A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with questions and explanations

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PICTORIAL SCHOOL HISTORY

UNITED STATES;

Preface

The work here offered embraces several features which, it is thought, will not fail to recommend it to such teachers as desire that their pupils should acquire a more comprehensive knowledge of the history of our country than can be obtained from either of the author's previous and more elementary works.

It has been the leading aim, in the present one, to state every important fact in the history in clear and concise language, so that the pupil may be able readily to comprehend it, and, at the same time, to see its connection with the events preceding it. No important event, it is believed, has been omitted, nor any of the particulars necessary to make it fully understood.

The questions at the bottom of the pages are more numerous than in any other school history. This has been done as much for the benefit of the teacher as of the pupil ; for, though the former may not actually need them, they will facilitate his labor, and secure better recitations from his pupils, by requiring greater precision, on their part, in the selection of their answers. In this way, the important habit of giving exact and explicit answers will be greatly encouraged. Discursiveness in recitation may, indeed, sometimes be allowed, but always with great caution, so as to avoid that rambling and immethodical mode of thought which is so tiresome and injurious.

By the plan of this work, every fact is learned with a due regard to its relative importance, and all are linked together so as to constitute, in the mind of the pupil, a complete and uninterrupted chain. It may be objected, that the plan of requiring only brief answers is not calculated to encourage this logical connection of events on the part of the young student. This objection has been obviated by the insertion, at the end of every few pages, of a list of review questions of an entirely different character, and much more comprehensive than those at the foot of each page.

These review questions are, in the author's estimation, one of the chief recommendations of the book. They directly call into active exercise the pupil's power of continuous thought, the answer to a single question very often requiring the substance of several paragraphs of the text. The pupil is thus made to perceive more clearly the connection between the events, and habits of thoughtful study are necessarily induced.

It will be also observed that the work is copiously illustrated with maps ; that dates are inserted with great frequency ; and that the chronological tables of battles, the settlement and admission of the States, the inauguration of the Presidents, and the general events in the history of the country from its discovery, are given with fullness and precision.

These maps and tables do not serve merely to enhance the attractive appearance of the work, but will contribute, it is believed, greatly to its usefulness and value. Not only are they constantly referred to in the text, but a series of questions running through the book, and connecting the geography with the chronology, brings them forcibly before the pupil's attention, and thus serves to give additional accuracy as well as permanency to his knowledge of the subject.

The pronunciation of proper names has also been given more copiously than in either of the author's previous works, the authorities used being the gazetteer of Baldwin and the dictionaries of Webster and Worcester.

While returning thanks to his fellow-teachers for the favor with which his former works have been received, the author submits this new one, with the hope that it may not prove less acceptable.

OOE^TE^TS,

SECTION I.— Discoveries and Exploeations Page 11

Columbus (11); Amerigo Vespucci (13); John and Sebastian Cabot (13); Ponce de Leon (14); Balboa (15); De Ayllon (15); Cordova (16); Griialva (10); Coitez (16); Narvaoz(17), De Soto (17); Verrazani (18); Cartier (IS); CoIia;ny (19); Melendez (20); De Gourges (20); Gilbert (20); Ealeigh (21); Amidas and Barlow (21); GrenviUe (22); Gosnold (22); Pring (23); Newport (25).

SECTION II.— Colonial History 2T

Virginia (27) ; Massachusetts (37, 52) ; New Hampshire (4-3) ; Connecticut (45) ; Ehode Island (49); New York (60); New Jersey (66); Maryl.and (70); Pennsylvania (73); Delaware (76); North and South Carolina (7S); Georgia (SI).

SECTION III.— The French and Indian War 86

Events of 1753 (S6) ; Events of 1754 (8S); Events of 1755 (91); Events of 1756 (95); Events of 1757 (96); Events of 175S (100); Events of 1759 (103); Events of 1760 (106) ; Table of Principal Battles of the French and Indian War (lOS).

