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A Beginner's History
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A Beginner's History

By William H. Mace
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  • A Beginner's History
  • THE PREFACE
  • THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD
    • LEIF ERICSON, WHO DISCOVERED VINLAND
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • EARLY EXPLORERS IN AMERICA
    • CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE FIRST GREAT MAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
    • PONCE DE LEON, WHO SOUGHT A MARVELOUS LAND AND WAS DISAPPOINTED
    • CORTÉS, WHO FOUND THE RICH CITY OF MEXICO
    • PIZARRO, WHO FOUND THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD
    • CORONADO, WHO PENETRATED SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES BUT FOUND NOTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
    • DE SOTO, THE DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI
    • MAGELLAN, WHO PROVED THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO MADE AMERICA KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND WHO CHECKED THE PROGRESS OF SPAIN
    • JOHN CABOT ALSO SEARCHES FOR A SHORTER ROUTE TO INDIA AND FINDS THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA
    • SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, THE ENGLISH "DRAGON," WHO SAILED THE SPANISH MAIN AND WHO "SINGED THE KING OF SPAIN'S BEARD"
    • SIR WALTER RALEIGH, THE FRIEND OF ELIZABETH, PLANTS A COLONY IN AMERICA TO CHECK THE POWER OF SPAIN
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC, EXPLORED THE GREAT LAKE REGION, AND PENETRATED THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
    • SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, THE FATHER OF NEW FRANCE
    • JOLIET AND MARQUETTE, FUR TRADER AND MISSIONARY, EXPLORE THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR NEW FRANCE
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD
    • HENRY HUDSON, WHOSE DISCOVERIES LED DUTCH TRADERS TO COLONIZE NEW NETHERLAND
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA
    • JOHN SMITH THE SAVIOR OF VIRGINIA, AND POCAHONTAS ITS GOOD ANGEL
    • LORD BALTIMORE, IN A PART OF VIRGINIA, FOUNDS MARYLAND AS A HOME FOR PERSECUTED CATHOLICS (1634) AND WELCOMES PROTESTANTS
    • INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF FIRST SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND
    • MILES STANDISH, THE PILGRIM SOLDIER, AND THE STORY OF "PLYMOUTH ROCK"
    • JOHN WINTHROP, THE FOUNDER OF BOSTON; JOHN ELIOT, THE GREAT ENGLISH MISSIONARY; AND KING PHILIP, AN INDIAN CHIEF THE EQUAL OF THE WHITE MAN
    • JOHN ELIOT, A SUCCESSFUL MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS
    • KING PHILIP, INDIAN CHIEF AND HATER OF WHITE MEN
    • INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE
    • PETER STUYVESANT, THE GREAT DUTCH GOVERNOR
    • MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF NEW NETHERLAND
    • WILLIAM PENN, THE QUAKER, WHO FOUNDED THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
    • QUAKER WAYS IN OLD PENNSYLVANIA
    • JAMES OGLETHORPE, THE FOUNDER OF GEORGIA AS A HOME FOR ENGLISH DEBTORS, AS A PLACE FOR PERSECUTED PROTESTANTS, AND AS A BARRIER AGAINST THE SPANIARDS
    • INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE SOUTHERN PLANTERS
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, WHO FOLLOWED THE FATHER OF WATERS TO ITS MOUTH, AND ESTABLISHED NEW FRANCE FROM CANADA TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
    • LA SALLE PUSHED FORWARD THE WORK BEGUN BY JOLIET AND MARQUETTE
    • THE MEN OF NEW FRANCE
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST GENERAL AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
    • THE "FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY"
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MAN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY WINNING THE HEARTS OF FRENCHMEN FOR AMERICA
    • BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE WISEST AMERICAN OF HIS TIME
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • PATRICK HENRY AND SAMUEL ADAMS, FAMOUS MEN OF THE REVOLUTION, WHO DEFENDED AMERICA WITH TONGUE AND PEN
    • PATRICK HENRY, THE ORATOR OF THE REVOLUTION
    • SAMUEL ADAMS, THE FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH GUN AND SWORD
    • NATHAN HALE
    • GENERALS GREENE, MORGAN, AND MARION, THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN THE SOUTH FROM THE BRITISH
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY FIGHTING ENGLAND ON THE SEA
    • JOHN PAUL JONES, A SCOTCHMAN, WHO WON THE GREAT VICTORY IN THE FRENCH SHIP, "BON HOMME RICHARD"
    • JOHN BARRY, WHO WON MORE SEA FIGHTS IN THE REVOLUTION THAN ANY OTHER CAPTAIN
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS, DEFEATED THE INDIANS AND BRITISH, AND MADE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THE FIRST WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES
    • DANIEL BOONE, THE HUNTER AND PIONEER OF KENTUCKY
    • JOHN SEVIER, "NOLICHUCKY JACK"
    • GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, THE HERO OF VINCENNES
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
