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Book One American History

UNITED STATES

FIRST PERIOD

EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES.

Western Continent — Native or American Indian — Norwegian Discoveries — Europe toward the close of the Fifteenth Century — Story of Columbus and Discovery of America — Americus Vespuccius and naming America — The Cabots and North America — Juan Ponce de Leon and Discovery of Florida — Balboa and Discovery of the Pacific Ocean — Magellan and Discovery of the Philippines — De Soto and Discovery of the Mississippi River — Narvaez's Expedition to Florida — Spanish Explorations from Lower California to Oregon — Verazzani's voyages to North America — Cartier and the St. Lawrence — Other French Explorations — Menendez and Founding of St. Augustine — Frobisher — The search for the Northwest passage — Francis Drake and his voyages — Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh — Their settlements in Virginia — Gosnold, Pring and Weymouth's Voyages — The London and Plymouth Companies Chartered — de la Roche and Champlain — The Founding of Quebec — Hudson and his Voyages.

SECOND PERIOD

SETTLEMENTS.

Virginia — Settlement at Jamestown — Capt. John Smith — Troubles of the Settlers — Captain Smith and Pocahontas — Arrival of New Emigrants — Marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas — Dawn of Prosperity — Tobacco Planting — Representative Government Established — Massachusetts — Naming New England — Puritans — The Mayflower — Plymouth Rock — Massasoit and Treaty w'ith the Indians — Miles Standish and Priscilla Mullins — New Netherlands — Block and the "Onrust" — Naming New Netherlands — Treaty with the Iroquois — Dutch West India Company Chartered — The French in the Hudson — The Walloons — Purchase of Manhattan Island — Settlement and Naming of New Amsterdam — New Hampshire and Maine — Naming New Hampshire — Portsmouth — Saco — Naming Maine — Maryland — Sir George Calvert — Naming Maryland — Charter granted allowing Civil and Religious Liberty — Treaty with the Indians — Settlement of St. Mary's — Representative Government Established — Connecticut — Intercourse between Dutch and English — Charter granted to Earl of Warwick — English settle on the site of Windsor — Pequod Troubles — Settlements at Wethersfield, Hartford and Springfield — War with the Pequods — Settlement of New Haven — Convention at Hartford — Rhode Island — Roger Williams — Providence — Settlement of Portsmouth — Charter Obtained — Delaware — The Patroons — Settlement at Lewes — Settlements by the Swedes — Christiana (Wilmington) — New Jersey — Dutch Settlements — English Settlements — Berkeley and Carteret — Pennsylvania — William Penn — Naming Pennsylvania — Delaware Annexed — The Welcome — Penn's Treaty with the Indians — Controversy of Lord Baltimore and Penn over the boundary line — North and South Carolina — First Settlements — Albemarle and Clarenden County Colonies Organized — Traffic in Lumber and Turpentine — Settlement of Charleston — Introduction of Negro Slaves — Carteret County Colony Organized — Constitution founding an Empire Rejected — Georgia — Oglethorpe — Naming Georgia — Settlement of Savannah — Treaty with the Creek Indians — Scotch Highlanders — John and Charles Wesley.

THIRD PERIOD

COLONIES.

Virginia — Representative Government Organized — African Slavery Introduced — Women sent to the Colony — Schools Established — A Written Constitution — Massacre by the Indians — Virginia becomes a Royal Province — Berkeley and the Banishment of the non-Conformists — Indian Confederacy — Virginia named the Old Dominion — Berkeley again appointed Governor — Effect of His Intolerant Conduct on the Colony

