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A Beginner's History

A Beginner's History

by William H. Mace

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Author
Mace, William H. (William Harrison), 1852-1938
Title
A beginner's history
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E151: History: America: United States
Subject
United States -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 50548
Release Date
November 25, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.A Beginner's History
  3. 3.THE PREFACE
  4. 4.THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
  5. 5.THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD
  6. 6.LEIF ERICSON, WHO DISCOVERED VINLAND — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  7. 7.EARLY EXPLORERS IN AMERICA
  8. 8.CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE FIRST GREAT MAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
  9. 9.PONCE DE LEON, WHO SOUGHT A MARVELOUS LAND AND WAS DISAPPOINTED
  10. 10.CORTÉS, WHO FOUND THE RICH CITY OF MEXICO
  11. 11.PIZARRO, WHO FOUND THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD
  12. 12.CORONADO, WHO PENETRATED SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES BUT FOUND NOTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
  13. 13.DE SOTO, THE DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI
  14. 14.MAGELLAN, WHO PROVED THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  15. 15.THE MEN WHO MADE AMERICA KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND WHO CHECKED THE PROGRESS OF SPAIN
  16. 16.JOHN CABOT ALSO SEARCHES FOR A SHORTER ROUTE TO INDIA AND FINDS THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA
  17. 17.SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, THE ENGLISH "DRAGON," WHO SAILED THE SPANISH MAIN AND WHO "SINGED THE KING OF SPAIN'S BEARD"
  18. 18.SIR WALTER RALEIGH, THE FRIEND OF ELIZABETH, PLANTS A COLONY IN AMERICA TO CHECK THE POWER OF SPAIN — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  19. 19.THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC, EXPLORED THE GREAT LAKE REGION, AND PENETRATED THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
  20. 20.SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, THE FATHER OF NEW FRANCE
  21. 21.JOLIET AND MARQUETTE, FUR TRADER AND MISSIONARY, EXPLORE THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR NEW FRANCE — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  22. 22.WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD
  23. 23.HENRY HUDSON, WHOSE DISCOVERIES LED DUTCH TRADERS TO COLONIZE NEW NETHERLAND — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  24. 24.FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA
  25. 25.JOHN SMITH THE SAVIOR OF VIRGINIA, AND POCAHONTAS ITS GOOD ANGEL
  26. 26.LORD BALTIMORE, IN A PART OF VIRGINIA, FOUNDS MARYLAND AS A HOME FOR PERSECUTED CATHOLICS (1634) AND WELCOMES PROTESTANTS
  27. 27.INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF FIRST SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  28. 28.PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND
  29. 29.MILES STANDISH, THE PILGRIM SOLDIER, AND THE STORY OF "PLYMOUTH ROCK"
  30. 30.JOHN WINTHROP, THE FOUNDER OF BOSTON; JOHN ELIOT, THE GREAT ENGLISH MISSIONARY; AND KING PHILIP, AN INDIAN CHIEF THE EQUAL OF THE WHITE MAN
  31. 31.JOHN ELIOT, A SUCCESSFUL MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS
  32. 32.KING PHILIP, INDIAN CHIEF AND HATER OF WHITE MEN
  33. 33.INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  34. 34.THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE
  35. 35.PETER STUYVESANT, THE GREAT DUTCH GOVERNOR
  36. 36.MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF NEW NETHERLAND
  37. 37.WILLIAM PENN, THE QUAKER, WHO FOUNDED THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
  38. 38.QUAKER WAYS IN OLD PENNSYLVANIA
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE SOUTHERN PLANTERS — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  41. 41.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
  42. 42.LA SALLE PUSHED FORWARD THE WORK BEGUN BY JOLIET AND MARQUETTE
  43. 43.THE MEN OF NEW FRANCE — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  44. 44.GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST GENERAL AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
  45. 45.THE "FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  46. 46.THE MAN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY WINNING THE HEARTS OF FRENCHMEN FOR AMERICA
  47. 47.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE WISEST AMERICAN OF HIS TIME — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  48. 48.PATRICK HENRY AND SAMUEL ADAMS, FAMOUS MEN OF THE REVOLUTION, WHO DEFENDED AMERICA WITH TONGUE AND PEN
  49. 49.PATRICK HENRY, THE ORATOR OF THE REVOLUTION
  50. 50.SAMUEL ADAMS, THE FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  51. 51.THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH GUN AND SWORD
  52. 52.NATHAN HALE
  53. 53.GENERALS GREENE, MORGAN, AND MARION, THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN THE SOUTH FROM THE BRITISH — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  54. 54.THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY FIGHTING ENGLAND ON THE SEA
  55. 55.JOHN PAUL JONES, A SCOTCHMAN, WHO WON THE GREAT VICTORY IN THE FRENCH SHIP, "BON HOMME RICHARD"
  56. 56.JOHN BARRY, WHO WON MORE SEA FIGHTS IN THE REVOLUTION THAN ANY OTHER CAPTAIN — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  57. 57.THE MEN WHO CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS, DEFEATED THE INDIANS AND BRITISH, AND MADE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THE FIRST WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES
  58. 58.DANIEL BOONE, THE HUNTER AND PIONEER OF KENTUCKY
  59. 59.JOHN SEVIER, "NOLICHUCKY JACK"
