A beginner's history
William H. (William Harrison) Mace
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1. Front matter2. THE PREFACE3. THE TABLE OF CONTENTS4. THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD5. EARLY EXPLORERS IN AMERICA6. THE MEN WHO MADE AMERICA KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND WHO CHECKED THE PROGRESS OF SPAIN7. THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC, EXPLORED THE GREAT LAKE REGION, AND PENETRATED THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY8. WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD9. FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA10. PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND11. THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE12. ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, WHO FOLLOWED THE FATHER OF WATERS TO ITS MOUTH, AND ESTABLISHED NEW FRANCE FROM CANADA TO THE GULF OF MEXICO13. GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST GENERAL AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES14. THE MAN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY WINNING THE HEARTS OF FRENCHMEN FOR AMERICA15. PATRICK HENRY AND SAMUEL ADAMS, FAMOUS MEN OF THE REVOLUTION, WHO DEFENDED AMERICA WITH TONGUE AND PEN16. THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH GUN AND SWORD17. THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY FIGHTING ENGLAND ON THE SEA18. THE MEN WHO CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS, DEFEATED THE INDIANS AND BRITISH, AND MADE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THE FIRST WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES19. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW REPUBLIC20. THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION GREAT BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES21. THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS, THE OREGON COUNTRY, AND CALIFORNIA22. THE THREE GREATEST STATESMEN OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD23. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIBERATOR AND MARTYR24. TWO FAMOUS GENERALS25. MEN WHO DETERMINED NEW POLITICAL POLICIES26. THE BEGINNING OF EXPANSION ABROAD27. THE MAN WHO WAS THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY28. WESTWARD EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT29. MEN OF RECENT TIMES WHO MADE GREAT INVENTIONS30. HEROINES OF NATIONAL PROGRESS31. RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTRY32. AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR33. WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION CAME FROM34. A PRONOUNCING INDEX35. THE INDEX36. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES