Adams, Samuel, 156;
in public life, 157;
opposes tax on tea, 158-162
Bacon, Nathaniel, 55;
marches against the Indians, 59;
his struggle with Berkeley, 60-62
Boone, Daniel, 222;
goes to Kentucky, 224;
at Boonesborough, 227;
captured by Indians, 230
"Boston Tea Party," 158-163
Braddock, General, 132, 133
Bradford, Governor, 69, 70, 74
Bunker Hill, battle of, 173
Burgoyne, General, 203-205
Cabot, John, 31
Cartier, 103
Carver, Governor, 70, 74-76
Cervera, Admiral, 320-324
Champlain, 104
Civil War, 295, 298
Clermont, the, 250-252
Columbus, Christopher, 1;
at Lisbon, 4;
goes to Spain, 5;
first voyage, 10;
in the New World, 12-15;
other voyages, 17-20
Concord, battle of, 170-173
Continental Congress, 193
Cornwallis, General, 200-203, 206, 207, 214-220
Cortez, 22, 23
Cowpens, battle of, 214, 215
Dale, Sir Thomas, 56
Dawes, William, 167-170
Declaration of Independence, 186, 239
De Leon, 23
De Soto, Hernando, 22;
lands in Florida, 24;
his trials and difficulties, 26-28;
discovers the Mississippi, 29
Dewey, Admiral, 317-319
Dinwiddie, Governor, 128, 131
Douglas, Stephen A., 293, 294
Drake, Sir Francis, 36
Elizabeth, Queen, 33-35
Fairfax, Lord, 124-127
Faneuil Hall, 159, 160
Ferdinand, King, 6
Franklin, Benjamin, 175;
in his brother's printing-office, 176;
goes to Philadelphia, 179;
in London, 181;
"Poor Richard's Almanac," 182;
his great discovery, 184;
"Plan of Union," 185;
in France, 186
French War, Last, 128-133, 136-144
Fulton, Robert, 246;
his boyhood, 247;
invents a torpedo boat, 249;
the Clermont, 250-252
Gage, General, 166, 167
Gates, General, 212
George III., 146-152
Grant, Ulysses S., 302;
his boyhood and youth, 303;
in Civil War, 305-309;
captures Lee's army, 309-311

Greene, Nathaniel, 211;
a Quaker boy, 212;
joins the army, 213;
in the South, 214-220
Griffin, the, 108-110
Hancock, John, 165-168, 170
Henry, Patrick, 146;
early life, 148;
opposes Stamp Act, 150;
his great speech, 153
Hobson, Lieutenant, 322
Howe, General, 195-197, 203-205
Hudson, Henry, 105
Hutchinson, Governor, 159-162
Indians, 14, 15, 17, 48, 49
Iroquois, 104-106
Isabella, Queen, 6, 8
Jackson, Andrew, 253;
his boyhood, 254;
goes to Nashville, 256;
conquers the Creeks, 258;
at battle of New Orleans, 259;
as President, 260
James I., 65, 66
Jefferson, Thomas, 234;
at college, 235;
as President, 240;
the Louisiana Purchase, 241-243
Jesuit Missionaries, 106
La Salle, 103;
his plans, 108;
his explorations, 109-112;
his colony, 112;
his assassination, 114
Lee, General, his surrender, 296, 309-311
Lincoln, Abraham, 282;
in Kentucky and Indiana, 283-289;
goes to Illinois, 290;
debates with Douglas, 294;
Emancipation Proclamation, 296;
his assassination, 296
Long Island, battle of, 196
Mckinley, President, 317-319
Maine, the, 316
Manila, 317
Marion, Francis, 217-219
Marquette, Father, 106
Massasoit, 75, 76
Merrimac, the, 319-322
Mimms, Fort, massacre at, 258
Montcalm, General, 138-140, 143, 144
Morgan, General, 214-216
Morse, Samuel F. B., 273;
studies painting, 274;
invents the telegraph, 276-280
Narvaez, 24
Navigation Laws, 58
New Orleans, battle of, 259, 260
Nullification, 260
Old North Church, 167, 168
Old South Church, 159, 161
Olympia, the, 316
Ortiz, 24
Penn, William, 92;
turns Quaker, 94;
his settlement in Pennsylvania, 98;
his Indian treaty, 99;
his country home, 100
Pilgrims, 65-79
Pittsburg Landing, battle of, 305
Pizarro, 22, 23
Plymouth, landing at, 72
Pocahontas, 50, 52
Powhatan, 49-52
Puritans, 65, 81-88
Quakers, 92-101
Quebec, capture of, 142-144
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 31;
in France, 33;
his first colony, 35;
second colony, 37-39;
in the Tower of London, 40

Revere, Paul, 165;
on his "midnight ride," 167-170
Sampson, Admiral, 322
Santiago, fighting near, 322-324
Schley, Commodore, 321
Secession, 295
Slavery, 282, 283, 294, 296
Smith, John, 42;
early life, 46;
in Virginia, 47-53;
relations with the Indians, 47-52;
explores New England coast, 53
South Carolina, 261, 262
Stamp Act, 147-151
Standish, Miles, 64;
military leader of the Pilgrims, 68;
explores coast, 69-71;
at Plymouth, 72-79
State Rights, 269
Tariff, 261, 262
Telegraph, the electric, 276-280
Tobacco, 57, 58
Trenton, battle of, 200-202
Valley Forge, suffering at, 205, 206
Vicksburg, capture of, 306
Warren, Dr. Joseph, 167
Washington, George, 116;
at home and school, 117-124;
the young surveyor, 124-127;
his journey to the French forts, 130;
at Great Meadows, 132;
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