— Indian Troubles — Nathaniel Bacon — The Atrocities of Berkeley — Culpepper made Governor — Progress of Colony Under the Reign of William and Mary — New Netherlands (New York) — Governor Minuit — Indian Wars — The "Patroon" Privilege — Intercourse with Settlers at Jamestown — An English Vessel Warned not to Interfere with the Dutch on the Hudson — Stupidity of Governor Van Twiller — Troubles with the Swedes — Emigrants Invited to Settle in New Netherlands — Kieft's Troubles with the New Englanders and Indians — The First Assembly at Fort Amsterdam — Treaty with the Indians — Treachery of Kieft and Massacre by the Indians — Peter Stuyvestant — English in the Colony — Colony Surrendered to the English under Nicholls and named New York — Andros appointed Governor — The first General Assembly — Leisler made Governor by the People — Troubles with the Indians — Execution of Leisler and Others — Governor Fletcher — Military Expedition against the French — Bellamont and His Prosperous Rule — Captain Kidd — Friendship with the Five Nations Restored — Settlements by the German Lutherans — First Newspaper — Sons of Liberty — New England— Wm. Bradford — The First Thanksgiving — Indian Troubles — Endicott Commissioned Governor — Government in Religious Matters — John Winthrop — Boston Founded— The United Colonies of New England — The first Mint — King Philip's War — King William's War in America — Massachusetts Bay Colony made a Royal Province — Witchcraft — Queen Anne's War — King George's War — Maryland — Representative Government Established — Troubles with Wm.

Clayborne — War with the Indians — Civil War — Toleration Act — Political and Religious Troubles — Death of Lord Baltimore — Naming the City of Baltimore — Capital Changed to Annapolis — General Prosperity — Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey — Connecticut Joins the Confederacy — Saybrook Annexed — Charter Granted — The "Charter Oak" — Growth of the Colony — Rhode Island — Charter Granted — Attempt to revoke charter — Andros Governor — Representative Government Restored — New Jersey — First Assembly at Elizabeth — Refusal to Pay Quit-rents — Philip Carteret Compelled to Resign — Dutch Take Possession — Return to English Rule — East and West Jersey — Quakers in West Jersey — First Popular Assembly in West Jersey — Carteret's Interest Purchased by William Penn and Others — Becomes a Royal Province — Separated from New Y'ork — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia Founded — New Charter Granted — Great Increase in Population — Schools Established — Delaware Secedes from the Province — Penn Deprived of his Rights — Penn's Rights Restored — Penn Returns to his Colony — New Constitution — Death of Penn — North Carolina — The Settlers Resist the Attempt to Enforce the New Government — Navigation Laws put in Force — John Culpepper — Seth Sothel as Governor — Freedom of the Settlers — The First Church — South Carolina — First Assembly — Danger from the Indians — Great Increase in Population — The Huguenots — Seth Sothel in the Colony — Introduction of Rice — Religious Dissensions — German Settlers Massacred by the Indians — Indians Subdued — Expedition against St. Augustine — War on the Appalachian and Mobilian Indians — Spanish Attrck on Charleston — War against Indian Confederacy — South Carolina Becomes a Royal Province — Georgia — John and Charles Wesley Return to England — George Whitefield — Treaty with the Spanish at St. Augustine — War against Spain — Oglethorpe's Expedition against St. Augustine — Spanish Campaign against Georgia and the Carolinas — Slave Labor — Georgia becomes a Royal Province.

FOURTH PERIOD

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

The French and the Jesuits in America — Alliance with the Hurons — Explorations of Father AUouez — Marquette's Exploration to the Mississippi River — Death of Marquette — de la Salle's Explorations — Father Hennepin — The French Resolve to Possess all the Country between New Foundland and the Gulf of Mexico — Nations who Settled the English Colonies — Manners, Customs and Pursuits — Navigation and Custom Laws passed by Parliament — Education in the Colonies — Newspapers first Published — Population — Conventions and Congresses held by the Colonies — The Ohio Land Company — Christopher Gist's Journey to the Ohio River — The Western Indians — Troubles with the French — George Washington Sent on a Mission to the French — Washington's Return Journey — Preparations for War — Washington's Campaign against Fort Du- Quesne — Treaty with the Six Nations — Benjamin Franklin — Indian Raids on the Frontier — Washington Resigns — War Preparations — Campaign in Canada — Banishment of the Acadians — Braddock and his Campaign against Fort DuQuesne — Expeditions against Forts Niagara, Frontenac and Crown Point — Indian Atrocities — Capture of Fort William Henry by the French — Louisburg Taken — Ticonderoga and Fort Frontenac — Washington takes Fort DuQuesne, naming it Pittsburg — Wolfe takes Quebec — Montreal Surrenders — War with the Cherokees — Treaty of Peace — Pontiac and the War with the Indian Confederacy.

