Cyane... Br. Ship Levant.. Am. Sloop Hornet.. Br. Brig Penguin.. Laugharne. Hull.* Dacres. Jones.* Whinyates. Decatur.* Carden. Bainbridge.* Lambert. Lawrence.* Porter. Stewart.* 1, 2, 3, 5.-For account of Taylor's battles, see pp. 238, 239. 4, 6.- General Kearny, marching from Missouri, took possession of New Mexico; and a division of his army under Colonel Doniphan, continuing the march, defeated the enemy at Bracito and Sacramento. 7-12.-For Scott's battles, see pp. 239-242. 9-12 were positions fortified by the Mexicans for the protection of the city of Mexico. General Worth distinguished himself while in command of the attack upon the Molino del Rey. 13.-General Lane, on his march with recruits for Scott, was attacked at Hua mantla by Santa Anna, after the latter's flight from the city of Mexico. 1. Original.. 2. Louisiana. 1803 Purchase... France 3. Florida 1819 Purchase Spain 1783 Conquest... England. 833,744 (See p. 176.) 925,269 $15,000,000 Jefferson. 59,268 5,000,000 Monroe. 274,356 (See p. 238.) Tyler, Polk. 1789 Explorati'n 5. Oregon... and occu 1846 257.) to Polk. pancy.. Conquest & i purchase. S Purchase Mexico.. 45,535 10,000,000 Pierce. Purchase Russia... 577,390 7,200,000 Johnson. APPENDIX. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, July 4, 1776. WHEN, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect thei. safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governme ts long established, should not be changed for light and transien causes; and, accordingly, all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. Sch has been the patient sufferance of these colonies, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world: |