CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.-COLUMBUS THE DISCOVERER.

Plato's Story of Atlantis, 1. Notions of the Form and Size of

the Earth, 2. Mandeville, 3. Seneca, 4. Lactantius refuted, 4.

Fabled Islands, 7. Columbus appears, 8. Applies to Portugal,—

to Spain, 10. At Palos, 13. Agrees with Ferdinand and Isabella,

14. His Motives, 17. America discovered, 17. Columbus dies,

23. The Northmen, 24.

CHAPTER II.—THE CABOTS AND OTHER DISCOVERERS.

The Age of maritime Discovery, 28. The Cabots, 29. The Amer-

ican Continent discovered, 29. Northeastern Route to the Indies.

31. Nordenskiold, 31. Amerigo Vespucci, 32. Cortereal, 32.

Ponce de Leon, 35. Balboa, 35. Cortes, 35. Magalhaens, 36,

Verazano, 39. Coronado, Cabeza de Vaca, 41. Zuñi, 41.

CHAPTER III.-THE EARLY AMERICANS.

The Early Americans, 43. The Various Tribes, 47. Characteristics,

48. Cliff-Dwellings, 48.

Mounds, 55. Mexican Remains, 63.

Uxmal, Palenque, 63. Peruvian Remains, 64.

CHAPTER IV. DE SOTO ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

De Soto, 67. Orellana on the Amazon, 68. Pizzarro, 69. Battle at

Mavilla, 72. De Soto's romantic Burial, 72. Religious Motives

of Explorers, 74. Coligni's Efforts, 76. Ribault, 76. Menendez,

78. Dominic de Gourgues, 79.

CHAPTER V.- ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS.

Frobisher, 80. Drake, 81. Raleigh, 82. "Eastward Ho!" 84. Hak-

luyt, 84. Jamestown, 87. Pocahontas, 88. Representative

Government, 89. New England, 90. The Social Compact, 95.

Landing at Plymouth, 96. Gosnold, 100. Gorges, 101. Maine,

102. Winthrop arrives, 105. Roger Williams, 106. Anne Hutch-

inson, 107. Connecticut, 108. Saybrook settled, 110. Connecti-

cut's Constitution, 112. Pequot War, 112. The New England

Cartier on the St. Lawrence, 115. Intention to extend the Christian

Religion, 115. French Names on the Map of America, 119. Car-

tier on the St. Lawrence, 117. Samuel de Champlain in Canada,

118. Jesuit Missionaries, 119. Jacques Marquette, 120. Jolliet

and La Salle, 121. The Mississippi explored, 122. Louisiana

123. Death of La Salle, 124.

CHAPTER VII.-THE DUTCH SETTLERS AND LATER

COLONISTS.

Calvert, Baltimore, Clay-

Henry Hudson, 125. Manhattan Island, 127. Stuyvesant, 128. Swed

ish Settlements, 129. Maryland, 132.

bourne, 133. Religious Freedom, 133.

Government, 135. George Fox, 136.

Oglethorpe, 142.

Carolina, 134. Locke's

Penn, 136. Georgia, 141.

CHAPTER VIII.-COLONIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS.

Style of Living, 144. Glass, Coaches, Forks, 146. Religious Motives

of Settlers, 147. Intolerance, 147. Degrees of Tolerance, 148.

Quakers and Baptists, 151. Mary Fisher and Ann Austin, 152.

Mary Dyer, 153. Shattuck and the King's Missive, 154. Witch-

craft, 155. Margaret Jones, 156. Giles Corey, 157. Mather,

158. Laws about Fashions, 158. Home Manufactures, 159.

Tobacco, 159. Quakers Care for the Sick and Insane, 160. Sun-

day Observances, 160. Schools and Colleges, 161. The so-called

Blue-Laws, 161. Authorship, 162.

CHAPTER IX. - RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SETTLERS

AND THE INDIANS AND THE FRENCH.

Land bought of the Indians, 163. Il Treatment of the Indians, 164.

Treaty with Powhatan, 164. Pequots exterminated, 165. Massa-

cre in Virginia, 165. John Eliot, the Missionary, 166. Massa-

soit, 168.
War with the Narragansetts, 168. Towns burned, 169.

Goffe's apochryphal Appearance, 169. Massacres in Maine, 170.

King William's War, 172. Queen Anne's War, 173 King

George's War, 175. Father Rasle, 176. Mississippi Bubble, 178.

Louisiana Territory, 179. Louisburg, 183 Moravians, 185,

Ohio Claims and War, 185 Braddock, 187. Acadie devastated,

189. Wolfe, 190. Northwestern Struggles, 192.

CHAPTER X.-THE PEOPLE AND THEIR RULERS.

Republican Government at Jamestown, 195

202.

Difference between the

Colonies, 196. Slavery, 196. Assiento Treaty, 199. Whitefield

approves Slavery, 199. England forces Slavery upon America,

199. Jefferson protests, 201. New Englanders and Virginians,

Teutonic Communities, 206. The Southern Gentleman, 207,

Proprietary Governments, Charter Governments, and Golonies,

208. Traits of New Yorkers, 209 A Massachusetts Contro-

versy, 210.
The Government of Andros, 211. The Charter Oak,

214. Colonial Governors, 216.

CHAPTER XI.— LOOKING TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.

Independence not desired at First, 218. Union needed, 216. First

American Congress, 219. Plans for a general Union, 220.

