A Beginner's History. William H. Mace

24 Magellan, Who Proved that the World Is Round 28 The Men Who Made America Known to England and Who Checked the Progress of Spain John Cabot also Searches for a Shorter Route to India and Finds the Mainland of North America 34 Sir Francis Drake, the English "Dragon," Who Sailed the Spanish Main and Who "Singed the King of Spain's Beard" 37 Sir Walter Raleigh, the Friend of Elizabeth, Plants a Colony in America to Check the Power of Spain 42 The Men Who Planted New France in America, Founded Quebec, Explored the Great Lake Region, and Penetrated the Mississippi Valley Samuel de Champlain, the Father of New France 49 Joliet and Marquette, Fur Trader and Missionary, Explore the Mississippi Valley for New France 53 What the Dutch Accomplished in the Colonization of the New World Henry Hudson, Whose Discoveries Led Dutch Traders to Colonize New Netherland 54 Famous People in Early Virginia John Smith the Savior of Virginia, and Pocahontas its Good Angel 60 Lord Baltimore, in a Part of Virginia, Founds Maryland as a Home for Persecuted Catholics and Welcomes Protestants 68 Industries, Manners, and Customs of First Settlers of Virginia 71 Pilgrims and Puritans in New England Miles Standish, the Pilgrim Soldier, and the Story of "Plymouth Rock" 73 John Winthrop, the Founder of Boston; John Eliot, the Great English Missionary; and King Philip, an Indian Chief the Equal of the White Man 81 Industries, Manners, and Customs 85 The Men Who Planted Colonies for Many Kinds of People Peter Stuyvesant, the Great Dutch Governor 87 Manners and Customs of New Netherland 91 William Penn, the Quaker, Who Founded the City of Brotherly Love 92 Quaker Ways in Old Pennsylvania 98 James Oglethorpe, the Founder of Georgia as a Home for English Debtors, as a Place for Persecuted Protestants, and as a Barrier against the Spaniards 100 Industries, Manners, and Customs of the Southern Planters 103 Robert Cavelier de la Salle, Who Followed the Father of Waters to its Mouth, and Established New France from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico La Salle Pushed Forward the Work Begun by Joliet and Marquette 106 The Men of New France 113 George Washington, the First General and First President of the United States The "Father of His Country" 115 The Man Who Helped Win Independence by Winning the Hearts of Frenchmen for America Benjamin Franklin, the Wisest American of His Time 147 Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams, Famous Men of the Revolution, Who Defended America with Tongue and Pen Patrick Henry, the Orator of the Revolution 158 Samuel Adams, the Firebrand of the Revolution 167 The Men Who Fought for American Independence with Gun and Sword Nathan Hale 179 Generals Greene, Morgan, and Marion, the Men Who Helped Win the South from the British 182 The Men Who Helped Win Independence by Fighting England on the Sea John Paul Jones, a Scotchman, Who Won the Great Victory in the French Ship, Bon Homme Richard 194 John Barry, Who Won More Sea Fights in the Revolution than Any Other Captain 199 The Men Who Crossed the Mountains, Defeated the Indians and British, and Made the Mississippi River the Western Boundary of the United States Daniel Boone, the Hunter and Pioneer of Kentucky 202 John Sevier, "Nolichucky Jack" 210 George Rogers Clark, the Hero of Vincennes 216 Development of the New Republic Eli Whitney, Who Invented the Cotton Gin and Changed the History of the South 226