PAGEThe Northmen Discover the New WorldLeif Ericson, Who Discovered Vinland1Early Explorers in AmericaChristopher Columbus, the First Great Man in American History2Ponce de Leon, Who Sought a Marvelous Land and Was Disappointed17Cortés, Who Found the Rich City of Mexico18Pizarro, Who Found the Richest City in the World23Coronado, Who Penetrated Southwestern United States but Found Nothing but Beautiful Scenery24De Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi24Magellan, Who Proved that the World Is Round28The Men Who Made America Known to England and Who Checked the Progress of SpainJohn Cabot also Searches for a Shorter Route to India and Finds the Mainland of North America34Sir Francis Drake, the English "Dragon," Who Sailed the Spanish Main and Who "Singed the King of Spain's Beard"37Sir Walter Raleigh, the Friend of Elizabeth, Plants a Colony in America to Check the Power of Spain42The Men Who Planted New France in America, Founded Quebec, Explored the Great Lake Region, and Penetrated the Mississippi ValleySamuel de Champlain, the Father of New France49Joliet and Marquette, Fur Trader and Missionary, Explore the Mississippi Valley for New France53What the Dutch Accomplished in the Colonization of the New WorldHenry Hudson, Whose Discoveries Led Dutch Traders to Colonize New Netherland54Famous People in Early VirginiaJohn Smith the Savior of Virginia, and Pocahontas its Good Angel60Lord Baltimore, in a Part of Virginia, Founds Maryland as a Home for Persecuted Catholics and Welcomes Protestants68Industries, Manners, and Customs of First Settlers of Virginia71Pilgrims and Puritans in New EnglandMiles Standish, the Pilgrim Soldier, and the Story of "Plymouth Rock"73John Winthrop, the Founder of Boston; John Eliot, the Great English Missionary; and King Philip, an Indian Chief the Equal of the White Man81Industries, Manners, and Customs85The Men Who Planted Colonies for Many Kinds of PeoplePeter Stuyvesant, the Great Dutch Governor87Manners and Customs of New Netherland91William Penn, the Quaker, Who Founded the City of Brotherly Love92Quaker Ways in Old Pennsylvania98James Oglethorpe, the Founder of Georgia as a Home for English Debtors, as a Place for Persecuted Protestants, and as a Barrier against the Spaniards100Industries, Manners, and Customs of the Southern Planters103Robert Cavelier de la Salle, Who Followed the Father of Waters to its Mouth, and Established New France from Canada to the Gulf of MexicoLa Salle Pushed Forward the Work Begun by Joliet and Marquette106The Men of New France113George Washington, the First General and First President of the United StatesThe "Father of His Country"115The Man Who Helped Win Independence by Winning the Hearts of Frenchmen for AmericaBenjamin Franklin, the Wisest American of His Time147Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams, Famous Men of the Revolution, Who Defended America with Tongue and PenPatrick Henry, the Orator of the Revolution158Samuel Adams, the Firebrand of the Revolution167The Men Who Fought for American Independence with Gun and SwordNathan Hale179Generals Greene, Morgan, and Marion, the Men Who Helped Win the South from the British182The Men Who Helped Win Independence by Fighting England on the SeaJohn Paul Jones, a Scotchman, Who Won the Great Victory in the French Ship,Bon Homme Richard194John Barry, Who Won More Sea Fights in the Revolution than Any Other Captain199The Men Who Crossed the Mountains, Defeated the Indians and British, and Made the Mississippi River the Western Boundary of the United StatesDaniel Boone, the Hunter and Pioneer of Kentucky202John Sevier, "Nolichucky Jack"210George Rogers Clark, the Hero of Vincennes216Development of the New RepublicEli Whitney, Who Invented the Cotton Gin and Changed the History of the South226Thomas Jefferson, Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Founded the Democratic Party, and Purchased the Louisiana Territory229Lewis and Clark, American Explorers in the Oregon Country238Oliver Hazard Perry, Victor in the Battle of Lake Erie244Andrew Jackson, the Victor of New Orleans245The Men Who Made the Nation Great by Their Inventions and DiscoveriesRobert Fulton, the Inventor of the Steamboat257Samuel F. B. Morse, Inventor of the Telegraph264Cyrus West Field, Who Laid the Atlantic Cable between America and Europe268Cyrus McCormick, Inventor of the Reaper272Elias Howe, Inventor of the Sewing Machine274The Men Who Won Texas, the Oregon Country, and CaliforniaSam Houston, Hero of San Jacinto277David Crockett, Great Hunter and Hero of the Alamo282John C. Fremont, the Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains283Spanish Missions in the Southwest290The Three Greatest Statesmen of the Middle PeriodHenry Clay, the Founder of the Whig Party and the Great Pacificator294Daniel Webster, the Defender of the Constitution300John C. Calhoun, the Champion of Nullification306Abraham Lincoln, the Liberator and MartyrA Poor Boy Becomes a Great Man313Andrew Johnson and the Progress of Reconstruction328Two Famous GeneralsUlysses S. Grant, the Great General of the Union Armies331Robert Edward Lee, the Man Who Led the Confederate Armies337Men Who Helped Determine New Political PoliciesRutherford B. Hayes342James A. Garfield345Chester A. Arthur346Grover Cleveland347Benjamin Harrison349The Beginning of Expansion AbroadWilliam McKinley and the Spanish-American War352The Man Who Was the Champion of DemocracyTheodore Roosevelt, the Typical American360William Howard Taft369Westward Expansion and DevelopmentThe Westward Movement of Population and the Development of Transportation372George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal376Men of Recent Times Who Made Great InventionsThomas A. Edison, the Greatest Inventor of Electrical Machinery in the World380Two Inventions Widely Used in Business386Automobile Making in the United States388Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Men Who Gave Humanity Wings390John P. Holland, Who Taught Men to Sail Under the Sea395Heroines of National ProgressElizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Who Were the first to Struggle for the Rights of Women400Julia Ward Howe, Author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Who WroteUncle Tom's Cabin404Frances 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 Chicago408Resources and Industries of Our CountryHow Farm and Factory Helped Build the Nation416Mines, Mining, and Manufactures421America and the World WarEarly Years of the War424America Enters to Win431The Conclusion of the War437Where the American People and Their Civilization Came FromIntroduction445The Oldest Nations446Greece, the Land of Art and Freedom450How the Greeks Taught Men to be Free456Spread of Greek Civilization461When Rome Ruled the World464Hannibal Tries to Conquer Rome467Rome Conquers the World, but Grows Wicked469The Roman Republic Becomes the Roman Empire471What Rome Gave to the World473The Downfall of Rome476The Angles and Saxons in Great Britain478Charles the Great, Ruler of the Franks479The Coming of the Northmen483Alfred the Great484The Norman Conquest488The Struggle for the Great Charter490A Pronouncing IndexxiThe Indexxv
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