
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies
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Chapters (419)
- THE STORY OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS
- MAPS
- I. OUR COUNTRY LONG AGO.
- II. THE BARBAROUS INDIANS.
- III. THE MOUNDS.
- IV. WHERE THE NORTHMEN WENT.
- V. THE NORTHMEN IN AMERICA.
- VI. QUEER IDEAS.
- VII. PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR.
- VIII. YOUTH OF COLUMBUS.
- IX. COLUMBUS AND THE QUEEN.
- X. "LAND! LAND!"
- XI. COLUMBUS AND THE SAVAGES.
- XII. HOME AGAIN.
- XIII. COLUMBUS ILLTREATED.
- XIV. DEATH OF COLUMBUS.
- XV. HOW AMERICA GOT ITS NAME.
- XVI. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
- XVII. "THE FATHER OF WATERS."
- XVIII. THE FRENCH IN CANADA.
- XIX. FRENCH AND SPANISH QUARRELS.
- XX. THE SKY CITY.
- XXI. AROUND THE WORLD.
- XXII. NOTHING BUT SMOKE.
- XXIII. SMITH'S ADVENTURES.
- XXIV. THE JAMESTOWN MEN.
- XXV. SMITH WOUNDED.
- XXVI. THE VISIT OF POCAHONTAS TO ENGLAND.
- XXVII. HUDSON AND THE INDIANS.
- XXVIII. THE MAYFLOWER.
- XXIX. PLYMOUTH ROCK.
- XXX. THE FIRST AMERICAN THANKSGIVING.
- XXXI. THE SNAKE SKIN AND THE BULLETS.
- XXXII. THE BEGINNING OF BOSTON.
- XXXIII. STORIES OF TWO MINISTERS.
- XXXIV. WILLIAMS AND THE INDIANS.
- XXXV. THE QUAKERS.
- XXXVI. THE KING-KILLERS.
- XXXVII. KING PHILIP'S WAR.
- XXXVIII. THE BEGINNING OF NEW YORK.
- XXXIX. PENN AND THE INDIANS.
- XL. THE CATHOLICS IN MARYLAND.
- XLI. THE OLD DOMINION.
- XLII. BACON'S REBELLION.
- XLIII. A JOURNEY INLAND.
- XLIV. THE CAROLINA PIRATES.
- XLV. CHARTER OAK.
- XLVI. SALEM WITCHES.
- XLVII. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.
- XLVIII. LA SALLE'S ADVENTURES.
- XLIX. INDIANS ON THE WARPATH.
- L. TWO WARS WITH THE FRENCH.
- LI. WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD.
- LII. WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY.
- LIII. WASHINGTON'S FIRST BATTLE.
- LIV. STORIES OF FRANKLIN.
- LV. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT.
- LVI. WOLFE AT QUEBEC.
- LVII. HOW ENGLAND TREATED HER COLONIES.
- LVIII. THE STAMP TAX.
- LIX. THE ANGER OF THE COLONIES.
- LX. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.
- LXI. THE MINUTEMEN.
- LXII. THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.
- LXIII. BUNKER HILL.
- LXIV. THE BOSTON BOYS.
- LXV. THE BRITISH LEAVE BOSTON.
- LXVI. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
- LXVII. A LADY'S WAY OF HELPING.
- LXVIII. CHRISTMAS EVE.
- LXIX. THE FIGHT AT BENNINGTON.
- LXX. BURGOYNE'S SURRENDER.
- LXXI. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE.
- LXXII. THE QUAKER WOMAN.
- LXXIII. PUTNAM'S ADVENTURES.
- LXXIV. INDIAN CRUELTY.
- LXXV. BOONE IN KENTUCKY.
- LXXVI. FAMOUS SEA FIGHTS.
- LXXVII. THE "SWAMP FOX."
- LXXVIII. THE POOR SOLDIERS.
- LXXIX. THE SPY.
- LXXX. A TRAITOR'S DEATH.
- LXXXI. TWO UNSELFISH WOMEN.
- LXXXII. THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS.
- LXXXIII. THE BRITISH FLAG HAULED DOWN.
- LXXXIV. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL.
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