The Beginner's American History - The Original Classic Edition

Montgomery D

Description

This little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to his larger work entitled The Leading Facts of American History.

It is in no sense an abridgment of the larger history, but is practically an entirely new and distinct work.

Its object is to present clearly and accurately those facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest and value to pupils beginning the study of our history. Throughout the book great care has been taken to relate only such incidents and anecdotes as are believed to rest on unexceptionable authority.

This is a high quality book of the original classic edition.

This is a freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you.

Enjoy this classic work. These few paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside:

Walter Raleigh sends two ships to America; how the Indians received the Englishmen.-Although John Cabot discovered the continent of North America in 1497 and took possession of the land for the English,[2] yet the English themselves did not try to settle here until nearly a hundred years later.

...Captain Smith goes in search of the Pacific; he is captured by Indians.-After that first long, hot summer was over, some of the settlers wished to explore the country and see if they could not find a short way through to the Pacific Ocean.

...Captain Hudson tries to find a northwest passage to China and the Indies.-When Captain John Smith sailed for Virginia, he left a friend, named Henry Hudson, in London, who had the name of being one of the best sea-captains in England.

...The New York Sons of Liberty in the Revolution; what Henry Hudson would say of the city now.-More than a hundred years after this the young men of New York, the Sons of Liberty, as they called themselves, made ready with the Sons of Liberty in other states to do their full part, under the lead of General Washington, in the great war of the Revolution,-that war by which we gained our freedom from the rule of the king of England, and became the United States of America.

...If Captain Hudson could see the river which bears his name, and Manhattan Island now covered with miles of buildings which make the largest and wealthiest city in America, he would say: There is no need of my looking any further for the riches of China and the Indies, for I have found them here.

Sujets

• General officer
• General
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486416424
• Langue: English

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