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THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| The Northmen Discover the New World | |
| Leif Ericson, Who Discovered Vinland | 1 |
| Early Explorers in America | |
| Christopher Columbus, the First Great Man in American History | 2 |
| Ponce de Leon, Who Sought a Marvelous Land and Was Disappointed | 17 |
| Cortés, Who Found the Rich City of Mexico | 18 |
| Pizarro, Who Found the Richest City in the World | 23 |
| Coronado, Who Penetrated Southwestern United States but Found Nothing but Beautiful Scenery | 24 |
| De Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi | 24 |
| Magellan, Who Proved that the World Is Round | 28 |
| 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 | 34 |
| Sir Francis Drake, the English "Dragon," Who Sailed the Spanish Main and Who "Singed the King of Spain's Beard" | 37 |
| Sir Walter Raleigh, the Friend of Elizabeth, Plants a Colony in America to Check the Power of Spain | 42 |
| 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 | 49 |
| Joliet and Marquette, Fur Trader and Missionary, Explore the Mississippi Valley for New France | 53 |
| What the Dutch Accomplished in the Colonization of the New World | |
| Henry Hudson, Whose Discoveries Led Dutch Traders to Colonize New Netherland | 54 |
| Famous People in Early Virginia | |
| John Smith the Savior of Virginia, and Pocahontas its Good Angel | 60 |
| Lord Baltimore, in a Part of Virginia, Founds Maryland as a Home for Persecuted Catholics and Welcomes Protestants | 68 |
| Industries, Manners, and Customs of First Settlers of Virginia | 71 |
| Pilgrims and Puritans in New England | |
| Miles Standish, the Pilgrim Soldier, and the Story of "Plymouth Rock" | 73 |
| John Winthrop, the Founder of Boston; John Eliot, the Great English Missionary; and King Philip, an Indian Chief the Equal of the White Man | 81 |
| Industries, Manners, and Customs | 85 |
| The Men Who Planted Colonies for Many Kinds of People | |
| Peter Stuyvesant, the Great Dutch Governor | 87 |
| Manners and Customs of New Netherland | 91 |
| William Penn, the Quaker, Who Founded the City of Brotherly Love | 92 |
| Quaker Ways in Old Pennsylvania | 98 |
| 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 | 100 |
| Industries, Manners, and Customs of the Southern Planters | 103 |
| 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 | 106 |
| The Men of New France | 113 |
| George Washington, the First General and First President of the United States | |
| The "Father of His Country" | 115 |
| The Man Who Helped Win Independence by Winning the Hearts of Frenchmen for America | |
| Benjamin Franklin, the Wisest American of His Time | 147 |
| Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams, Famous Men of the Revolution, Who Defended America with Tongue and Pen | |
| Patrick Henry, the Orator of the Revolution | 158 |
| Samuel Adams, the Firebrand of the Revolution | 167 |
| The Men Who Fought for American Independence with Gun and Sword | |
| Nathan Hale | 179 |
| Generals Greene, Morgan, and Marion, the Men Who Helped Win the South from the British | 182 |
| 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 | 194 |
| John Barry, Who Won More Sea Fights in the Revolution than Any Other Captain | 199 |
| The Men Who Crossed the Mountains, Defeated the Indians and British, and Made the Mississippi River the Western Boundary of the United States | |
| Daniel Boone, the Hunter and Pioneer of Kentucky | 202 |
| John Sevier, "Nolichucky Jack" | 210 |
| George Rogers Clark, the Hero of Vincennes | 216 |
| Development of the New Republic | |
| Eli Whitney, Who Invented the Cotton Gin and Changed the History of the South | 226 |
| Thomas Jefferson, Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Founded the Democratic Party, and Purchased the Louisiana Territory | 229 |
| Lewis and Clark, American Explorers in the Oregon Country | 238 |
| Oliver Hazard Perry, Victor in the Battle of Lake Erie | 244 |
| Andrew Jackson, the Victor of New Orleans | 245 |
| The Men Who Made the Nation Great by Their Inventions and Discoveries | |
| Robert Fulton, the Inventor of the Steamboat | 257 |
| Samuel F. B. Morse, Inventor of the Telegraph | 264 |
| Cyrus West Field, Who Laid the Atlantic Cable between America and Europe | 268 |
| Cyrus McCormick, Inventor of the Reaper | 272 |
| Elias Howe, Inventor of the Sewing Machine | 274 |
| The Men Who Won Texas, the Oregon Country, and California | |
| Sam Houston, Hero of San Jacinto | 277 |
| David Crockett, Great Hunter and Hero of the Alamo | 282 |
| John C. Fremont, the Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains | 283 |
| Spanish Missions in the Southwest | 290 |
| The Three Greatest Statesmen of the Middle Period | |
| Henry Clay, the Founder of the Whig Party and the Great Pacificator | 294 |
| Daniel Webster, the Defender of the Constitution | 300 |
| John C. Calhoun, the Champion of Nullification | 306 |
| Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator and Martyr | |
| A Poor Boy Becomes a Great Man | 313 |
| Andrew Johnson and the Progress of Reconstruction | 328 |
| Two Famous Generals | |
| Ulysses S. Grant, the Great General of the Union Armies | 331 |
| Robert Edward Lee, the Man Who Led the Confederate Armies | 337 |
| Men Who Helped Determine New Political Policies | |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | 342 |
| James A. Garfield | 345 |
| Chester A. Arthur | 346 |
| Grover Cleveland | 347 |
| Benjamin Harrison | 349 |
| The Beginning of Expansion Abroad | |
| William McKinley and the Spanish-American War | 352 |
| The Man Who Was the Champion of Democracy | |
| Theodore Roosevelt, the Typical American | 360 |
| William Howard Taft | 369 |
| Westward Expansion and Development | |
| The Westward Movement of Population and the Development of Transportation | 372 |
| George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal | 376 |
| Men of Recent Times Who Made Great Inventions | |
| Thomas A. Edison, the Greatest Inventor of Electrical Machinery in the World | 380 |
| Two Inventions Widely Used in Business | 386 |
| Automobile Making in the United States | 388 |
| Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Men Who Gave Humanity Wings | 390 |
| John P. Holland, Who Taught Men to Sail Under the Sea | 395 |
| Heroines of National Progress | |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Who Were the first to Struggle for the Rights of Women | 400 |
| Julia Ward Howe, Author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Who Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin | 404 |
| 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 | 408 |
| Resources and Industries of Our Country | |
| How Farm and Factory Helped Build the Nation | 416 |
| Mines, Mining, and Manufactures | 421 |
| America and the World War | |
| Early Years of the War | 424 |
| America Enters to Win | 431 |
| The Conclusion of the War | 437 |
| Where the American People and Their Civilization Came From | |
| Introduction | 445 |
| The Oldest Nations | 446 |
| Greece, the Land of Art and Freedom | 450 |
| How the Greeks Taught Men to be Free | 456 |
| Spread of Greek Civilization | 461 |
| When Rome Ruled the World | 464 |
| Hannibal Tries to Conquer Rome | 467 |
| Rome Conquers the World, but Grows Wicked | 469 |
| The Roman Republic Becomes the Roman Empire | 471 |
| What Rome Gave to the World | 473 |
| The Downfall of Rome | 476 |
| The Angles and Saxons in Great Britain | 478 |
| Charles the Great, Ruler of the Franks | 479 |
| The Coming of the Northmen | 483 |
| Alfred the Great | 484 |
| The Norman Conquest | 488 |
| The Struggle for the Great Charter | 490 |
| A Pronouncing Index | xi |
| The Index | xv |
MACE'S BEGINNER'S HISTORY
