A Complete Analysis OF AMERICAN HISTORY WITH Especial Reference to the Political Institutions of the United States BY J. H. SCHOOLER A Teacher, West Carlisle, Ohio Press of Advocate Printing Co. Newark, O. Educ T 709 03.720 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT CF GE AND COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY PREFATORY NOTE. A Complete Analysis of American History must perforce omit much that is of importance to the student, but in this little book we have attempted to call attention to the most important facts, and to lead from one to the other by logical sequence and thus introduce to the learner the fact that United States History is not a haphazard affair, but is a matter of growth from cause to the natural result. Be our success small or great the work is left to the student to make use of, as he sees fit. West Carlisle, O., May 20, 1903. J. H. S. ' COMPLETE Analysis of American History I. History. Def. A record of the changes that have occurred since man's advent upon the earth and that are due to his action upon his various environments. II. Origin: III. It seems that historical composition as now known* was first cultivated among the Greeks about the sixth century. B. C. Herodotus ( about 484-402, B. C.) one of the most popular but not the most philisophical historian of the time, was born at Halicarnassus, in Asia Minor. He lived in a story-telling age and he is himself, an inimitable story-teller. Το him we are indebted for a large part of the tales of antiquity. He was a voluminous writer. His central theme seems to have been the Persian Wars, the struggles between Asia and Greece, and the stories of the nations of antiquity which he groups around them. In this vivid description, he may be likened to our modern writers of historical romance, and well deserves the name, "Father of History." 2. Period of Voyage and Discovery, A. D. 968-1607. 3. Period of Colonization; A. D. 1607-1775. 4. Period of Revolution and Confederation; A. D 1775-1789. 5. Period of Nationality; A. D. 1789.— *The Hieroglyphics of Nineveh, Babylon and Egypt, and the writings of the Chinese precede our historical writings by centuries. |