. A history of the United States for secondary schools . rO>TI>E>TAL EXPAXSIOX Ol THK u XITI: i> s T A r i: s SiiHO 1 783. Scale of MrLE.^ Jde W W,-t G from WOr<<nwir « ; [^^ XI 2 O o D ID —1 o I t»G o U. oUJoO o oCO B < 1 1 1 ao 1 ot- S -3C U. o ea cs S ^^ oto s•a§ go o•* s < 1 < 1 < ^ 0 0 V V« 0 5=^ CO -^ • ? ..«> - , IT z fei ? INSULAR EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES 1898 SCALE or MILES ON THE EOoATOn .^ K o: Ul m 5. 2 ? .• • . o 5 H 6 CO CO 1 1 2 ^/l 1^ ^ 2 D or (0 1 o ITD < Oh z< n voi/ r^ 1 o CO ?r -A tV7 <3 ?. / :? • . 1• 1 o 1 < 5- ^^ a s CO
. A history of the United States for secondary schools . rO>TI>E>TAL EXPAXSIOX Ol THK u XITI: i> s T A r i: s SiiHO 1 783. Scale of MrLE.^ Jde W W,-t G from WOr<<nwir « ; [^^ XI 2 O o D ID —1 o I t»G o U. oUJoO o oCO B < 1 1 1 ao 1 ot- S -3C U. o ea cs S ^^ oto s•a§ go o•* s < 1 < 1 < ^ 0 0 V V« 0 5=^ CO -^ • ? ..«> - , IT z fei ? INSULAR EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES 1898 SCALE or MILES ON THE EOoATOn .^ K o: Ul m 5. 2 ? .• • . o 5 H 6 CO CO 1 1 2 ^/l 1^ ^ 2 D or (0 1 o ITD < Oh z< n voi/ r^ 1 o CO ?r -A tV7 <3 ?. / :? • . 1• 1 o 1 < 5- ^^ a s CO o cS-- 2 ir^^-^A .. C5i|3^ vjCf 1 n I •0^1 ^ 2 : ^-\,^ D °2 0) _ xvn Elements of the POPULAI [OX of the UNITED STATES Their growth from 1790 to 1890. 1790 1800 1810 820 1830 840 850 860 870 880 890 ; 1 1 1 O -- r I — < ot 1S9C in-^ Tbt of iLe HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. INTRODUCTION. DISCOVERY AND EARLY EXPLORATION OF AMERICA. The Voyages of the Northmen. In a certain sense it is rightto credit Columbus with the discovery of America ; for hisvoyage made the western hemisphere known to Europe, andled to its possession by peoples from the other side of theworld ; but he was not the first navigator from Europe whosaw and touched American shores. There is no longer adoubt that bold Northmen of the tenth and eleventh centu-ries, who had made their way from Norway to the Orkneyand Shetland islands, and then to the Faroe Islands, Ice-land, and Greenland, did finally sail on toward the west andfind America. The first to do this is said to have xet/been Leif Ericson, or Leif, son of Eric the Red, -
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