George Washington’s World by Genevieve Foster Year 4 Readings for older version (not the Expanded Edition by Joanna Foster published by Beautiful Feet Books) Schedule compiled by Carmen Trimm Week 13 George Washington's World: 1732 (preface) pg vii A boy of Virginia pg 5 Daniel Boone, a boy of the backwoods pg 10 John Adams, farmer boy pg 12 Week 14 George Washington's World: John Hancock, a boy of Boston pg 15 Benjamin West pg 18 The Friendly Printer pg 23 England vs Spain pg 26 Week 15 George Washington's World: Fray Junipero Serra pg 28 Frederick, Soldier King of Prussia pg 31 Johann Sebastian Bach pg 34 Catherine: Her Journey to Russia pg 35 The King of France and His Subjects pg 38 Week 16 George Washington's World: Pierre Caron pg 41 The Great Voltaire pg 45 James Cook, a boy who went to Sea pg 48 James Watt, a Clever Lad pg 50 A King But Not a Ruler pg 53 Week 17 George Washington's World: Benjamin Franklin Looks and Learns pg 56 Ch’ien Lung and the Barbarians pg 63 India and the European Traders pg 67 France and England in America pg 69 Week 18 George Washington's World: French and Indian War pg 71 Seven Years War Begins pg 77 The Empire Builder pg 79 Pontiac, the Patriot pg 83 George III pg 85 Week 19 George Washington's World: George and Martha Washington pg 87 Thomas Jefferson pg 89 The End of the Seven Years War pg 93 Goethe Sees Both Sides pg 95 Catherine Empress of the Russians pg 98 Week 20 George Washington's World: Voltaire and His Pen pg 102 To the South Seas With Captain Cook pg 109 Oxygen pg 112 The Steam Engine pg 113 His Majesty George III pg 116 Week 21 George Washington's World: Frederick the Miser and Louis the Waster pg 124 Marie Antoinette, the Little Austrian Princess pg 127 Lafayette, a young French Nobleman pg 131 Italy the Land of Beauty pg 135 A King and a Painter of Spain pg 138 Week 22 George Washington's World: Pirates pg 139 The Empire of Turkey pg 140 Poland pg 141 Enter Napoleon Bonaparte pg 143 The Empress and the Sultan pg 144 Week 23 George Washington's World: Home To China pg 146 Japan and the Passing World pg 147 Holland and Her Trade pg 150 Alexander Hamilton, boy of the West Indies pg 151 John Paul Jones, and the Hated Slave Trade pg 153 Week 24 George Washington's World: Spain's New Colony pg 155 Over The Mountain With Boone pg 159 Rebellion in Massachusetts pg 162 The First Congress pg 167 The Battle of Bunker Hill pg 170 Week 25 George Washington's World: John Adams Selects a Commander pg 172 Declaration of Independence pg 179 Echoes in Europe pg 183 Benjamin Franklin in France pg 186 Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI pg 189 Week 26 George Washington's World: Lafayette Sails for America pg 192 The Old Fox Retreats pg 195 Misadventures of 1777 pg 199 To Carry the News pg 203 Valley Forge pg 205 Week 27 George Washington's World: The French Alliance pg 209 George Rogers Clark pg 212 A Hero in Two Worlds pg 215 The Bon Homme Richard pg 217 Lafayette, Herald of the French Expedition pg 219 Week 28 George Washington's World: Spain besieges Gibraltar pg 220 Holland defends her trade pg 222 Napoleon Bonaparte pg 221 Benedict Arnold traitor pg 223 Cornwallis surrenders pg 226 Week 29 George Washington's World: Washington Refuses Absolute Power pg 229 Money pg 231 Peasants of Russia pg 234 The Peace Treaty pg 237 Empires Old and New pg 240 Week 30 George Washington's World: Stars and Stripes in China pg 242 Back to His Good Land pg 247 Lonely Thomas Jefferson pg 251 Aviation is Born pg 254 The Marriage of Figaro pg 257 Week 31 George Washington's World: Three Americans Meet in France pg 259 Rousseau and Silver Sheep Shears pg 262 John Adams and George III pg 265 Hisses for Marie Antoinette pg 267 Old Frederick's Last Review pg 270 Week 32 George Washington's World: Catherine's Turkish Fairy Tale pg 271 The Assembly of the Notables pg 275 The Not Yet United States pg 277 The Constitution pg 280 Mr. President pg 284 Week 33 George Washington's World: Victory for the Third Estate pg 291 To the Bastille pg 294 Off With the Baker to Paris pg 298 America and the Key to the Bastille pg 301 The Cotton Gin pg 310 Week 34 George Washington's World: Beware the Tyrants pg 311 Liberty pg 314 Death for Louis XVI pg 318 The United States Proclaimed Neutral pg 320 Week 35 George Washington's World: The Reign of Terror pg 323 Doctor Jenner and the Small Pox pg 327 Catherine the Grandmother pg 328 Napoleon Bonaparte pg 330 Week 36 George Washington's World: To Italy pg 331 To Egypt pg 334 The Rosetta Stone pg 337 Ch’ien Lung’s Reply to George III pg 338 New Rules for a New Era pg 340