A beginner's historyMace, William H. (William Harrison)
History
A beginner's history
Mace, William H. (William Harrison)
United States -- History
=Abolitionists=, 308-310, 318.
=Achilles=, 453, 456.
=Adams, John=, 131;
sent to First Continental Congress, 172;
at Second Continental Congress made Washington general of American troops, 131, 177;
appointed to help draw up Declaration of Independence, 232;
death, 238.
=Adams, Samuel=, 167-178;
portrait of, 167;
early turns to politics, 167;
leads movement against Stamp Act, 168;
forms "Sons of Liberty Society," 168;
opposes Tea Tax, 169;
writes Circular Letter, 169;
drives British out of Boston, 169;
and the Boston Tea Party, 129, 170, 171;
sends Paul Revere on his ride, 172;
goes to the First Continental Congress, 172;
forms companies of minutemen, 174;
goes to the Second Continental Congress, 177;
works for Declaration of Independence, 177;
made governor of Massachusetts, 178;
death, 178.
=Addams, Jane=, 412-413;
becomes interested in social service, 412;
portrait of, 412;
founds Hull House Social Settlement, 413.
="Agamemnon," The=, 270.
=Agricultural development=, 374-376.
=Agriculture=, 416-421;
machinery used for, 418-419.
=Airplane=, 390-393;
uses of, 393, 397.
=Alamo=, capture of the, 279-281.
=Albany=, Fort Orange becomes, 90.
=Alexander the Great=, 455, 463, 469.
=Alfred the Great=, 484-488;
early life, 484-485;
king of Wessex, 485;
drives Danes back, 485;
begins to build fleet, 485-486;
re-makes the laws, 486;
advances learning, 486-487;
translations by, 487;
death, 488.
=Algonquin Indians=, 49-52.
="Alliance," The=, 200-201.
=Alsace-Lorraine=, 442.
=Altamaha River=, colony on, 101-102.
=American Committee for the Relief of Belgium=, 431.
=American Red Cross Society=, 410-412.
=American River=, 289, 372.
=Amerigo Vespucci=, _see_ Vespucci, Amerigo.
=Anderson, Colonel=, 323.
=Anglo-Saxon tribes=, 478-479, 488.
=Annapolis=, founded, 70.
=Anthony, Susan B.=, 403-404;
portrait of, 403;
early life of, 403;
works for cause of woman's rights, 403-404;
death, 404.
=Anthracite=, 421-422.
=Antietam=, battle of, 338.
=Anti-saloon crusade=, 408.
=Appomattox Court House=, Lee's surrender at, 336.
=Argonne, battle of=, 441.
=Aristotle=, 454-455, 456.
="Ark," The=, 69.
=Armada=, _see_ Spanish Armada.
=Arthur, President=, 346-347;
portrait of, 347.
=Ashland=, Clay's home, 295, 298.
=Athens=, 456, 457-460;
assembly of, 458;
orators of, 458-459;
schools of, 459;
training for citizenship in, 459-460;
in the "Age of Pericles," 460-461.
=Atlantic cable=, 268-271.
=Augusta=, settled, 102.
=Automobile=, 388-390.
=Babylonians=, 448-449.
=Ball, Mary=, mother of Washington, 115, 116.
=Baltimore=, colony of, 70.
=Baltimore, Lord=, _see_ Calvert, George _and_ Cecil.
=Baltimore and Ohio Railroad=, started, 263.
=Barlow, Captain=, 44.
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