Elementary history of the United States . Tippecanoe.—War with England,XLVII. Reverses on Land: Triumphs on the Ocean,XLVIII. The War in the Northwest,XLIX. Pikes Expedition.—Fort Stephenson.—Lake Erie,L. Harrisons Invasion of Canada.—Creek War,LL Close of the War of 1812,LII. James Monroe.—John Quincy Adams,LIII. Andrew Jackson, LIV. Martin Van Buren.—Harrison and Tyler, .LV. James K. Polk.—The Mexican War,LVI. Taylor and Fillmore,LVII. Franklin Pierce.—James Buchanan,LVIII. Commencement of Civil War,LIX. Movements of 1862, .LX. Movements of 1862 (continued), .LXI. Movements of 1862 (continue


Elementary history of the United States . Tippecanoe.—War with England,XLVII. Reverses on Land: Triumphs on the Ocean,XLVIII. The War in the Northwest,XLIX. Pikes Expedition.—Fort Stephenson.—Lake Erie,L. Harrisons Invasion of Canada.—Creek War,LL Close of the War of 1812,LII. James Monroe.—John Quincy Adams,LIII. Andrew Jackson, LIV. Martin Van Buren.—Harrison and Tyler, .LV. James K. Polk.—The Mexican War,LVI. Taylor and Fillmore,LVII. Franklin Pierce.—James Buchanan,LVIII. Commencement of Civil War,LIX. Movements of 1862, .LX. Movements of 1862 (continued), .LXI. Movements of 1862 (continued) and 1863,LXII. Movements of 1863 (continued), .LXIII. Movements of 1864, .LXIV. Movements of 1864 (continued), .LXV. Closing Movements of the War,LXVI. Johnsons Administration, .LXVII. Grants Administration,LXVIII. Hayess Administration.—Assassination of GarfieldLXIX. Arthurs Administration,Chronological Record, .Declaration of Independence,Constitution of the LTnited States, . ELEMENTAKY HISTOEYOF THE UNITED LESSON I. FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 1. The Earth is round, like a ball. It contains twolarge divisions of land, called Continents. One lies inthe east, and is called the Eastern Continent. The otherlies in the west, and is called the Western two continents are separated on one side by thebroad Atlantic Ocean, and on the other by the Pacific,which is still broader. The map given above shows thesecontinents and oceans. 2. The United States, in which we live, is part of 6 FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO. ]Sorth America, and lies in the Western Continent. Eu-rope, Asia, and Africa, form the Eastern who want to go from one continent to the other,have to sail many miles, across either the Atlantic or thePacific. 3. ISTow, our gallant sailors think nothing of makingsuch a voyage. But there was a time when even thebravest were afraid to venture far out upon the vessels were not so large or so well shaped as ours;and th


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