    • ELI WHITNEY, WHO INVENTED THE COTTON GIN AND CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH
    • THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, FOUNDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND PURCHASED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY
    • LEWIS AND CLARK, AMERICAN EXPLORERS IN THE OREGON COUNTRY
    • OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, VICTOR IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE
    • ANDREW JACKSON, THE VICTOR OF NEW ORLEANS
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION GREAT BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES
    • ROBERT FULTON, THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT
    • SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH
    • CYRUS WEST FIELD, WHO LAID THE ATLANTIC CABLE BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE
    • CYRUS H. McCORMICK, INVENTOR OF THE REAPER
    • ELIAS HOWE, INVENTOR OF THE SEWING MACHINE
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS, THE OREGON COUNTRY, AND CALIFORNIA
    • SAM HOUSTON, HERO OF SAN JACINTO
    • DAVID CROCKETT, GREAT HUNTER AND HERO OF THE ALAMO
    • JOHN C. FREMONT, THE PATHFINDER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
    • SPANISH MISSIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE THREE GREATEST STATESMEN OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD
    • HENRY CLAY, THE FOUNDER OF THE WHIG PARTY AND THE GREAT PACIFICATOR
    • DANIEL WEBSTER, THE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION
    • JOHN C. CALHOUN, THE CHAMPION OF NULLIFICATION
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIBERATOR AND MARTYR
    • A POOR BOY BECOMES A GREAT MAN
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • TWO FAMOUS GENERALS
    • ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE GREAT GENERAL OF THE UNION ARMIES
    • ROBERT EDWARD LEE, THE MAN WHO LED THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • MEN WHO DETERMINED NEW POLITICAL POLICIES
    • RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
    • JAMES A. GARFIELD AND CHESTER A. ARTHUR
    • GROVER CLEVELAND
    • BENJAMIN HARRISON
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE BEGINNING OF EXPANSION ABROAD
    • WILLIAM McKINLEY AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • THE MAN WHO WAS THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY
    • THEODORE ROOSEVELT, THE TYPICAL AMERICAN
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • WESTWARD EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT
    • THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF POPULATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    • GEORGE WASHINGTON GOETHALS, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PANAMA CANAL
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • MEN OF RECENT TIMES WHO MADE GREAT INVENTIONS
    • THOMAS A. EDISON, THE GREATEST INVENTOR OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY IN THE WORLD
    • TWO INVENTIONS WIDELY USED IN BUSINESS
    • AUTOMOBILE MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES
    • WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, THE MEN WHO GAVE HUMANITY WINGS
    • JOHN P. HOLLAND, WHO TAUGHT MEN HOW TO SAIL UNDER THE SEA
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • HEROINES OF NATIONAL PROGRESS
    • ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY, TWO PIONEERS IN THE CAUSE OF WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
    • JULIA WARD HOWE, AUTHOR OF THE "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC," AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WHO WROTE "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"
    • FRANCES E. WILLARD, THE GREAT TEMPERANCE CRUSADER; CLARA BARTON, WHO FOUNDED THE RED CROSS SOCIETY IN AMERICA; AND JANE ADDAMS, THE FOUNDER OF HULL HOUSE SOCIAL SETTLEMENT IN CHICAGO
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTRY
    • HOW FARM AND FACTORY HELPED BUILD THE NATION
    • MINES, MINING, AND MANUFACTURES
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR
    • EARLY YEARS OF THE WAR
    • AMERICA ENTERS TO WIN
    • THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION CAME FROM
    • INTRODUCTION
    • THE OLDEST NATIONS
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
    • GREECE, THE LAND OF ART AND FREEDOM
    • HOW THE GREEKS TAUGHT MEN TO BE FREE
    • SPREAD OF GREEK CIVILIZATION
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
    • WHEN ROME RULED THE WORLD
    • HANNIBAL TRIES TO CONQUER ROME
    • ROME CONQUERS THE WORLD BUT GROWS WICKED
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
    • THE ROMAN REPUBLIC BECOMES THE ROMAN EMPIRE
    • WHAT ROME GAVE TO THE WORLD
    • THE DOWNFALL OF ROME
    • THE ANGLES AND SAXONS IN GREAT BRITAIN
    • CHARLES THE GREAT, RULER OF THE FRANKS
    • THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN
    • ALFRED THE GREAT
    • THE NORMAN CONQUEST
    • THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT CHARTER
    • SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  • A PRONOUNCING INDEX
  • THE INDEX
  • TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
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