New Madrid Earthquakes Burning of Washington, D.C. Photo research by Anne Burns Images Printed in the United States of America VB FOF 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper and contains 30% post-consumer recycled content.Īcknowledgments xi Introduction xii Contributors xvii 1492 Christopher Columbus’s First VoyDecimation of Native Americans by European DiseaLost Colony of Roanoke 6 1609–1610 Starving Time at JamestFirst Winter at PlymoMassacre at JamestKing Philip’s Bacon’s RebellSalem Witchcraft TriDeerfield MassaSmallpox EpideStono RebellNew York City Fires and Slave “Conspiracy” 24 1752 Great South Carolina HurricExile of the AcadiNew England EarthquStamp Act CriBoston MassaNorth Carolina Regulator MovemCoercive ABattles of Lexington and ConcSmallpox Epidemic in the American RevolutDeprivation at Valley FoThe “Dark Day” Forest FiEconomic CriShays’s RebellYellow Fever Epidemic 49 1800–1801 Presidential Election CriImpressment Crisis 53ġ811 1814 1814 1816 1819 1822 1824–1825 1831 1832 1833 1834 1836 1837 1838 1838 1842 1844 1844 1845 1846 1850 1853 1854 1857 1859 1860 1860 1861 1863 1864 1865 1865 1868 1869 1871 1871 1871 You can fi nd Facts On File on the World Wide Web at le.com Text design by Annie O’Donnell Cover design by Salvatore Luongo Illustrations by Accurate Art, Inc. ![]() Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. ![]() E179.C27 2008 363.34'1-dc22 2007027688 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Campbell, Ballard C., 1940– Disasters, accidents, and crises in Americn history : a reference guide to the nation’s most catastrophic events / Ballard C. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. Professor of History, Northeastern Universityĭisasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History: A Reference Guide to the Nation’s Most Catastrophic Events Copyright © 2008 Facts On File All rights reserved. ![]() DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS, AND CRISES IN AMERICAN HISTORY A Reference Guide to the Nation’s Most Catastrophic EventsĭISASTERS, ACCIDENTS, AND CRISES IN AMERICAN HISTORY A Reference Guide to the Nation’s Most Catastrophic Events BA LL A R D C.
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