History of the United States, Volume 2

The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the United States, Volume 2 (of 6), by E. Benjamin Andrews This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: History of the United States, Volume 2(of 6) Author: E. Benjamin Andrews Release Date: September 10, 2007 [EBook #22567] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE USA *** Produced by Don Kostuch [Transcriber's Notes] The debt of England caused by the French and Indian War of 140,000,000 Pounds sterling is equivalent to about 19,000,000,000 Pounds in 2006. Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" is available at http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/comsn10a.txt The blank pages correspond to blanks pages in the original, usually the back of image plates or the beginning of chapters. Some blank pages are numbered, some are not. Text has been moved to avoid fragmentation of sentences. This is a list or unfamiliar (to me) words. abatis Defensive obstacle made by laying felled trees on top of each other with branches, sometimes sharpened, facing the enemy. appanage Land or other source of revenue for the maintenance of a member of the family of a ruling house. Whatever belongs rightfully to one's rank or station in life.