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This American history volume for children was published in 1900. From the book's Preface: It is the aim of this work to set forth the main facts of American History, particularly the earlier periods, in such a way as to attract and interest pupils of the earlier grammar grades. It is now very generally acknowledged that history is best approached through biography. Personal incident is more attractive to every one, and especially to children, than any narrative of events can possibly be. Most of the book, therefore, has been given to biographical sketches of representative makers of the nation. Effort has been made to choose those men who would best illustrate the most important phases of national growth. Some of these phases are: the difficulties and dangers of exploration, and how they were overcome by earnestness and perseverance; the risks and hardships of settlement, and how they were met and conquered; the independence and patriotism of the colonists, and how they triumphed; the effect of environment upon character; the develop- ment of the people in politics and government and in social life; and the progress of invention and its effect upon national development. It has not been thought advisable to break the conti- nuity of the narrative by dividing the text into sections, or to insert many dates or foot-notes, or to add analyses and appendices. At the end of each chapter an Outline is given to summarize what has been said, and a few ques- tions added in the line of suggestion. Each teacher will use questions adapted to the age of the pupils and the circumstances of the occasion. The main idea in illustrating the book has been to give the most authentic representations possible of the man, the place, or the thing described, so as to round out and complete the mental impression gained from the text. A few illustrations which may be called imaginative have been admitted; these are chiefly after paintings, based upon authentic knowledge and information, or which are among our national heirlooms. The maps have been made as simple as possible, and sometimes purely diagrammatic in character; and, for the sake of clearness, only such details given in them as are called for by the story. ............................................................................... Content: I. Old-Time Ideas II. Columbus III. The Cabots IV. De Soto and Other Explorers V. Drake and Raleigh VI. Virginia and Captain John Smith VII. Henry Hudson VIII. The Pilgrims IX. The Puritans X. Lord Baltimore and Maryland XI. King Philip's War XII. Peter Stuyvesant and New Netherland XIII. Father Marquette and La Salle XIV. Nathaniel Bacon XV. William Penn XVI. Oglethorpe and Georgia XVII. Life in New England and Middle Colonies before the Revolution XVIII. Benjamin Franklin XIX. George Washington — The French and Indian War XX. The Revolution XXI. Daniel Boone XXII. Thomas Jefferson XXIII. Lewis and Clark XXIV. Zebulon M. Pike XXV. Early Inventors (Fitch, Fulton, Whitney) XXVI. Andrew Jackson. — Tecumseh — ThevWar of 1812 XXVII. Canals, Railroads, Telegraphs, and Other Inventions XXVIII. Oregon — Whitman's Ride XXIX. Texas — Mexican War — California XXX. Abraham Lincoln XXXI. The Civil War XXXII. The United States in Recent Years

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...and became hardy, self-reliant, and able to foresee dangers and to meet them. Young as he was, he did his work well. His surveys were accepted without hesitation, and were never questioned afterward. He thus describes his life in a letter to a friend: "Since you have received my letter of October last, I have not slept above three or four times in a bed, but, after walking a good way all the day, I have lain down before the fire upon a little hay, straw, fodder, or a bearskin, whichever was to be had, with man, wife, and children, like dogs and cats; and happy is he who gets the berth nearest the fire." The health of Lawrence Washington having failed, he went to Barbados, in the West Indies, in the hope of being benefited, and took his brother George with him. While on the trip George had a serious attack of smallpox. On his recovery the brothers returned to Virginia. Less than six months later Lawrence Washington died, leaving his brother George the guardian of his daughter, and, in the event of her death, heir to his estates. England and France were now beginning to struggle for the possession of the New World. The French, following the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, had claimed for France all the country south of those waters and west of the Alleghanies. They had found how rich the Ohio country was, and by making friends with the Indians, and by building a chain of forts, they expected to make good their claim. Virginia, also, claimed most of this territory, saying that her charter gave her all the country as far as the Pacific Ocean. Pennsylvania claimed part of it as a gift of King Charles to William Penn. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, also had claims under their charters. English settlers had made homes near the Alleghan...

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