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LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

111. The Swedes plant a colony, the Dutch seize it.

IX. New

112. The English take the country. William Penn; the "Terri

Sweden; or Del-

      tories"; Delaware the first state to ratify the national Consti-

aware (1638)

      tution (1787).

113. Summary of Delaware.

114. Grant of Carolina; first settlements.

115. Charleston; the Huguenots.

X, XI. Caro-

116. The "Grand Model "; division of the territory into North and

lina. (1663)

      South Carolina (1712).

117. Growth of the two colonies; rice; indigo; Charleston shortly

      before the Revolution.

118. Summary of Carolina.

119. William Penn; Pennsylvania; the "Holy Experiment."

XII. Pennsyl-

120. The first emigrants; Penn at Newcastle; Philadelphia (1682).

vania (1681)

121. The "Great Law" (1682).

122. The treaty with the Indians (1682); importance of Philadelphia.

123. Summary of Pennsylvania.

124. Oglethorpe. His three objects in establishing the colony of

      Georgia.

XIII. Georgia

125. Savannah; silk culture.

(1733)

126. Four restrictions on the colony. Results.

127. The Wesleys; Whitefield; removal of most of the restrictions;

      the Spaniards; Georgia (1752); natural resources of Georgia.

128. Summary of Georgia.

129. French exploration of the West (1669); the Catholic mission-

The French in

      aries.

the West and

130. Joliet and Marquette on the Mississippi (1673).

the South

131. LaSalle's expedition (1679-1682). The forts; Louisiana (1682).

(1669-1718)

132. Mobile: New Orleans (1718).

133. What the English held in America; what the French held.

134. War with the French and Indians; (1) "King William's War"

      (1689). Schenectady; Haverhill; Acadia.

134. (2) "Queen Anne's War" (1702). Deerfield; Annapolis; Nova Scotia.

135. (3) "King George's War" (1744); capture of Louisburg. Results.

136. (4) The "French and Indian War" (1754); the French forts.

The wars of the

37. The Ohio Company; action of the French; Governor Din-

English with

      widdie's messenger; the name cut on Natural Bridge.

the French

138. Results of Washington's journey.

and their

139. The Albany Convention (1754); Franklin's snake.

Indian allies

140. Braddock's defeat (1755); Washington.

(1689-1763)

141. Acadian exiles; Pitt and victory; Louisburg; Fort Duquesne;

      the French driven back to Canada.

142. Fall of Quebec (1759); Pontiac's conspiracy.

143. What the war settled. France and the West (1759); Treaty of

      1763; what America was to become; Spain; the English flag

      at the end Of 1763.

144. Four Results of the four great wars between the English and

      the French with their Indian allies (1689-1763).

TOPICAL ANALYSIS
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145. The thirteen colonies in 1763. "¹ Making roots." The popula-

      tion ; the country west of the Alleghenies.

146. Language, religion, social rank; cities; newspapers; trade;

      manufactures; Navigation Laws; bounties.

General state of

147. Government of the colonies; law. "Don't tread on me."

the country in

      Unity of the people.

1763

148. Farm life. (The houses; the fires; food; the store; recreation.)

149. City life; the Southern Plantations. Dress; life then and life now.

150. Travel; the" Flying Machine 11; letters; hospitality; severe laws,

151. Education; books; Edwards; Franklin.

152. Franklin's "key to the clouds"; what he said about electricity.

153. General summary of the colonial period.

THE REVOLUTION; THE CONSTITUTION (1763-1789)

154. American commerce; the new King. What he was and what

      he did. "Writs of Assistance"; James Otis.

335. The King proposes to levy a direct tax on the colonies; object

      of tax; protest of the Americans. Pitt and Burke.

156. The Stamp Act proposed.

The Revolution.

157. The Act passed, 1765; Patrick Henry; the Virginia Assembly;

(1. The colonists

    the Stamp Act Congress; destruction of the stamps.

resist taxation

158. Repeal of the Stamp Act; the Declaratory Act; the Boston

without repre-

      Massacre; the Gaspee.

sedation,

159. The new taxes (1767); their object; the colonists refuse taxed

1764-1775)

      tea; the "Boston Tea Party," 1773.

160. Parliament closes the port of Boston. General Gage; Patrick

      Henry, -- "We must fight." "Committees of Correspond-

      ence"; the First Continental Congress, 1774. The three things

      that Congress did; Massachusetts; John Hancock; volun-

      teers; "minutemen,"; the spirit of liberty; the Tories.

161. Paul Revere; Lexington; Concord, 1775. "Yankee Doodle";

      the siege of Boston.

The Revolution.

