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mixture of races in England. 7. How did the Anglo-Saxons conquer the Normans? 8. Who was Henry II, and what did he do? 9. How did he prepare the way for Magna Charta? 10. Prove that John was a bad king. II. Tell the story of Runnymede. 12. Give the date of Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, and the Bill of Rights. 13. What do Americans owe these charters?

Suggested Readings. Mowry, First Steps in History of England, 38-97; Tappan, England's Story, 24-93; Blaisdell, Stories from English History, 27-77; Dickens, A Child's History of England, 18-24, 50-63, 89-110, 122-168; Guerber, Story of the English, 42-53, 73-84, 117–128; Yonge, Young Folks' History of England; Mace-Tanner, Old Europe and Young America, 162-183.

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A PRONOUNCING INDEX

Webster's New International Dictionary, the Century Cyclopedia of
Names, and the Encyclopedia Americana have been used as authorities
for spelling and pronunciation.

Adirondack (ǎd'i-ron'dǎk)

Achilles (ǎ-kil'ēz)

Aisne (ân)

Alamo (ä'lä-mō)
Alcuin (ǎl'kwin)

Algonquin (ǎl-göŋ'kin)
Allegheny (ǎl'è-ga'ni)
Altamaha (ôl'tä-mä-hô′)
Andes (ǎn'dez)
Angles (ăn′g’z)
Annapolis (ă-nǎp'ò-lis)
Antietam (ăn-tế tăm)
Appalachian (ăpi-lăch’-ăn)
Appomattox (ap'ô-măťéks)
Argonne (är'gon′)
Aristotle (ăris-tot'l)
Arizona (ǎr'i-zō'nȧ)
Arkansas (är kăn-sô')
Armenia (är-mēʼni-ȧ)
Attila (ǎt'i-la)

Babylon (băb' ĭ-lŏn)
Bahama (ba-ha'mȧ)

Barcelona (bär'sê-lō'nd or bär'tha-

lō'nä)

Bede (bed)

Birmingham (burming-ăm)

Bon Homme Richard (bố nằm rể-

shär')

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Canandaigua (kănăn-da’gwi)
Canaries (ka-naʼriz)

Cañon (kǎn'yun)

Cape Breton (brět'un)

Carthage (kärʼthäj)

Cartier, Jacques (zhäk kär'tya')

Catawba (ka-tô'ba)

Cavite (kä-ve'tā)

Cervera (thĕr-vāʼrä)

Chalons (shä'lôN)

Champlain (sham-plān')

Charlemagne (shär❜le-man)

Charles Martel (shårl or chärlz mär'-

tel')

Château-Thierry (shä-to'tyĕ're′)

Chattanooga (chǎt'a-noo'ga)
Cherokee (cher'ō-ke')

Chesapeake (ches'ȧ-pek)

Chickahominy (chik'a-hom'i-ni)

Chickamauga (chik'ȧ-môʼgȧ)
Cicero (sis'er-ō)

Cimon (si'mon)

Cincinnati (sinʼsi-nȧt'i)
Colorado (kol'ō-rä'dō)

Concord (kon kẽrd)

Connecticut (ko-nětʼi-kut)

Constantinople (kon-stǎn'ti-nō'p'l)
Cornwallis (kôrn-wŏl'is)

Coronado (ko'ro-nä'thō)

Cortés (kör-tas')
Crèvecœur (krev′kûr')

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Haiti (ha'ti)
Hannibal (hăn

băl)

Hawaiian Islands (hä-wî'yăn)
Hennepin (hěn'é-pin)
Hercules (her'kü-lēz)
Herkimer (hûr❜ki-mer)

Hong-kong (hồng kông)
Horatius (ho-ra'shi-us)
Houston (hus'tun)
Huguenot (huge-not)

Iceland (Island)

Indianapolis (In'di-ăn-ǎp'o-lis)
Iroquois (ir'o-kwoi')
Isthmus (Is'mus)

Jamaica (ja-ma'kȧ)
Joliet (zho'lya' or jō'lĭ-ět)
Jutes (jootz)

Kanawha (ka-no'wa)
Kaskaskia (kås-kăs ́ki-á)
Kieft (keft)

Labrador (lăb'ra-dôr')
Lachine (la-shen')

Lafayette, de (dẽ lä'fă-yět')
La Salle, de (dẽ là sål)

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la-drōnz')

Marne (märn)

