OF THE UNITED STATES, Checked FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. RY GEORGE BANCROFT. VOL. V. SEVENTEENTH EDITION. LIBRARY BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by GEORGE BANCROFT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Presswork by John Wilson and Son. CONTENTS. Protestantism ceases to be a cause of Revolutions, 8-Right of private judgment affirmed, 4-Progress of Skepticism, 5-Prussia and its king, 6— Russia, 8-Austria, 10-The German Empire, 11-The Netherlands, 13— France, 19-Checks on the royal power, 20-Parliament, 21-Opinion, 21-Voltaire, 22-Montesquieu, 24-The Physiocrats, 25-Turgot, 26-Jean Jacques Rousseau, 28--Sovereignty of the people, 80. England, 32-Its limited Monarchy, 33-Its Church, 34-House of Lords, 86-House of Commons, 89-Its Administrative System, 43--Its Literature, 44-Its Courts of Law, 47-Its system of Education, 48-Life in towns, 50— -Life in the country, 51-Its manufactures, 54—Its nationality, 56. A* |