XII. HOW THE AMERICANS CARED FOR THEIR SOLDIERS, 267 BOOK FIFTH. I. REUNITED AMERICA, 270 II. ENGLAND AND AMERICA, 278 III. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 283 IV. EDUCATION IN AMERICA, 293 V. EUROPE AND AMERICA, 299 POSTSCRIPT--PRESIDENT GARFIELD, 303 THE DOMINION OF CANADA. I. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY, 311 II. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, 317 III. THE JESUITS IN CANADA, 324 IV. THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 333 V. THE AMERICAN CONTINENT GAINED BY THE BRITISH, 337 VI. COLONIZATION BY FRANCE AND BY ENGLAND, 348 VII. AFTER THE CONQUEST, 354 VIII. CANADA DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 361 IX. CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, 364 X. THE WAR OF 1812, 368 XI. DOMESTIC STRIFE, 373 XII. THE CANADIAN REVOLUTION, 380 XIII. CONFEDERATION, 394 XIV. THE MARITIME PROVINCES, 399 XV. THE PROVINCES OF THE NORTH-WEST, 409 XVI. THE PROGRESS OF THE CANADIAN NATION, 426 SOUTH AMERICA. I. DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST, 439 II. THE INDIANS OF SPANISH AMERICA, 466 III. SPANISH GOVERNMENT OF THE NEW WORLD, 479 IV. REVOLUTION, 494 V. INDEPENDENCE, 511 VI. THE CHURCH OF ROME IN SPANISH AMERICA, 534 VII. BRAZIL, 544 THE UNITED STATES. Book First. CHAPTER I. DISCOVERY. It was late in the history of the world before Europe and America became known to each other. During the first fifteen centuries of the Christian era Europe was unaware of the vast continent which lay beyond the sea. Asia had ceased to influence her. Africa had not begun. Her history was waiting for the mighty influence which America was to exercise in her affairs through all the future ages.