A beginner's historyMace, William H. (William Harrison)
History
A beginner's history
Mace, William H. (William Harrison)
United States -- History
=California=, conquest of, 288-289;
missionaries in, 291-292;
sends greatest number of volunteers to Spanish-American War, 356;
admitted as a state, 373;
an agricultural state, 375.
=Calvert, Cecil=, 69-70;
and the Indians, 69;
locates village of St. Marys, 69.
=Calvert, George=, 69;
prepares to found a colony for Catholics and Protestants, 69;
colony named after, 70.
=Camden=, battle of, 182.
=Campbell, Colonel=, 213, 214.
=Canada=, French in, 49-53, 106-114, 121.
=Cannae=, battle of, 468.
=Cape Breton Island=, 35.
=Cape of Good Hope=, rounded by Drake, 39.
=Carpenter's Hall=, 163, 173.
=Carroll, Charles=, 263.
=Carson, Kit=, 285, 286, 288.
=Cartier, Jacques=, takes possession of Montreal for France, 49.
=Carthage=, 467-469.
=Carver, John=, first Pilgrim governor, 73, 75, 78.
=Catholics=, 68, 69.
=Catiline=, 475.
=Cattle raising=, 419-421.
=Cavaliers=, settle in Virginia, 69.
=Cervera, Admiral=, 357.
=Chalons=, battle of, 477.
=Champlain, Lake=, discovered, 50.
=Champlain, Samuel de=, 49-53;
portrait of, 49;
founds Quebec, 49;
and Indians, 49-52;
discovers Lake Champlain, 50;
death, 53.
=Chancellorsville=, battle of, 338.
=Charlemagne=, 479-482;
grandson of Charles Martel, 479-480;
appearance, 480;
and the School of the Palace, 481;
crowned Emperor of Rome, 481;
methods of governing, 482;
fall of empire, 482.
=Charles I=, friend of Lord Baltimore, 69;
gives charter to Puritan colony, 81.
=Charles II=, and William Penn, 94;
gives Pennsylvania to Penn, 96.
=Charles Martel=, 479-480.
=Charles the Great=, _see_ Charlemagne.
=Charleston=, 101-102, 104;
surrenders to Cornwallis, 182.
=Charleston earthquake=, Red Cross Society relieves suffering caused by the, 411.
=Charleston Harbor=, 323.
=Château-Thierry=, battle of, 439.
=Cherokee Indians=, 104, 211, 277, 278.
=Chickamauga=, 335.
=Christianity=, rise of, 475;
becomes widespread, 478-479.
=Cicero=, 475.
=Cimon=, 461.
=Cincinnatus=, 465.
=Circular Letter=, Adams', 168-169, 173.
=Cities=, development of, in West, 376.
=Civil War=, 323-327, 337-341;
woman's part in the, 400-401, 404;
Clara Barton's part in the, 410.
=Clark, Captain William=, 239-244;
and Lewis sent to explore Louisiana Purchase, 239;
and Lewis and the Indians, 239-243;
portrait of, 240;
and Lewis cross Rocky Mountains, 240, 241;
with Lewis reaches Columbia River, 241;
with Lewis reaches the Pacific, 242;
and Lewis return to St. Louis, 242;
rewarded by Congress, 242;
appointed governor of Missouri Territory, 243.
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