FIFTH PERIOD

THE WAR FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

George the Third and his Cabinet — Earl of Bute Prime Minister — Secret Agents sent to the Colonies — James Otis — Taxation — Franklin, Agent for the Colonies in England — Stamp Tax— Patrick Henry — Retaliation of the Colonial Merchants — Pitt made Premier — French Agent in America — Troops Sent to Boston — Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of Liberty— Union of the Colonies — North Carolinia Regulators — Lord North made Premier — Boston Massacre — Gaspee Destroyed in Narraganset Bay — Boston Tea Party — Boston Port Bill — Post Office Act— First Continental Congress — Minute Men — Indian Troubles — Franklin Returns to America — Events in and Around Boston -Battles of Lexington and Concord — Events in Virginia — MecTclenburg Declaration of Independence — Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief — Battle of Bunker Hill — Washington at Cambridge — British Evacuate Boston — Hessians sent to America — Army in Canada — Battle of Charleston Harbor — Conspiracy against Washington — Declaration of Independence — Nathaniel Hale — Negotiations with France — Battle of White Plains — Arnold on Lake Champlain — Washington in New Jersey — Surrender of Burgoyne — France Recognizes the Independence of the United States — Valley Forge — British in Philadelphia — Capture of Stony Point — Naval Affairs — Events in the South — Treason of Arnold — Capture of Major Andre — Surrender of Cornwallis — Treaty of Peace — Adoption of the Constitution — Washington elected first President.

SIXTH PERIOD

ADMINISTRATIONS.

Washington

Washington Notified of his Election — Journey to New York — Washington's Inauguration — Acts of Congress — Indian Troubles — Early Troubles — ^Presidential Campaign.

John Adams.

Pride of the French — Refusal to Receive an American Minister — Gerry and Talleyrand — War on the Ocean — Outrage by a British Naval Commander — Downfall of the Federal Party.

Thomas Jefferson.

War with Algiers — Louisiana Purchase — Lewis and Clark Expedition — Aaron Burr — England and France — Depredations on American Commerce — The "Chesapeake" and "Leopard" — Embargo Act.

James Madison.

The "President" and "Little Belt" — Battle of Tippecanoe — War Declared with England — Events during the War — The "Hartford" Convention — Creek Indian War — Treaty of Peace — Barbary Powers Humbled.

James Monroe.

Era of Good Feeling — Republic of Liberia Founded — The Acquisition of Florida — Missouri Compromise — Monroe Doctrine— Lafayette the Nation's Guest — Tariff of 1824.

John Quincy Adams.

Georgians and the Indians — The Erie Canal — Death of John Adams and Jefferson — South American Republics.

Jackson and Van Buren.

Troubles with the Cherokees — Black Hawk War — South Carolina attempts Secession — Jackson's War on the United States Bank — Osceola and the Seminole Indian War — Insurrection in Canada.

Harrison and Tyler.

Death of Harrison — Political Parties — Oregon Boundary — Texas Controversy.

James K. Polk.

Treaty with Great Britain — Annexation of Texas — Wilmot Proviso — War with Mexico — Events during the War — Treaty of Peace.

Taylor and Fillmore.

California seeks Admission to the Union — Omnibus Bill — Death of Taylor — Accession of President Fillmore — Compromise Bill Passed — Invasion of Cuba — The Mormons — The Fugitive Slave Law — Kossuth and his Cause — Relations with Japan.

Franklin Pierce,

Union Pacific Railroad — The Sandwich Islands — Kansas and Nebraska Territories — Raids in Central America — War with the Indians — Gadsden Purchase — Conflict over Question of Slavery in the Territories.

Buchanan, Lincoln and Johnson.

Dred-Scott Decision — Panic of 1857 — Mountain Meadow Massacre — Lincoln and Douglass Debates — John Brown's Raid — Election of Lincoln — South Carolina Secedes — The Confederacy Established — Inauguration of Lincoln — Fort Sumter Evacuated — The Civil War Opens — Battle of Bull Run — Surrender of Fort Donelson — Battle of Antietem — Capture of New Orleans — Fredericksburg — The "Trent" Affair — The Alabama and Kearsarge — Monitor and Merrimac — Battle of Chancellorsville — Battle of Gettysburg — Fall of Vicksburg — Chickamauga — Grant at Chattanooga — Sherman's March — Surrender of Lee at Appomattox — Assassination of Lincoln — Cost of the War — Andrew Johnson takes Oath of Office — The Thirteenth Amendment — Reconstruction of the Southern States — Impeachment Trial of Johnson — Purchase of Alaska.