Franklin's Plan, 221. Halifax's Plan, 224. Growth of the Spirit

of Independence, 225. English Jealousy, 226. The Sugar Law,

226. Writs of Assistance, 227. England stimulates the Slave

Trade, 228. Stamp Act, 230 The British Ministers, 230 Virginia

declares against Taxation without Representation, 231. Boston

impresses herself upon the foreign Mind, 232. New York stirred,

232. South Carolina suggests a Congress, 233-
"All of us

Americans," 233. The "paltry Tax on Tea," 235. The Boston

Massacre, 239. The Boston Tea Party, 240. Colonial Society,

240. A Committee of Correspondence, 241. Gage in Boston, 242.

The Quebec Act, 243. Congress at Philadelphia, 244.

CHAPTER XII-WAR BEGUN.

The Importance of Towns, 247 A Congress at Charleston, 248.

Joseph Warren at the Old South, Boston, 250, Pitt and Burke

against Wesley and Johnson, 252. Going to Lexington, 254.

Revere's Ride, 255. At Lexington and Concord, 257. Flying from

Lexington, 258. Boston besieged, 260. Tories flee, 260. Ticon-

deroga captured, 262. The second Continental Congress in Phil-

adelphia, 263.

Washington at the Head of the Army, 264.

Bunker Hill, 264. Georgia enters the Union, 266.

CHAPTER XIII.-INDEPENDENCE.

The Spirit of Washington, 267. Washington leaves Philadelphia, 267.

Hears of the Battle of Bunker Hill, 268. Schuyler in command

at New York, 269. Headquarters at Cambridge, 269. Distinc-

tions of Colonies to be laid aside, 271. The Nancy captured, 271.

Howe in command at Boston, 272. Dorchester Heights fortified,

276. Boston evacuated, 277. Royalists leave for England, 278.

Success in Canada, 279. Arnold at Quebec, 280. Southern

Operations, 280. Virginia asserts a Desire for Independence, 283.

Makes a Declaration of Rights, 284. Declaration of Indepenence,

285. First Fourth of July, 287. The indefinite Grants form an

Obstacle to Union, 288. Western Territory ceded to the United

Colonies, 291. The National Domain, 294.

CHAPTER XIV.- NORTHERN OPERATIONS.

Washington in New York, 296. The Howes detested, 297. The

Retreat from Long Island, 298. Across New Jersey, 299. Con-

gress migrates, 300. Help from France, 301. Success at Sara-

toga, 302. Winter at Valley Forge, 303. Articles of Confedera-

tion, 304. Wyoming and Cherry Valley, 307. Virginia conquers

the West, 308. American Sympathizers in England, 310.

CHAPTER XV.-SOUTHERN OPERATIONS

PEACE.

Naval

Savannah captured, 311. Wayne takes Stony Point, 312.

Success, 313. Paul Jones, 314. Washington at Morristown, 315.

Currency depreciates, 316. Charleston taken by Clinton, 318.

Southern Patriots, 318. Arnold and André, 320. Cowpens, 324.

Cornwallis surrenders, 328. George III. announces Independ-

ence, 321. The Cincinnati, 333. Washington's Farewells, 335-

CHAPTER XVI.- FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT.

A disunited Country, 337. Virginia acts, 339. Northwestern Terri

tory formed, 340. The Constitutional Convention, 341. Plans

for the new Government, 342. The national Plan adopted, 344.

Disunion, 345. Parties form, 347. The Government formed, 349.

Inauguration, 353-

Amendments to the Constitution, 353- The

Cabinet, 355. National Bank, 355. Second Election, 356. Tariff

Discussion, 357. Slavery in the Territories, 357. Fugitive Slave

Laws, 357. Foreign Relations, 358. Proclamation of Neutrality,

361. Trouble with England, 362. Attacks upon Washington,

365. Washington's Court, 366. Philadelphia Society, 368.

CHAPTER XVIII.- FEDERALIST AND REPUBLICAN.

Bitter Party strife, 370. Alien and sedition Acts, 371. Kentucky

and Virginia Resolutions, 373. Madison on Nullification, 373

Talleyrand regrets his Rashness, 375. Washington's Death, 376.

Jefferson President, 376. First Inauguration in Washington,

378. Louisiana Purchase, 379. Internal Improvements, 381.

Pirates of the Mediterranean, 382. Burr and Blennerhassett, 384.

Foreign Commerce, 385. The great Embargo, 387. Fulton's

Steamboat, 388. Exploration of the West, 391. Internal Im-

provements, 393.

CHAPTER XIX.-WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

Madison President, 394. John Henry's Scheme, 395. Orleans and

Disunion, 396. Clay and Calhoun, 397. War declared, 398.

Disunion again, 399. Naval Success, 400. Tecumseh and the

Prophet, 403. Washington Burned, 407. Battle of New Orleans,

409. Hartford Convention, 410. Treaty of Ghent, 414. Med-

iterranean Pirates, 415. Commercial Distress, 415.

CHAPTER XX.- THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING.

Monroe President, 417. Erie Canal, 418. Increase of States, 421.

Missouri applies for Admission, 424. Slavery Excitement, 425.

Clay's Compromises, 426. Monroe's Mission, 427. Adams

chosen President, 427. Development of the Country, 428. Cum-

berland Road, 428.
Panama Mission, 429. Rotation in Office,

429.

CHAPTER XXI.-NULLIFICATION, TREATY OF WASH-

INGTON, ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.

Jackson President, 431. The Tariff of 1828, 431. An innocent
inquiry, 432. Hayne and Webster, 432. South Carolina Acts,