4. What did Lieutenant Hobson and his men do? Impersonating Hobson, give an account of the daring feat.
5. What caused the war with Spain? What were its most striking results?
6. What do you admire in the character of Admiral Dewey? What, in the American sailors in the war with Spain?
7. What do the following dates signify: 1492, 1607, 1620, 1775-1783, 1861-1865, 1898?
INDEX
Adams, Samuel, [156];
in public life, [157];
opposes tax on tea, [158-162]
Bacon, Nathaniel, [55];
marches against the Indians, [59];
his struggle with Berkeley, [60-62]
Boone, Daniel, [222];
goes to Kentucky, [224];
at Boonesborough, [227];
captured by Indians, [230]
"Boston Tea Party," [158-163]
Braddock, General, [132], [133]
Bradford, Governor, [69], [70], [74]
Bunker Hill, battle of, [173]
Burgoyne, General, [203-205]
Cabot, John, [31]
Cartier, [103]
Carver, Governor, [70], [74-76]
Cervera, Admiral, [320-324]
Champlain, [104]
Civil War, [295], [298]
Clermont, the, [250-252]
Columbus, Christopher, [1];
at Lisbon, [4];
goes to Spain, [5];
first voyage, [10];
in the New World, [12-15];
other voyages, [17-20]
Concord, battle of, [170-173]
Continental Congress, [193]
Cornwallis, General, [200-203], [206], [207], [214-220]
Cortez, [22], [23]
Cowpens, battle of, [214], [215]
Dale, Sir Thomas, [56]
Dawes, William, [167-170]
Declaration of Independence, [186], [239]
De Leon, [23]
De Soto, Hernando, [22];
lands in Florida, [24];
his trials and difficulties, [26-28];
discovers the Mississippi, [29]
Dewey, Admiral, [317-319]
Dinwiddie, Governor, [128], [131]
Douglas, Stephen A., [293], [294]
Drake, Sir Francis, [36]
Elizabeth, Queen, [33-35]
Fairfax, Lord, [124-127]
Faneuil Hall, [159], [160]
Ferdinand, King, [6]
Franklin, Benjamin, [175];
in his brother's printing-office, [176];
goes to Philadelphia, [179];
in London, [181];
"Poor Richard's Almanac," [182];
his great discovery, [184];
"Plan of Union," [185];
in France, [186]
French War, Last, [128-133], [136-144]
Fulton, Robert, [246];
his boyhood, [247];
invents a torpedo boat, [249];
the Clermont, [250-252]
Gage, General, [166], [167]
Gates, General, [212]
George III., [146-152]
Grant, Ulysses S., [302];
his boyhood and youth, [303];
in Civil War, [305-309];
captures Lee's army, [309-311]
Greene, Nathaniel, [211];
a Quaker boy, [212];
joins the army, [213];
in the South, [214-220]
Griffin, the, [108-110]
Hancock, John, [165-168], [170]
Henry, Patrick, [146];
early life, [148];
opposes Stamp Act, [150];
his great speech, [153]
Hobson, Lieutenant, [322]
Howe, General, [195-197], [203-205]
Hudson, Henry, [105]
Hutchinson, Governor, [159-162]
Indians, [14], [15], [17], [48], [49]
Iroquois, [104-106]
Isabella, Queen, [6], [8]
Jackson, Andrew, [253];
his boyhood, [254];
goes to Nashville, [256];
conquers the Creeks, [258];
at battle of New Orleans, [259];
as President, [260]
James I., [65], [66]
Jefferson, Thomas, [234];
at college, [235];
as President, [240];
the Louisiana Purchase, [241-243]
Jesuit Missionaries, [106]
La Salle, [103];
his plans, [108];
his explorations, [109-112];
his colony, [112];
his assassination, [114]
Lee, General, his surrender, [296], [309-311]
Lincoln, Abraham, [282];
in Kentucky and Indiana, [283-289];
goes to Illinois, [290];
debates with Douglas, [294];
Emancipation Proclamation, [296];
his assassination, [296]
Long Island, battle of, [196]
Mckinley, President, [317-319]
Maine, the, [316]
Manila, [317]
Marion, Francis, [217-219]
Marquette, Father, [106]
Massasoit, [75], [76]
Merrimac, the, [319-322]
Mimms, Fort, massacre at, [258]
Montcalm, General, [138-140], [143], [144]
Morgan, General, [214-216]
Morse, Samuel F. B., [273];
studies painting, [274];
invents the telegraph, [276-280]
Narvaez, [24]
Navigation Laws, [58]
New Orleans, battle of, [259], [260]
Nullification, [260]
Old North Church, [167], [168]
Old South Church, [159], [161]
Olympia, the, [316]
Ortiz, [24]
Penn, William, [92];
turns Quaker, [94];
his settlement in Pennsylvania, [98];
his Indian treaty, [99];
his country home, [100]
Pilgrims, [65-79]
Pittsburg Landing, battle of, [305]
Pizarro, [22], [23]
Plymouth, landing at, [72]
Pocahontas, [50], [52]
Powhatan, [49-52]
Puritans, [65], [81-88]
Quakers, [92-101]
Quebec, capture of, [142-144]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [31];
in France, [33];
his first colony, [35];
second colony, [37-39];
in the Tower of London, [40]
Revere, Paul, [165];
on his "midnight ride," [167-170]
Sampson, Admiral, [322]
Santiago, fighting near, [322-324]
Schley, Commodore, [321]
Secession, [295]
Slavery, [282], [283], [294], [296]
Smith, John, [42];
early life, [46];
in Virginia, [47-53];
relations with the Indians, [47-52];
explores New England coast, [53]
South Carolina, [261], [262]
Stamp Act, [147-151]
Standish, Miles, [64];
military leader of the Pilgrims, [68];
explores coast, [69-71];
at Plymouth, [72-79]
State Rights, [269]
Tariff, [261], [262]
Telegraph, the electric, [276-280]
Tobacco, [57], [58]
Trenton, battle of, [200-202]
Valley Forge, suffering at, [205], [206]
Vicksburg, capture of, [306]
Warren, Dr. Joseph, [167]
Washington, George, [116];
at home and school, [117-124];
the young surveyor, [124-127];
his journey to the French forts, [130];
at Great Meadows, [132];
with Braddock, [132];
at Mount Vernon, [189-193];
as General, [193-207];
as President, [208]
Washington, Lawrence, [118-121]
Webster, Daniel, [264];
his boyhood and youth, [265-268];
his "Reply to Hayne," [269];
his last days, [271]
West, Benjamin, [274], [275]
Williams, Roger, [81];
goes to Salem, [86];
driven into exile, [88];
his settlement at Providence, [89]
Wolfe, James, [136];
his youth, [136];
at Quebec, [138-144]