. The new eclectic history of the United States . etc. However crude the sketch may be, it will aid ineffectively awakening and exercising the mind, and this is the trueend of study. The teachers work is facilitated by section-headings in heaviertype, which may serve as topics for recitation, by a few compre-hensive questions following each chapter, and by Questions forReview at the end of each Part. A series of questions on theFederal Constitution will, it is hoped, help to make clearer the mostimportant features of that document, and thus simplify the teacherstask. The celebrations which hav
. The new eclectic history of the United States . etc. However crude the sketch may be, it will aid ineffectively awakening and exercising the mind, and this is the trueend of study. The teachers work is facilitated by section-headings in heaviertype, which may serve as topics for recitation, by a few compre-hensive questions following each chapter, and by Questions forReview at the end of each Part. A series of questions on theFederal Constitution will, it is hoped, help to make clearer the mostimportant features of that document, and thus simplify the teacherstask. The celebrations which have marked the close of a hundredyears under the Constitution have drawn renewed attention to theprinciples on which our nation was founded, and it should be withnew courage and zeal that we endeavor to instill those principles inyouthful minds and hearts. This Centennial Edition, in its new and beautiful dress, is pre-sented in the hope of an acceptance even wider and more generousthan its predecessors have enjoyed. Cincinnati. O., January, PART I.—Prehistoric Ages; Discoveries and Settlements. Chapter Page i. Ancient America ......... 9 2. Physical Features and Early Inhabitants . . . 15 3. Discoveries and Settlements by Europeans .... 27 4. English Settlements—Virginia ...... 41 5. Virginia and Maryland ........ 47 6. Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Dover ...... 53 7. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Psland ... 60 8. New Netherlands—The Middle States 70 9. English Revolutions—The Southern Colonies ... 80 PART II.—Growth of the Colonies. 10. Parliamentary Rule 11. French Colonies 12. Intercolonial Wars . 13. Literature and General Progress 91 98 104 116 PART III.—War of Independence. 14. Causes of the Revolution 15. Opening Scenes of the Revolution . 16. Events of 1776 ..... 17. Events of 1777 and 1778 18. Events of 1779-1781 .... 19. End of the War ..... PART IV.—Growth of the United States. 20. Adoption of the Constitution 21. First and Second Terms,—Geo
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