Two Boys who Crossed the Mountains--Their Adventures with the Indians--George Washington, the Surveyor--Messenger to the French--An Old-Time Hero 101 CHAPTER X THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR The Acadians--Their Home in Nova Scotia--Their Sufferings--The Story of Evangeline--Why the Indians Helped the French--The Story of a Cruel War 112 CHAPTER XI THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION How the Trouble Began--The Americans Object to Paying Taxes on Various Articles--The Famous Boston Tea Party--Battle of Lexington--Declaration of Independence 121 CHAPTER XII FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM Washington the Commander-in-Chief--Bunker Hill--The Wonderful Christmas--The Americans Succeed--They Meet Defeat--"Molly Stark a Widow"--Help from France 133 CHAPTER XIII PAUL JONES, THE NAVAL HERO OF THE REVOLUTION Old-Time Warships--A Daring Deed--A Great Sea Fight--The British Captain Surrenders 143 CHAPTER XIV MARION, THE SWAMP FOX How the War Went in the South--The Patriots Hard to Find--The British Officers Eat Sweet Potatoes--Jack Davis' Adventure--General Greene and his Famous Retreat--Cornwallis Surrenders--The War at an End 153 CHAPTER XV THE VOYAGE OF OUR SHIP OF STATE How the People Rule--Illustrated by a Story--Our First Trial and Failure--Making a New Form of Government--A Nation of Thirteen States--The President--The Congress--The Judges 162 CHAPTER XVI THE END OF A NOBLE LIFE Washington the First President--Beloved by Everyone--Benjamin Franklin's Last Hours--The Kind of Money They Used--How the Quarrel was Settled--Washington Dies 170 CHAPTER XVII THE STEAMBOAT AND THE COTTON GIN The Power of Steam--Is a Boat Like a Duck--Who Thought of the First Steamboat--The Cotton Gin and How it Saves Labor--Where the Cotton Grows 176 CHAPTER XVIII THE ENGLISH AND AMERICANS FIGHT AGAIN How We Came to Quarrel with England--Protecting the American Sailor--Interesting Land Battles--Adventures at Sea--Peace is Made Again 184 CHAPTER XIX HOW THE VICTIMS OF THE ALAMO WERE AVENGED How General Santa Anna Got into Trouble--Massacre of the Alamo--The Famous Samuel Houston--War with Mexico--The City of Mexico--Santa Anna is Defeated and United States is Victorious 193 CHAPTER XX HOW SLAVERY LED TO WAR Black and White Slaves--First Slaves Brought to America in 1619--Why the Slaves were Used in the South--Why the North did not Believe in Slavery--What the word Abolitionist Means--John Brown and Harper's Ferry 201 CHAPTER XXI HOW LINCOLN BECAME PRESIDENT