Introductory American History
by Elbert Jay Benton Henry Eldridge Bourne
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Chapters (73)
- INTRODUCTORY AMERICAN HISTORY
- 1912
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER
- I.
- THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF EUROPE
- II.
- OUR EARLIEST TEACHERS
- III.
- HOW THE GREEKS LIVED
- IV.
- GREEK EMIGRANTS OR COLONISTS
- V.
- NEW RIVALS OF THE GREEKS
- VI.
- THE MEDITERRANEAN A ROMAN LAKE
- VII.
- THE ANCIENT WORLD EXTENDED TO THE SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC
- VIII.
- THE CIVILIZATION OF THE ROMAN WORLD
- IX.
- CHRISTIANITY AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- X.
- EMIGRANTS A THOUSAND YEARS AGO
- XI.
- HOW ENGLISHMEN LEARNED TO GOVERN THEMSELVES
- XII.
- THE CIVILIZATION OF THE MIDDLE AGES
- XIII.
- TRADERS, TRAVELERS, AND EXPLORERS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
- XIV.
- THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD
- XV.
- OTHERS HELP IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD
- XVI.
- EARLY SPANISH EXPLORERS AND CONQUERORS OF THE MAINLAND
- XVII.
- THE SPANISH EXPLORERS OF NORTH AMERICA
- XVIII.
- RIVALRY AND STRIFE IN EUROPE
- XIX.
- FIRST FRENCH ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE AMERICA
- XX.
- THE ENGLISH AND THE DUTCH TRIUMPH OVER SPAIN
- XXI.
- THE ENGLISH PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO SETTLE AMERICA
- REFERENCES FOR TEACHERS
- INDEX AND PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY
- INTRODUCTORY AMERICAN HISTORY
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- REFERENCES FOR TEACHERS
- INDEX
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