  60. 60.GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, THE HERO OF VINCENNES — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  61. 61.DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
  62. 62.ELI WHITNEY, WHO INVENTED THE COTTON GIN AND CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH
  63. 63.THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, FOUNDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND PURCHASED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY
  64. 64.LEWIS AND CLARK, AMERICAN EXPLORERS IN THE OREGON COUNTRY
  65. 65.OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, VICTOR IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE
  66. 66.ANDREW JACKSON, THE VICTOR OF NEW ORLEANS — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  67. 67.THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION GREAT BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES
  68. 68.ROBERT FULTON, THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT
  69. 69.SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH
  70. 70.CYRUS WEST FIELD, WHO LAID THE ATLANTIC CABLE BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE
  71. 71.CYRUS H. M c CORMICK, INVENTOR OF THE REAPER
  72. 72.ELIAS HOWE, INVENTOR OF THE SEWING MACHINE — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  73. 73.THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS, THE OREGON COUNTRY, AND CALIFORNIA
  74. 74.SAM HOUSTON, HERO OF SAN JACINTO
  75. 75.DAVID CROCKETT, GREAT HUNTER AND HERO OF THE ALAMO
  76. 76.JOHN C. FREMONT, THE PATHFINDER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
  77. 77.SPANISH MISSIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  78. 78.THE THREE GREATEST STATESMEN OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD
  79. 79.HENRY CLAY, THE FOUNDER OF THE WHIG PARTY AND THE GREAT PACIFICATOR
  80. 80.DANIEL WEBSTER, THE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION
  81. 81.JOHN C. CALHOUN, THE CHAMPION OF NULLIFICATION — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  82. 82.ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIBERATOR AND MARTYR
  83. 83.A POOR BOY BECOMES A GREAT MAN — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  84. 84.TWO FAMOUS GENERALS
  85. 85.ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE GREAT GENERAL OF THE UNION ARMIES
  86. 86.ROBERT EDWARD LEE, THE MAN WHO LED THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  87. 87.MEN WHO DETERMINED NEW POLITICAL POLICIES
  88. 88.RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
  89. 89.JAMES A. GARFIELD AND CHESTER A. ARTHUR
  90. 90.GROVER CLEVELAND
  91. 91.BENJAMIN HARRISON — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  92. 92.THE BEGINNING OF EXPANSION ABROAD
  93. 93.WILLIAM McKINLEY AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  94. 94.THE MAN WHO WAS THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY
  95. 95.THEODORE ROOSEVELT, THE TYPICAL AMERICAN — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  96. 96.WESTWARD EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT
  97. 97.THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF POPULATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  98. 98.GEORGE WASHINGTON GOETHALS, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PANAMA CANAL — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  99. 99.MEN OF RECENT TIMES WHO MADE GREAT INVENTIONS
  100. 100.THOMAS A. EDISON, THE GREATEST INVENTOR OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY IN THE WORLD
  101. 101.TWO INVENTIONS WIDELY USED IN BUSINESS
  102. 102.AUTOMOBILE MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES
  103. 103.WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, THE MEN WHO GAVE HUMANITY WINGS
  104. 104.JOHN P. HOLLAND, WHO TAUGHT MEN HOW TO SAIL UNDER THE SEA — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  105. 105.HEROINES OF NATIONAL PROGRESS
  106. 106.ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY, TWO PIONEERS IN THE CAUSE OF WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
  107. 107.JULIA WARD HOWE, AUTHOR OF THE "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC," AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WHO WROTE "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"
  108. 108.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
  109. 109.RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTRY
  110. 110.HOW FARM AND FACTORY HELPED BUILD THE NATION
  111. 111.MINES, MINING, AND MANUFACTURES — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  112. 112.AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR
  113. 113.EARLY YEARS OF THE WAR
  114. 114.AMERICA ENTERS TO WIN
  115. 115.THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  116. 116.WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION CAME FROM
  117. 117.INTRODUCTION
  118. 118.THE OLDEST NATIONS — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  119. 119.GREECE, THE LAND OF ART AND FREEDOM
  120. 120.HOW THE GREEKS TAUGHT MEN TO BE FREE
  121. 121.SPREAD OF GREEK CIVILIZATION — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  122. 122.WHEN ROME RULED THE WORLD
  123. 123.HANNIBAL TRIES TO CONQUER ROME
  124. 124.ROME CONQUERS THE WORLD BUT GROWS WICKED — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  125. 125.THE ROMAN REPUBLIC BECOMES THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  126. 126.WHAT ROME GAVE TO THE WORLD
  127. 127.THE DOWNFALL OF ROME
  128. 128.THE ANGLES AND SAXONS IN GREAT BRITAIN
  129. 129.CHARLES THE GREAT, RULER OF THE FRANKS
  130. 130.THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN
  131. 131.ALFRED THE GREAT
  132. 132.THE NORMAN CONQUEST
  133. 133.THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT CHARTER — SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
  134. 134.A PRONOUNCING INDEX
  135. 135.THE INDEX
  136. 136.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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