162. The Second Continental Congress, 1775; the three things it

(2. From the be-

      did. Ethan Allen. Ticonderoga, Crown Point.

ginning of the

163. Bunker Hill, 1775. Franklin's letter.

war, 1775, to

164. Washington takes command of the American army (1775); the

the Declaration

      attack on Canada.

of Independence,

165. Washington enters Boston; Fort Sullivan, or Fort Moultrie.

1776)

166. The idea of Independence; "Common Sense." The Hessians.

167. The Declaration of Independence, 1776. The Liberty Bell; the

      King's statue. The new nation.

168. Summary.

169. What the British hoped to do in New York; the American

      navy; privateers.

The Revolution.

170. Washington at New York; Fort Washington; Fort Lee.

(3. The War of

171. The two armies; the battle of Long Island.

Independence,

172. Washington retreats northward; Nathan Hale; Fort Washing-

from 1776 to

      ton; the false-hearted Lee.

1777)

173. Fort Lee taken; Washington retreats southward, and crosses

      the Delaware. General Lee captured.

174. How Washington spent Christmas night (1776) at Trenton.

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LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

175. How Robert Morris spent New Year's morning (1777) at

      Philadelphia,

176. Cormwallis outwitted; Princeton; Morristown. Lafayette; De

The Revolution.

      Kalb; Steuben.

(3. The War of

177. Burgoyne's expedition; Herkimer at Oriskany; Stark at

Independence,

      Bennington.

from 1776 to 1777)

178. Howe's expedition to Pennsylvania; Brandywine; the British

--- Continued

      enter Philadelphia; Germantown; Valley Forge.

179. The Turning Point in the Revolution, at Saratoga, 1777; "Stars

      and Stripes"; Results of victory; Franklin and Washington.

180. Summary.

181. The winter at Valley Forge; England's offer (1778).

182. Monmouth; Lee; Indian massacres; Clark's victories in the

      West.

183. The war in the South; Savannah; Wayne's victory; Paul Jones.

184. Charleston; Marion and Sumter.

The Revolution.

185. Our defeat at Camden.

(4. The War of

185. Our victory at King's Mountain.

Independence,

186. Arnold's treason (178o).

from 1777 to

186. The terrible winter at Morristown.

1781)

187. General Greene (1781); Cowpens; Greene's retreat; Mrs.

      Steele; Guilford Court House; Cornwallis.

188. Greene's victories in South Carolina; Washington and Greene.

189. The Crowning Victory of the War, 1781. Lafayette; Washing-

      ton's plan; Robert Morris again; the siege of Yorktown;

      "The World Is Upside Down"; Lord North.

190. Summary of the Revolution.

191. George III's speech; the Treaty of Peace, 1783. John Adams.

192. Condition of the United States; the Articles of Confederation

After the

      of 1781; what they accomplished.

Revolution

193. Distress of the country. (Debt; paper money; quarrels of the

(1783-1787)

      states; no freedom of trade.)

194. "Shays' Rebellion."

195. The Northwest Territory. The Ordinance Of 1787; how the

      Northwest Territory helped to keep the Union together.

196. The Convention of 1787; the Articles of Confederation are set

The formation

      aside; the Constitution; the three Compromises, 1787.

and adoption of

196 "We the people"; Alexander Hamilton; the "Ship of State."

the Constitution,

197: Six things accomplished by the Constitution; the "Bill of

1787-1789

      Rights"; later Amendments.

198. Summary. (What John Adams said.)

THE UNION; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (1789-1861)

(Washington. See page 118 (and note), also sections on the Revolution.)

The Federalist

199. Federalists and Anti-Federalists; election of the first President

party in power

     (1788); the national capital; inauguration of Washington, 1789.

(1789-1801)

200. Washington's cabinet; how the government raised money, 1789.

201.Payment of three great debts. Hamilton.

TOPICAL ANALYSIS
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The Federalalist (sic)

202. The first census, 1790; the "Federal Ratio"; the first United

party in power

      States Bank, 1791; the Mint; Decimal Coinage.

(1789-1801).

203. Rise of regular Political Parties, 1792; "Citizen" Genêt; Wash-

--- Continued

      ington's Proclamation of Neutrality, 1793.

204. Emigration to the West. Boone; Marietta; Cincinnati (1790).

      The first western newspaper (1793). War with the Indians

Washington's

      and results.

administration.

205. The manufacture of cotton; the Cotton Gin, 1793, and its four

(Two terms,

      Results.

1789-1797)

206. The Whisky Rebellion; treaty with Spain.

207. Jay's Treaty, 1795; newspapers attack Washington; three new rates.

208. Summary of Washington's presidency.

(Sketch of John Adams. See note 1, p. 188.)