SECTION IV.— The American Revolution 110

Causes of the war (110); Events of 1775 (110); Events of 1776(127); Events of 1777 (136); Events of 177S (154); Events of 1779 (159); Events of 1780 (163) ; Events of 17S1 (174) ; Close of the lievolution, and events to the beginning of Washington's Administration (1S6) ; Table of the Names of the AmerlcanRevolutionary Officers (190) ; Table of Principal Battles of the Revolution (191).

SECTION v.— From the beginning of Washington's Administration to THE close of Jefferson's 194

Washington's Administration (194); John Adams's Administration (200); Jefferson's Administration (203).

SECTION VI.— Madison's Administration 210

Causes of the Second War with England (210) ; Events of 1812 (212) ; Events of 1813 (21 S); Events of 1S14 and Close of the War (231); Table of the Principal Land Battles of the Second War with England (243); Table of the Principal Naval Battles (244) ; War with Algiers (244).

SECTION VII. — From the beginning op Monroe's Administration to THE close of Tyler's 243

Monroe's Administration (248) ; John Quincy Adams's Administration (253) ; Jackson's Administration (254); Van Buren's Administration (261) ; Harrison's Administration (263) ; Tyler's Administration (264).

SECTION VIII. — From the beginning op Polk's Administration to the CLOSE OF Buchanan's Page 269

Causes of the War with Mexico (270); Events of 1846 (271); Events of 184T (278) ; Table of the Principal Battles of the War (2S4) ; T.aylor's Administration (286); Fillmore's Administration (2SS); Pierce's Administration (2S9); Buchanan's Administration (291).

SECTION IX. — From the bkginning of Lincoln's Administration to the CLOSK OF Johxson's Page 297

Thfi Great Civil War (298); Events of 1862 (306) ; Events of 1863 (318) ; Events *f 1S(U (320); Events of 1865 (337); Jolinson's Administration (340).

Chromoi-ogical Tablk of the principal events relating to the History of the

United States, from 1492 345

A Table of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents 859

A Table of the Settlement and Admission of the States 360

TuK Constitution op tub United States, with Questions and Explanations.

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1. First Voyagre of Columbus to America 2

3. Discoveries of Cartier, in 1535 19

4. tiosnold's Expedition 23

5. Vicinity of Chesajieake Bay 24

6. Environs of Jamestown 29

7. Vicini ty of Massachusetts Bay 37

8. German Ocean 89

9. Portsmouth and Vicinity. . . 44

10. Vicinity of Lonsr Island Sound 47

11. The State of New York 62

12. The Upper part of New Jersey, with Vicinity of Philadelphia. 68

13. The Eastern part of the Carolfnas 79

14. Map showing the location of Events in the French and Indian War 85

15. Osweffo 96

16. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Vicinity 103

17. Boston and Vicinitv 120

IS. Part of the Sorel It'iver 124

19. Vicinity of Charleston 129

20. New York Bav 131

21. Central Part of Ncav Jersey 136

22. Philadelphia and Vicinitv 142

23. Vicinity of Fort Schuyler 148

24. Saratoga and Vicinity 149

25. The Eastern part of the Carolinas 1 64

20. Stony Point and Vicinity 169

27. New London and Vicinitv 183

28. Part of the Western States 192

29. Detroit and Vicinity 214

30. Niagara Frontier 215

81. State of Alabama 223

32. Part of Virginia and Maryland 237

33. Baltimore and Vicinity 238

34. Mobile and Vicinitv 289

35. Part of Florida.. . .' 257

36. Mexico, California, Texas, &c . 268

37. Taylor's Campaign in Texas and Mexico 271

38. Scutfs Campaign in Mexico 279

39. Pensacola and Vicinity 295

40. Part of the Southern and Western States 800

41. Norfolk and Vicinity 312

42. Vicinity of llielimond 313

43. Part of the Southern States 820

44. Itegion Southwest of Washington 330

PROGRESSIVE MAPS, N?l.

East of the Mississippi , > ;

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