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Wilbur F. Gordy. Stories of Later American History
Stories of Later American History
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER
ILLUSTRATIONS
MAPS
STORIES OF LATER AMERICAN HISTORY
PATRICK HENRY
PATRICK HENRY’S FIERY SPEECH AGAINST THE STAMP ACT
ANOTHER GREAT SPEECH BY PATRICK HENRY
Some Things to Think About
SAMUEL ADAMS
SAMUEL ADAMS AN INSPIRING LEADER
SAMUEL ADAMS AND THE “BOSTON TEA PARTY”
SOME RESULTS OF THE “BOSTON TEA PARTY”
Some Things to Think About
THE WAR BEGINS NEAR BOSTON
THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
Some Things To Think About
GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE REVOLUTION
WASHINGTON IN COMMAND OF THE ARMY
THE HEROIC NATHAN HALE
A TIME OF TRIAL FOR WASHINGTON
THE VICTORY AT TRENTON
BURGOYNE’S INVASION
LAFAYETTE JOINS THE AMERICAN ARMY
Some Things to Think About
NATHANAEL GREENE AND OTHER HEROES IN THE SOUTH
GENERAL GREENE IN THE SOUTH
DANIEL MORGAN, THE GREAT RIFLEMAN
MARION, THE “SWAMP FOX”
Some Things to Think About
JOHN PAUL JONES
A DESPERATE SEA DUEL
Some Things to Think About
DANIEL BOONE
BOONE GOES TO KENTUCKY
THE KENTUCKY SETTLERS AT BOONESBOROUGH
Some Things to Think About
JAMES ROBERTSON
HOW THE BACKWOODSMEN LIVED
ROBERTSON A BRAVE LEADER
ROBERTSON SAVES THE SETTLEMENT
Some Things to Think About
JOHN SEVIER
SEVIER A HERO AMONG THE TENNESSEE SETTLERS
Some Things to Think About
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK
CLARK STARTS ON HIS LONG JOURNEY
LIFE IN THE OLD FRENCH VILLAGES
CLARK’S HARD TASK
CLARK CAPTURES VINCENNES
Some Things to Think About
THE NEW REPUBLIC
THE COTTON-GIN AND SLAVERY
Some Things to Think About
INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
JEFFERSON’S GREATEST WORK AS A STATESMAN
NEW ORLEANS IN 1803
LEWIS AND CLARK’S EXPEDITION
ANDREW JACKSON
Some Things to Think About
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
THE NATIONAL ROAD AND THE ERIE CANAL
THE RAILROAD
MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH
Some Things to Think About
THE REPUBLIC GROWS LARGER
SAM HOUSTON
DAVID CROCKETT
JOHN C. FRÉMONT THE PATHFINDER
THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD
Some Things To Think About
THREE GREAT STATESMEN
JOHN C. CALHOUN
HENRY CLAY
DANIEL WEBSTER
SLAVERY AND THE TARIFF
THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
Some Things to Think About
THE CIVIL WAR
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND SLAVERY
ROBERT E. LEE
“STONEWALL” JACKSON
J.E.B. STUART
GETTYSBURG
ULYSSES S. GRANT
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
PHILIP H. SHERIDAN
TWO GREAT GENERALS
Some Things to Think About
FOUR GREAT INDUSTRIES
COTTON
WHEAT
CATTLE-RAISING
COAL
Some Things To Think About
The End
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