Great Events in the History of North and South America. Charles A. Goodrich

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       NORTH AMERICA.—UNITED STATES.

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       PART I.

       UNITED STATES.

       I.—EARLY DISCOVERIES.

       I. NORTHMEN.

       II. COLUMBUS.

       III. SEBASTIAN CABOT.

       II.—EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

       I. VIRGINIA, OR SOUTHERN COLONY.

       II. NEW ENGLAND, OR NORTHERN SETTLEMENTS.

       III. MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN SETTLEMENTS. [15]

       III.—INDIANS, THEIR TRIBES AND WARS.

       I. INDIAN TRIBES.

       II. ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS.

       III. VIRGINIA INDIAN WARS.

       IV. PLYMOUTH COLONY AND THE INDIANS.

       V. ENGLISH AND NARRAGANSETS.

       VI. PEQUOD WAR.

       VII. PHILIP'S WAR.

       VIII. WAR OF WILLIAM III.

       IX. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR.

       X. WAR OF GEORGE II.

       XI. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

       IV.—REVOLUTION.

       I. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION.

       II. EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTION.

       I:—BATTLE OF LEXINGTON

       II. BATTLE OF BUNKER'S HILL.

       III. WASHINGTON, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

       IV. EVACUATION OF BOSTON.

       V. INDEPENDENCE DECLARED.

       VI. ATTACK ON SULLIVAN'S ISLAND.

       VII. MILITARY REVERSES—LOSS OF NEW YORK.

       VIII. RETURNING PROSPERITY.

       BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON.

       IX. OCCUPATION OF PHILADELPHIA.

       X. SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE.

       XI. PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

       XII. TREACHERY OF ARNOLD.

       XIII. CONCLUDING SCENES OF THE REVOLUTION.

       XIV. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

       XV. EMINENT FOREIGNERS,

       V. FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

       VI. GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT.

       JOHN ADAMS, VICE-PRESIDENT.

       VII. JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENT.

       THOMAS JEFFERSON, VICE-PRESIDENT.

       VIII. THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT.

       AARON BURR AND GEORGE CLINTON, VICE-PRESIDENTS.

       IX. JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT

       GEORGE CLINTON AND ELBRIDGE GERRY, VICE-PRESIDENTS

       X. JAMES MONROE, PRESIDENT.

       DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, VICE-PRESIDENT.