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William H. Mace. A Beginner's History
A Beginner's History
Table of Contents
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