John Adams,

209. Trouble with France; the "X. Y. Z. Papers." Pinckney's de-

administratim

      fiant words; war; "Hail Columbia."

(One term,

210. The Alien and the Sedition Laws; the Kentucky and the Vir-

1797-1801)

      ginia Resolutions (1798-1799); Death of Washington.

211. Summary of John Adams' presidency.

(Jefferson. See note 2, p. 191.)

212. Republican simplicity; the new national capitol; Jefferson's

The Demo-

      appointments to office.

cratic-Repub-

213. Probable extent of the republic. Means of travel.

lican or Demo-

214. The pirates of Tripoli; "If you make yourself a sheep, the

cratic party in

      wolves will eat you"; war, the Navy; Results.

power (1801-

215. Purchase of Louisiana, 1803; four Results.

1841)

216. Lewis and Clark. Oregon; John Jacob Astor.

217. War between France and England; the Leopard and the

    Chesapeake (1807).

Jefferson's

218. The Embargo (1807); the Non-Intercourse Act (1809).

administration.

219. Aaron Burr.

(Two terms,

220. "Fulton's Folly," 1807. Western steamboats: the Savannah,

1801-1809)

      1819; first regular line of ocean steamers (1840).

221. Importation of slaves forbidden, 1808. Jefferson and slavery.

222. Summary of Jefferson's presidency.

(Madison. See note 1, p. 199.)

223. Trade reopened with Great Britain.

224. How Napoleon deceived us.

225. Tecumseh's conspiracy; Tippecanoe (1811).

226. The Henry Letters; the real, final cause of the War of 1812.

IV

227. General Hull; Detroit.

Madison's

228. The English navy compared with the American; the Constitu-

administration

      tion and the Guerriere.

(Two terms,

229. Perry's victory. His dispatch to General Harrison.

(1809-1817)

230. General Jackson and the Indians; Tohopeka. Result.

231. Chippewa, Lundy's Lane; burning of Washington.

232. Macdonough's victory; Fort McHenry. The "Star-Spangled

      Banner."

233. Jackson at New Orleans (1815); end of the war; the Hartford

      Convention; the treaty of peace.

234. Four Chief Results of the War of 1812.

235. Summary of Madison's presidency.

		111. The Swedes plant a colony, the Dutch seize it.
IX. New		112. The English take the country. William Penn; the "Terri
Sweden; or Del-		tories"; Delaware the first state to ratify the national Consti-
aware (1638)		tution (1787).
		113. Summary of Delaware.

		114. Grant of Carolina; first settlements.
		115. Charleston; the Huguenots.
X, XI. Caro-		116. The "Grand Model "; division of the territory into North and
lina. (1663)		South Carolina (1712).
		117. Growth of the two colonies; rice; indigo; Charleston shortly
		before the Revolution.
		118. Summary of Carolina.

		119. William Penn; Pennsylvania; the "Holy Experiment."
XII. Pennsyl-		120. The first emigrants; Penn at Newcastle; Philadelphia (1682).
vania (1681)		121. The "Great Law" (1682).
		122. The treaty with the Indians (1682); importance of Philadelphia.
		123. Summary of Pennsylvania.

		124. Oglethorpe. His three objects in establishing the colony of
		Georgia.
XIII. Georgia		125. Savannah; silk culture.
(1733)		126. Four restrictions on the colony. Results.
		127. The Wesleys; Whitefield; removal of most of the restrictions;
		the Spaniards; Georgia (1752); natural resources of Georgia.
		128. Summary of Georgia.

		129. French exploration of the West (1669); the Catholic mission-
The French in		aries.
the West and		130. Joliet and Marquette on the Mississippi (1673).
the South		131. LaSalle's expedition (1679-1682). The forts; Louisiana (1682).
(1669-1718)		132. Mobile: New Orleans (1718).
		133. What the English held in America; what the French held.

		134. War with the French and Indians; (1) "King William's War"
		(1689). Schenectady; Haverhill; Acadia.
		134. (2) "Queen Anne's War" (1702). Deerfield; Annapolis; Nova Scotia.
		135. (3) "King George's War" (1744); capture of Louisburg. Results.
		136. (4) The "French and Indian War" (1754); the French forts.
The wars of the		37. The Ohio Company; action of the French; Governor Din-
English with		widdie's messenger; the name cut on Natural Bridge.
the French		138. Results of Washington's journey.
and their		139. The Albany Convention (1754); Franklin's snake.
Indian allies		140. Braddock's defeat (1755); Washington.
(1689-1763)		141. Acadian exiles; Pitt and victory; Louisburg; Fort Duquesne;
		the French driven back to Canada.
		142. Fall of Quebec (1759); Pontiac's conspiracy.
		143. What the war settled. France and the West (1759); Treaty of
		1763; what America was to become; Spain; the English flag
		at the end Of 1763.
		144. Four Results of the four great wars between the English and
		the French with their Indian allies (1689-1763).

		145. The thirteen colonies in 1763. "¹ Making roots." The popula-
		tion ; the country west of the Alleghenies.
		146. Language, religion, social rank; cities; newspapers; trade;
		manufactures; Navigation Laws; bounties.
General state of		147. Government of the colonies; law. "Don't tread on me."
the country in		Unity of the people.
1763		148. Farm life. (The houses; the fires; food; the store; recreation.)
		149. City life; the Southern Plantations. Dress; life then and life now.
		150. Travel; the" Flying Machine 11; letters; hospitality; severe laws,
		151. Education; books; Edwards; Franklin.
		152. Franklin's "key to the clouds"; what he said about electricity.
		153. General summary of the colonial period.

THE REVOLUTION; THE CONSTITUTION (1763-1789)

		154. American commerce; the new King. What he was and what
		he did. "Writs of Assistance"; James Otis.
		335. The King proposes to levy a direct tax on the colonies; object
		of tax; protest of the Americans. Pitt and Burke.
		156. The Stamp Act proposed.
The Revolution.		157. The Act passed, 1765; Patrick Henry; the Virginia Assembly;
(1. The colonists		the Stamp Act Congress; destruction of the stamps.
resist taxation		158. Repeal of the Stamp Act; the Declaratory Act; the Boston
without repre-		Massacre; the Gaspee.
sedation,		159. The new taxes (1767); their object; the colonists refuse taxed
1764-1775)		tea; the "Boston Tea Party," 1773.
		160. Parliament closes the port of Boston. General Gage; Patrick
		Henry, -- "We must fight." "Committees of Correspond-
		ence"; the First Continental Congress, 1774. The three things
		that Congress did; Massachusetts; John Hancock; volun-
		teers; "minutemen,"; the spirit of liberty; the Tories.

		161. Paul Revere; Lexington; Concord, 1775. "Yankee Doodle";
		the siege of Boston.
The Revolution.		162. The Second Continental Congress, 1775; the three things it
(2. From the be-		did. Ethan Allen. Ticonderoga, Crown Point.
ginning of the		163. Bunker Hill, 1775. Franklin's letter.
war, 1775, to		164. Washington takes command of the American army (1775); the
the Declaration		attack on Canada.
of Independence,		165. Washington enters Boston; Fort Sullivan, or Fort Moultrie.
1776)		166. The idea of Independence; "Common Sense." The Hessians.
		167. The Declaration of Independence, 1776. The Liberty Bell; the
		King's statue. The new nation.
		168. Summary.

		169. What the British hoped to do in New York; the American
		navy; privateers.
The Revolution.		170. Washington at New York; Fort Washington; Fort Lee.
(3. The War of		171. The two armies; the battle of Long Island.
Independence,		172. Washington retreats northward; Nathan Hale; Fort Washing-
from 1776 to		ton; the false-hearted Lee.
1777)		173. Fort Lee taken; Washington retreats southward, and crosses
		the Delaware. General Lee captured.
		174. How Washington spent Christmas night (1776) at Trenton.

		175. How Robert Morris spent New Year's morning (1777) at
		Philadelphia,
		176. Cormwallis outwitted; Princeton; Morristown. Lafayette; De
The Revolution.		Kalb; Steuben.
(3. The War of		177. Burgoyne's expedition; Herkimer at Oriskany; Stark at
Independence,		Bennington.
from 1776 to 1777)		178. Howe's expedition to Pennsylvania; Brandywine; the British
--- Continued		enter Philadelphia; Germantown; Valley Forge.
		179. The Turning Point in the Revolution, at Saratoga, 1777; "Stars
		and Stripes"; Results of victory; Franklin and Washington.
		180. Summary.

		181. The winter at Valley Forge; England's offer (1778).
		182. Monmouth; Lee; Indian massacres; Clark's victories in the
		West.
		183. The war in the South; Savannah; Wayne's victory; Paul Jones.
		184. Charleston; Marion and Sumter.
The Revolution.		185. Our defeat at Camden.
(4. The War of		185. Our victory at King's Mountain.
Independence,		186. Arnold's treason (178o).
from 1777 to		186. The terrible winter at Morristown.
1781)		187. General Greene (1781); Cowpens; Greene's retreat; Mrs.
		Steele; Guilford Court House; Cornwallis.
		188. Greene's victories in South Carolina; Washington and Greene.
		189. The Crowning Victory of the War, 1781. Lafayette; Washing-
		ton's plan; Robert Morris again; the siege of Yorktown;
		"The World Is Upside Down"; Lord North.
		190. Summary of the Revolution.

		191. George III's speech; the Treaty of Peace, 1783. John Adams.
		192. Condition of the United States; the Articles of Confederation
After the		of 1781; what they accomplished.
Revolution		193. Distress of the country. (Debt; paper money; quarrels of the
(1783-1787)		states; no freedom of trade.)
		194. "Shays' Rebellion."

		195. The Northwest Territory. The Ordinance Of 1787; how the
		Northwest Territory helped to keep the Union together.
		196. The Convention of 1787; the Articles of Confederation are set
The formation		aside; the Constitution; the three Compromises, 1787.
and adoption of		196 "We the people"; Alexander Hamilton; the "Ship of State."
the Constitution,		197: Six things accomplished by the Constitution; the "Bill of
1787-1789		Rights"; later Amendments.
		198. Summary. (What John Adams said.)

THE UNION; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (1789-1861)

		(Washington. See page 118 (and note), also sections on the Revolution.)
The Federalist		199. Federalists and Anti-Federalists; election of the first President
party in power		(1788); the national capital; inauguration of Washington, 1789.
(1789-1801)		200. Washington's cabinet; how the government raised money, 1789.
		201.Payment of three great debts. Hamilton.

The Federalalist (sic)		202. The first census, 1790; the "Federal Ratio"; the first United
party in power		States Bank, 1791; the Mint; Decimal Coinage.
(1789-1801).		203. Rise of regular Political Parties, 1792; "Citizen" Genêt; Wash-
--- Continued		ington's Proclamation of Neutrality, 1793.
		204. Emigration to the West. Boone; Marietta; Cincinnati (1790).
		The first western newspaper (1793). War with the Indians
Washington's		and results.
administration.		205. The manufacture of cotton; the Cotton Gin, 1793, and its four
(Two terms,		Results.
1789-1797)		206. The Whisky Rebellion; treaty with Spain.
		207. Jay's Treaty, 1795; newspapers attack Washington; three new rates.
		208. Summary of Washington's presidency.

		(Sketch of John Adams. See note 1, p. 188.)
John Adams,		209. Trouble with France; the "X. Y. Z. Papers." Pinckney's de-
administratim		fiant words; war; "Hail Columbia."
(One term,		210. The Alien and the Sedition Laws; the Kentucky and the Vir-
1797-1801)		ginia Resolutions (1798-1799); Death of Washington.
		211. Summary of John Adams' presidency.

		(Jefferson. See note 2, p. 191.)
		212. Republican simplicity; the new national capitol; Jefferson's
The Demo-		appointments to office.
cratic-Repub-		213. Probable extent of the republic. Means of travel.
lican or Demo-		214. The pirates of Tripoli; "If you make yourself a sheep, the
cratic party in		wolves will eat you"; war, the Navy; Results.
power (1801-		215. Purchase of Louisiana, 1803; four Results.
1841)		216. Lewis and Clark. Oregon; John Jacob Astor.
		217. War between France and England; the Leopard and the
		Chesapeake (1807).
Jefferson's		218. The Embargo (1807); the Non-Intercourse Act (1809).
administration.		219. Aaron Burr.
(Two terms,		220. "Fulton's Folly," 1807. Western steamboats: the Savannah,
1801-1809)		1819; first regular line of ocean steamers (1840).
		221. Importation of slaves forbidden, 1808. Jefferson and slavery.
		222. Summary of Jefferson's presidency.

		(Madison. See note 1, p. 199.)
		223. Trade reopened with Great Britain.
		224. How Napoleon deceived us.
		225. Tecumseh's conspiracy; Tippecanoe (1811).
		226. The Henry Letters; the real, final cause of the War of 1812.
IV		227. General Hull; Detroit.
Madison's		228. The English navy compared with the American; the Constitu-
administration		tion and the Guerriere.
(Two terms,		229. Perry's victory. His dispatch to General Harrison.
(1809-1817)		230. General Jackson and the Indians; Tohopeka. Result.
		231. Chippewa, Lundy's Lane; burning of Washington.
		232. Macdonough's victory; Fort McHenry. The "Star-Spangled
		Banner."
		233. Jackson at New Orleans (1815); end of the war; the Hartford
		Convention; the treaty of peace.
		234. Four Chief Results of the War of 1812.
		235. Summary of Madison's presidency.