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THE PREFACE

THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD

EARLY EXPLORERS IN AMERICA

THE MEN WHO MADE AMERICA KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND WHO CHECKED THE PROGRESS OF SPAIN

THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC,

WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA

PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND

THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE

ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, WHO FOLLOWED THE FATHER OF WATERS

GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST GENERAL AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

THE MAN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY WINNING THE HEARTS OF FRENCHMEN FOR AMERICA

PATRICK HENRY AND SAMUEL ADAMS, FAMOUS MEN OF THE REVOLUTION, WHO DEFENDED AMERICA WITH TONGUE AND PEN

THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH GUN AND SWORD

THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY FIGHTING ENGLAND ON THE SEA

THE MEN WHO CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS, DEFEATED THE INDIANS AND

DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW REPUBLIC

THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION GREAT BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS, THE OREGON COUNTRY, AND CALIFORNIA

THE THREE GREATEST STATESMEN OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIBERATOR AND MARTYR

TWO FAMOUS GENERALS

MEN WHO DETERMINED NEW POLITICAL POLICIES

THE BEGINNING OF EXPANSION ABROAD

THE MAN WHO WAS THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY

WESTWARD EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT

MEN OF RECENT TIMES WHO MADE GREAT INVENTIONS

HEROINES OF NATIONAL PROGRESS

RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTRY

AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR

WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION CAME FROM

A PRONOUNCING INDEX

THE INDEX

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

THE WORLD showing the UNITED STATES and its Outlying Possessions

Copyright, 1909, by Rand, McNally & Company.

THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS

A
Beginner's History

by

WILLIAM H. MACE

Formerly Professor of History in Syracuse University, Author of
"Method in History," "A Working Manual of American
History," "A School History of the United
States," "Lincoln: The Man of the
People," and "Washington:
A Virginia Cavalier"

Illustrated by
HOMER W. COLBY

Portraits by
JACQUES REICH, P. R. AUDIBERT, and B. F. WILLIAMSON

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY

Chicago New York London

Mace's Primary History
Copyright, 1909,
By William H. Mace
All rights reserved
Mace's Elementary History
Copyright, 1914,
By William H. Mace
Mace's Beginner's History
Copyright, 1914,
By William H. Mace
Copyright, 1916,
By William H. Mace
Copyright, 1921,
By William H. Mace

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