ABOUT BOOK

The second volume of the EPOCHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY aims to follow out theprinciples laid down for "THE COLONIES,"--the study of causes rather thanof events, the development of the American nation out of scattered andinharmonious colonies. The throwing off of English control, the growth outof narrow political conditions, the struggle against foreign domination,and the extension of popular government, are all parts of theuninterrupted process of the Formation of the Union.