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Little more than twenty years will have transpired since the ratification of the US Constitution when its former ruler, Great Britain, would challenge the new nation again. The resolve of Americans seeking their way as a democracy in a world still suffering from a ruler and monarchy mentality, was now to be thoroughly tested.
With the US Capitol sacked, and the White House burned, and British victory almost certain, the Stars and Stripes anthem was born. Heroes like Andrew Jackson were made in the Battle of New Orleans. America learned it was a country capable of self-defense.
The unique American ideals of growth and expansion led to the Louisiana Purchase, and the Lewis and Clarke Expedition, giving way to the dream of a country spanning the shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Through their decisions and actions, US Presidents Jefferson, Adams, Madison, secure the vision of the two documents which forged the fledgling republic; the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution.
How would a new and developing nation grow such a dream as introduced by an American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, and US Constitution? Read from the words of those who lived it, in this fifth book from PowerThink Publishing’s Original Source Series, Westward Expansion and the War of 1812, Volume 5.
Included Works:
The Importance of Louisiana to the States by Thomas Jefferson
How Napoleon Persisted in Selling Louisiana by Lucien Bonaparte
Treaty with France, 1803 by The U.S. and French Governments
Decatur Captures and Burns the "Philadelphia" by James Fenimore Cooper
Why and How Burr Killed Hamilton by Alexander Hamilton
The Lewis and Clark Expedition by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Eliphalet Nott on the Death of Hamilton by Eliphalet Nott
Crossing the Great Divide by Meriwether Lewis
The "Bird-Woman" Who Guided Lewis and Clark by Grace Raymond Hebard
John Randolph on the Offensive War with England by John Randolph
Testimony from the Trial of Aaron Burr by Jacob Allbright
The Chesapeake Outrage by Vice-Admiral B. C. Berkeley and Commodore James Barton
Fulton Writes About His First Trip To Albany by Robert Fulton
How Jefferson's Embargo Paralyzed Trade by Josiah Quincy
Tecumseh to Governor Harrison at Vincennes by Tecumseh
American Ways of Life in 1811 by John Melish
The Battle of Tippecanoe by General William Henry Harrison
The Battle Between the Constitution and the Guerriere by Theodore Roosevelt
The Causes of the War of 1812 by James Madison
The Seeds of War by John Quincy Adams
The Surrender of Detroit by William Hull
Cass Describes Hull's Ignominy by Lewis Cass
The "Constitution" Captures the "Guerriere" by Captain Isaac Hull
How the "Guerriere" was Outfought by William Orme
The Battle Between the Chesapeake and Shannon by Theodore Roosevelt
Perry's Victory on Lake Erie by Fenimore Cooper
Why America Had To Fight by Henry Clay
Capture and Destruction of the "Java" by Commodore William Bainbridge
The Engagement of the "Chesapeake" and the "Shannon" by George Budd
Perry's Own Account of the Battle of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry
The Battle of the Thames by Henry M. Breckenridge
Jackson's Defeat of the Creek Indians by James Parton
The Burning of Washington by Richard Hildreth
The Battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane by General Winfield Scott
The Burning of Washington by "Dolly" Madison
The Battle of Lake Champlain by James Fenimore Cooper
What Inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
Jackson's Defeat of the Creeks by Andrew Jackson
The Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
Secession Threatened in New England by James Schouler
The Battle of New Orleans by Major Arsene Lacarriere Latour
The Treaty of Ghent, Concluding the War of 1812 by The U.S. and British Governments
Discussing the Terms of Peace by John Quincy Adams
How American Success in the War Imprest Europe by Henry Adams
Our First Protective Tariff by John Randolph
The Meaning of the Monroe Doctrine by Admiral A. T. Mahan
Arrangement as to the Naval Force to Be Respectively by Maintained on the American Lakes
Charles Bagot by The Building of the Erie Canal
William H. Seward by The Emancipation of South America
Henry Clay by Defining the Powers of the Federal Government
John Marshall by Opinion of Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of
McCulloch vs. the State of Maryland by John Marshall
Treaty with Spain, 1819 by The U.S. and Spanish Governments
Bonus: Includes a FREE download of the book in electronic format for use with your computer or Mobile device.
Reviews:
“This is pure history, without all the filters of contemporary interpretation. These books will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone who wants to better understand where America as come from--and where we should be now.”
-Jay A. Parry, author, The Real George Washington
My Father W. Cleon Skousen, author of The Five Thousand Year Leap, would call this must-have collection of original source documents nothing short of pure gold of the rarest kind. This resource would have spared him decades of clawing through untold stacks and volumes of materials during his research and writing years. He would have treasured these books for that very purpose, and joins me in highly recommending these volumes to scholars and casual readers alike; anyone looking for accurate answers to difficult questions about America, freedom, and our era of unprecedented prosperity.
-Paul Skousen, author, speaker, CIA analyst, and Reagan White House intelligence officer
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