Marquette (märkět')

Massachusetts (măs'd-choo'sěts)

Massasoit (măs'd-soit')

Matagorda (måt'ȧ-gôr'da)

Maumee (mô-me)

Mediterranean (mědi-ter-a′nề ăn)

Memphis (měm'fis)

Merrimac (měr^i-mǎk)

Milan (mil′ăn)

Minneapolis (min'é-ǎp'ô-lis)

Minuit (min'u-it)

Missouri (mi-sooʻri)

Mobile (mo-bel')

Monmouth (monʼmuth)

Monongahela (mò-noŋ'gå-he'lȧ)

Montcalm (mont-käm')

Monterey (mon'tě-ra')

Montezuma (mŏn'tė-zoo'mȧ)

Monticello (mon'tė-sel'ō)

Montpelier (mont-pe'll-er)

Moultrie (mol'tri or moo'tri)
Munich (mu'nik)
Muybridge (moi'brij)

Nassau (năsô)
Natchez (năch'ěz)

Newfoundland (nu'fund-lănd')
New Orleans (nu ôr′lê-ǎnz)
Nez Percé (na pēr-sa')

Niagara (ni-ǎgʻd-ra)
Ninevah (nin'e-vě)
Nolichucky (nol'I-chuk)
Normandy (nôr măn-d)

Oberlin (o'ber-lin)
Oglethorpe (o'g'l-thôrp)
Oneida (o-nr'da)
Oregon (or e-gon)
Orinoco (o'ri-noʻko)
Oriskany (o-ris'kd-ni)

Palos (pä'lōs)
Panama (păn’i-mã)
Patagonia (păt'd-go'ni-d)
Penobscot (pé-nob'skot)
Pensacola (pen'sȧ-kō'lȧ)
Pericles (per'i-klez)

Peru (pe-roo')

Philadelphia (fil'ȧ-děl'fl-ȧ)

Philippine Islands (fil-pin-
-pen-)

Phoenician (fe-nish’ăn)

Pinzón (pen-thōn')
Pisa (pe'sä)

Pizarro (pi-zär rō or pe-thärʼrō)
Platte (plăt)

Pocahontas (po'ka-hon'tȧs)
Porto Rico (portō rekō)

Portugal (porty-gal)

Portuguese (por'tu-gez)

Potomac (po-to'măk)
Poughkeepsie (po-kip'si)
Powhatan (pou'ha-tǎn')

Raleigh (rô′11)

Rameses (răm'é-sez)
Rapidan (răp'i-dǎn')

Rappahannock (răp’å-hăn ́ék)
Raritan (răr I-tặn)
Remus (re'mus)
Richelieu (re'shẽ-loo')
Rio Grande (rēō gränʼda)
Roanoke (ro'a-nok')

Rochambeau, de (dẽrt’shān’b)
Rochelle (ro-shěl')
Romulus (rom'u-lus)
Roosevelt (roze-vělt)

Rosecrans (rō'zé-krǎnz)

Sacramento (sǎk'rd-měn'tō)
St. Louis (sånt looIs or -loo ́1)

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Shafter (shaf'ter)

Shawnee (sho'ne')

Shenandoah (shen'ăn-do'à)

Sierra Nevada (si-ěr ́à nê-vä'da)
Sioux (soo)

Sloat (slot)

Socrates (sok'ra-tez)

Solway Firth (sŎl'wā-)

Spokane (spo'kån′)

Spottsylvania (spot'sil-va'ni-ȧ)

Steuben, von (fön stūʼběn)

Stuyvesant (strvě-sănt)

Tallapoosa (tǎl'à-poo'sȧ)
Tecumseh (té-kům'sě)
Terre Haute (těrẽ hōt')
Teutons (tu'tŏnz)

Thames (thamz)
Thorvald (tôr väld)

Ticonderoga (ti-kon'der-o'ga)

Tippecanoe (tip'ê-kȧ-noo')

Ulysses (û-lis'ez)

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Vespucci, Amerigo (a'ma-re'go věs
poot'che)

Vikings (vi'kingz)

Villa (ve'yȧ)

Vincennes (vin-senz')

Walla Walla (wŏl'ȧ wŏl'à)
Watauga (wi-tô gà)

Weehawken (wê-hô ́kěn)
Westminster (wěst'min-ster)
Windsor (win'zēr)

Xerxes (zûrk'zēz)

Zuñi (zoonyė)

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