U. S. Grant.

Virginius Affair — Tribunal of Arbitration — Alabama Claims — ^Weather Bureau Authorized — Yellowstone Park— War with the Modocs — Custer Massacre— Colorado Admitted to the Union — Centennial Exhibition — Electoral Commission — Election of Hayes.

Hayes, Garfield and Arthur.

Removal of Federal Troops from Louisiana and South Carolina — Reform in the Civil Service — Bland Silver Bill — Resumption of Specie Payment — Election of Garfield — Assassination of Garfield — Trial of Guiteau — Arthur takes the oath of Ofifice — South American Affairs — Star Route Trials — Silver Convention — Mormon Question — Chinese Immigration.

Grover Cleveland.

Tariff Revision — Attack on Civil Service Reform — "Cutting" Affair — Inter-State Commerce Act — Deaths of Grant, Manning, McClelland. Tilden, Hancock and Logan — Charleston Earthquake — Bartholdi Statue — Fisheries Question.

Harrison's and Cleveland's Second Term.

Centennial of Washington's Inauguration — McKinley Tariff Bill — The Sherman Act — Troubles with Chile — Revolution on Brazil — Sealing Troubles — Johnstown Flood — Chinese Exclusion Act — Cleveland Elected President — World's Fair at Chicago ■ — Panic of 1893 — Sherman Act Repealed — The Wilson Bill — Venezuela Controversy.

McKinley and Roosevelt.

Dingley Bill — Cuban Revolt — Destruction of the "Maine" — Cuba Declared Free and Independent — War with Spain — Voyage of the 'Oregon" — Dewey's Victory at Manila — Troops sent to the Philippines — Cuban Blockade — Sinking of the Merrimac — Seige of Santiago — Capture of San Juan Hill- -Destruction of Cervera's Fleet — Surrender of Santiago — The Porto Rico Campaign- The Treaty of Paris — Hawaiian Annexation — National Bankruptcy Law Passed — Ti mbles in the Philippines — McKinley re-elected — New Canal Treaty — Treaty with Panama — Boxer Rebellion— Affairs m the East — Aguinaldo Captured — Cuban Affairs — Assassination of McKinley — Roosevelt President — Panama Canal — St. Louis Exposition — Roosevelt re-elected — The Russian — Japanese Treaty of Peace at Portsmouth, N. H. — Lewis and Clark Exposition — Baltimore Fire — San Francisco Earthquake — Insurance Investigation — Brownsville Affair — Cuban Intervention — California and the Japanese — Bureau of Immigration Established.

William H. Taft.

Ballinger Controversy — Alaska — Coal Lands — Impeachment of Judge Archbald — Election of Senator Lorimer contested — Troubles with Nicaragua — Troubles with Mexico — South Pole discovered — Payne- Aldrich Bill — Court of Customs — Appeal — New Mexico and Arizona admitted — Commerce Court — Interstate Commerce Act (amendment to) — Bureau of Mines — Postal Savings Bank — Panama Canal — Industrial Relations Commission — Department of Labor — Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments to the Constitution.

Woodrow Wilson.

Mexican Affairs — Tampico Incident — Vera Cruz occupation — Withdrawal of troops — A. B.C. Mediators— Underwood Tariff Bill— Panama Tolls Bill Repealed— Federal Trade Commission — Death of Pope Pius X — Assassination of Austrian Archduke — European War — German Sub-marine Warfare — Lusitania Torpedoed — Controversy with Germany — Sinking of the Arabic,

Christopher Columbus George Washington Benjamin Franklin John Paul Jones John Adams Patrick Henry Oliver Hazard Perry Thomas Jefferson

Book Two Biography

(See Also Index)

James Madison Alexander Hamilton James Monroe Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams Henry Clay Daniel Webster John C. Calhoun

Abraham Lincoln William H. Seward Salmon P. Chase Charles Sumner Robert E. Lee William T. Sherman Ulysses S. Grant Thomas Jonathan Jackson