This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...captured. In the later years, the privateers almost alone displayed the flag of the United States on the ocean. 244. The Privateers.--Mr. Henry Adams has suggested that it would have been better policy for the United States to have used the national vessels to destroy the merchant vessels of England. Men-of-war ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...captured. In the later years, the privateers almost alone displayed the flag of the United States on the ocean. 244. The Privateers.--Mr. Henry Adams has suggested that it would have been better policy for the United States to have used the national vessels to destroy the merchant vessels of England. Men-of-war capturing British merchantmen would have destroyed them; the privateers, whose interest was to make money from the sale of prizes, sent them home, and about one half were recaptured. As it was, the privateersmen dealt a terrible blow to Britain's commerce. In the course of the war they captured more than two thousand five hundred British vessels, some of them within sight of the coast of England. Rates of insurance on British vessels rose to almost prohibitory figures, even for the shortest voyages. English merchants and shipowners whose self-seeking had largely contributed to bring on the war, now besought the government to conclude peace; to this end McDonough's victory on Lake Champlain powerfully contributed. 245. Negotiations for Peace, 1812-1814.--From an international point of view, the War of 1812 was a terrible misfortune. Great Britain was then engaged in a deadly struggle with the military despotism that threatened to overwhelm popular freedom wherever it existed in the world. No doubt Napoleon had dealt a beneficial blow to feudal institutions, but he had already done all the good that he was likely to do in that way. In 1812 the cause of humanity and civilization demanded his overthrow. True policy dictated the alliance of Great Britain and the United States to destroy the master despot of the age. Instead of joining together against the common enemy, they came to blows, but this was, the fault of Britain's rulers, not of the American pe...
Read Less
Add this copy of A Students' History of the United States to cart. $27.88, good condition, Sold by The Guru Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1917 by Macmillan Co.
Add this copy of A Students' History of the United States to cart. $34.34, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2011 by Landor Press.
Add this copy of A Students' History of the United States to cart. $35.72, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Hardpress Publishing.
Add this copy of A Students' History of the United States to cart. $36.00, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Hardpress Publishing.
Add this copy of A Student's History of the United States to cart. $37.43, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Hardpress Publishing.
Add this copy of A Students' History Of The United States to cart. $37.77, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Landor Press.
Add this copy of A Students' History of the United States to cart. $37.85, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Landor Press.
