A Beginner's History. William H. Mace

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       THE PREFACE

       THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

       THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD

       LEIF ERICSON, WHO DISCOVERED VINLAND

       SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

       EARLY EXPLORERS IN AMERICA

       CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE FIRST GREAT MAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY

       PONCE DE LEON, WHO SOUGHT A MARVELOUS LAND AND WAS DISAPPOINTED

       CORTÉS, WHO FOUND THE RICH CITY OF MEXICO

       PIZARRO, WHO FOUND THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD

       CORONADO, WHO PENETRATED SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES BUT FOUND NOTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL SCENERY

       DE SOTO, THE DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI

       MAGELLAN, WHO PROVED THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND

       SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

       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

       SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, THE ENGLISH "DRAGON," WHO SAILED THE SPANISH MAIN AND WHO "SINGED THE KING OF SPAIN'S BEARD"

       SIR WALTER RALEIGH, THE FRIEND OF ELIZABETH, PLANTS A COLONY IN AMERICA TO CHECK THE POWER OF SPAIN

       SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

       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

       JOLIET AND MARQUETTE, FUR TRADER AND MISSIONARY, EXPLORE THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR NEW FRANCE

       SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

       WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD

       HENRY HUDSON, WHOSE DISCOVERIES LED DUTCH TRADERS TO COLONIZE NEW NETHERLAND

       SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

       FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA

       JOHN SMITH THE SAVIOR OF VIRGINIA, AND POCAHONTAS ITS GOOD ANGEL

       LORD BALTIMORE, IN A PART OF VIRGINIA, FOUNDS MARYLAND AS A HOME FOR PERSECUTED CATHOLICS (1634) AND WELCOMES PROTESTANTS

       INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF FIRST SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA

       SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

       PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND

       MILES STANDISH, THE PILGRIM SOLDIER, AND THE STORY OF "PLYMOUTH ROCK"

       JOHN WINTHROP, THE FOUNDER OF BOSTON; JOHN ELIOT, THE GREAT ENGLISH MISSIONARY; AND KING PHILIP, AN INDIAN CHIEF THE EQUAL OF THE WHITE MAN

       JOHN ELIOT, A SUCCESSFUL MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS

       KING PHILIP, INDIAN CHIEF AND HATER OF WHITE MEN

       INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS

       SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL

       THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE

       PETER STUYVESANT, THE GREAT DUTCH GOVERNOR

       MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF NEW NETHERLAND

       WILLIAM PENN, THE QUAKER, WHO FOUNDED THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE

       QUAKER WAYS IN OLD PENNSYLVANIA

       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