Ambleside Online: This Country of Ours
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This Country of Ours By Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Contents
Part 1
Stories of Explorers and Pioneers
1. How the Vikings of Old Sought And Found New Lands 1000 A.D.
2. The Sea of Darkness And the Great Faith of Columbus 1435-1506
3. How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness And Came To Pleasant Lands Beyond 1492
4. How Columbus Returned in Triumph 1493-1506
5. How America Was Named 1507
6. How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World 1497
7. How the Flag of France Was Planted in Florida 1562
8. How the French Founded a Colony in Florida 1564
9. How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida
10. How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen 1567
11. The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1583
12. About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden West 1584-88
Part
2 Stories of Virginia
13. The Adventures of Captain John Smith 1606
14. More Adventures of Captain John Smith 1609
15. How the Colony Was Saved 1610-14
16. How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas 1616
17. How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers 1619-22
18. How Englishmen Fought a Duel With Tyranny 1624
19. The Coming of the Cavaliers 1642-1673
20. Bacon's Rebellion 1676
21. The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe 1700-1705
Part
3 Stories of New England
22. The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers 1606-1620
23. The Founding of Massachusetts 1620-1692
24. The Story of Harry Vane 1636
25. The Story of Anne Hutchinson And the Founding of Rhode Island 1638
26. The Founding of Harvard 1638
27. How Quakers First Came To New England 1656
28. How Maine And New Hampshire Were Founded 1629-49
29. The Founding of Connecticut And War With the Indians 1636-39
30. The Founding of New Haven 1643?
31. The Hunt For the Regicides 1661
32. King Philip's War 1675
33. How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved 1687-89
34. The Witches of Salem 1692
Part
4 Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies
35. The Founding of Maryland 1632-34
36. How New Amsterdam Became New York 1626-1664
37. How a German Ruled New York 1689-91
38. Pirates! 1696-1701
39. The Founding of New Jersey 1665-1702
40. The Founding of Pennsylvania 1680-1701
41. How Benjamin Franklin Came To Philadelphia 1723
42. The Founding of North And South Carolina 1663-1685
43. War with the Indians in North and Souh Carolina 1711-19
44. The Founding of Georgia 1742-52
Part 5 Stories of the French in America
45. How the Mississippi Was Discovered 1682-87
46. King William's War And Queen Anne's War 1690-1713
47. The Mississippi Bubble 1698-1720
48. How a Terrible Disaster Befell the British Army 1753-55
49. The End of French Rule in America 1759-63
50. The Rebellion of Pontiac 1763-66
Part
6 Stories of the Struggle for Liberty
51. The Boston Tea-Party 1765-73
52. Paul Revere's Ride - The Unsheathing of the Sword 1774-75
53. The First Thrust - The Battle Of Bunker Hill 1775
54. The War in Canada 1775-76
55. The Birth of a Great Nation 1776
56. The Darkest Hour - Trenton And Princeton 1776
57. Burgoyne's Campaign - Bennington And Oriskany 1777
58. Burgoyne's Campaign - Bemis Heights And Saratoga 1777
59. Brandywine - Germantown - Valley Forge 1777
60. War on the Sea 1778
61. The Battle of Monmouth - The Story of Captain Molly 1778
62. The Story of a Great Crime 1780
63. A Turning Point in the World's History 1779-80
Part
7 Stories of the United States Under the Constitution
64. Washington First in War, First in Peace 1783-97
65. Adams - How He Kept Peace With France 1797-1800
66. Jefferson - How the Territory of the United States Was Doubled 1801-03
67. Jefferson - How the Door Into the Far West Was Opened 1803-06
68. Jefferson - About an American Who Wanted To Be a King 1804-12
69. Madison - The Shooting Star And the Prophet 1809-11
70. Madison - War With Great Britain 1806-16
71. Monroe - The First Whispers of a Storm - Monroe's Famous Doctrine 1818-23
72. Adams - The Tariff of Abominations 1828
73. Jackson - "Liberty And Union, Now And Forever" - Van Buren - Hard Times 1829-1840
74. Harrison - The Hero of Tippecanoe 1841
75. Tyler - Florida Becomes a State 1845
76. Polk - How Much Land Was Added To the United States 1836-1848
77. Polk - The Finding of Gold 1848
78. Taylor - Union Or Disunion 1849-1850
79. Fillmore - The Underground Railroad 1850-
80. Pierce - The Story of "Bleeding Kansas" 1854-1861
81. Buchanan - The Story of the Mormons 1827-1857
82. Buchanan - The First Shots 1846-1861
83. Lincoln - From Bull Run To Fort Donelson 1861-63
84. Lincoln - The Story of the First Battle Between Ironclads 1862
85. Lincoln - The Battle of Shiloh And the Taking of New Orleans 1862
86. Lincoln - The Slaves Are Made Free 1862-3
87. Lincoln - Chancellorsville - the Death of Stonewall Jackson 1863
88. Lincoln - The Battle of Gettysburg 1863
89. Lincoln - Grant's Campaign - Sheridan's Ride 1863-4
90. Lincoln - Sherman's March To the Sea - Lincoln Re-elected President 1864-1865
91. Lincoln - the End of the War - The President's Death 1865
92. Johnson - How the President Was Impeached 1865-68
93. Grant - A Peaceful Victory 1869-1876
94. Hayes - Garfield - Arthur 1877-1885
95. Cleveland - Harrison - Cleveland 1885-1897
96. Mckinley - War And Sudden Death 1890-99 (read a Hawaiian perspective: Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen)
97. Roosevelt - Taft 1879-1912
98. Wilson - Troubles With Mexico 1913-16
99. Wilson - The Great War 1914-1917
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