HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

Préambule. P. 5.

How are the United States bounded ? What is the length of the seacoast of the United States ? How long is it since thia country was discovered ? How long since it was settled ? How long since it has been inde pendent ? When does American History commence ? Who were the original inhabitants of the country? What is the first epoch of American history ? — the seconi ? — the third ? Of what does the author propose to treat befbre entermg on thèse epochs ?

Découvertes et navigations des anciens par rapport au Nouveau-Monde. P. 8.

What people first devoted themselves to foreign commerce ? Where is Egypt? — The Arabian gulf? — India? Where did they trade ? Why did they abandon distant expéditions? Where is Phenicia ? Why did the Phenicians dévote themselves to commerce ? What did they become ? How far did they sail? What neighbouring nation learned commerce from the Phenicians ? To what did they confine themselves ? "Why ? What colony of the Phenicians became active merchants ? Where was Carthage situated ? What countries did the Carthaginian merchants visit?

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What islands did they discover ? What is said of thèse islands ? What is said of the Periplus of Hanno ? What African voyager is described by Herodotus ? What voyager does Plmy record ? What was the object of the Grecian voyager ? What is said of the Romans ? What did the ancien ts believe about the zones ? What was the efFect of this opinion ? What countries were known to the ancients in Europe ? — in iifrica ? — in Asia ? What was done by Ptolemy ?

Moyen Age. P. 11.

What is said of the Arabians? — of Spain? — of the Venitians? »

Treizième et quatorzième siècles. P. 12. "What voyages excited the love of adventure in the 1 3th and 14th centuries ? What invention took place in 1302 ? By whom? What was its efFect? What is said of the Normans ?

Quinzième siècle. P. 12.

What is said of the art of navigation? — of the Portuguese ? Whither did John I. of Portugal send vesseis to make discoveries ? How far did they go ? What discoveries were made under the direction of Prince Henry ? What was the efFect of thèse discoveries ? What was effected by the Portuguese under John IL ? What was the principal object of voyages of discovery in the 15th century ? Who first attempted to go to India by sailing west ?

Découverte de l'Amérique par Christophe Colomb. P. 14. Where was Columbus born ? What was his profession ? What nation did he serve ? Where ? What proofs did he have of land being situated west of the Atlantic ? What project did he form ? To whom did he fîrst apply for pa

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tronage ? How was his offer treated ? To whom did he next apply? Of what treachery vvere the Portuguese guilty? Wliither did Columbus send his brother? To what sovereign did Columbus himself next apply ? What was the resuit? Whence did he sail? When? With how many vessels ? What difficultés did he meet in his voyage ? Give an account of the first discovery of the land ? Of his taking possession of the island ? When did this happen ? Where is the island ? What islands were next discovered ? What happened to Columbus on his voyage home ? What characteristic anecdote is related of him? How was he rewarded on his return to Spain? When did he discover South America ? What treatment did he receive in his old âge ?

Découvertes des Anglais en Amérique. P. 19.

What was the condition of the British marine in the reign of Henry VIL ? How is it compared with those of Spain and Portugal ? Whom did Henry VII. send out to make discoveries ? When ? For what purpose ? What discoveries did he make ? