| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | America in the Old Days | 1 |
| II. | Columbus and the Discovery of America | 10 |
| III. | Sir Walter Raleigh and Captain John Smith | 31 |
| IV. | The Story of the Pilgrims | 47 |
| V. | More about the Pilgrims | 60 |
| VI. | The Indians and how they lived | 73 |
| VII. | The Dutch in New York; The Quakers in Pennsylvania | 88 |
| VIII. | The French and Indian Wars | 106 |
| IX. | Everyday Life in Colonial Times | 126 |
| X. | The Beginning of the Revolution | 139 |
| XI. | Lexington and Concord | 158 |
| XII. | The Battle of Bunker Hill | 170 |
| XIII. | The Declaration of Independence | 184 |
| XIV. | The Burgoyne Campaign | 198 |
| XV. | Washington and the Revolution | 222 |
| XVI. | The War of the Revolution in the South | 250 |
| XVII. | The Story of Arnold's Treason | 271 |
| XVIII. | John Paul Jones: Our First Great Naval Hero | 286 |
| XIX. | Benjamin Franklin: His Highly Useful Career | 296 |
| XX. | Everyday Life One Hundred Years Ago | 311 |
| XXI. | What Our Navy did in the War of 1812 | 323 |
| XXII. | The Settlement of the Pacific Coast | 339 |
| XXIII. | Lincoln and the War for the Union | 353 |
| XXIV. | More about the War for the Union | 369 |
| XXV. | Our Navy in the War for the Union | 387 |
| XXVI. | The War with Spain in 1898 | 406 |
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| Appendix. | Books for Reference and Collateral Reading in the Study of American History | 424 |
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| Index | | 436 |
