Excerpt from Political and Civil History of the United States of America, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797; Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to That Period With the military events of that period, the people of the Uni ted States, it is believed, are better acquainted than with those of a political or civil nature. This first suggested to us the idea, that a connected view Of the political and civil transactions of our country, unmixed with military events, except so far as the latter had an influence on the former, was a. Desirable object. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.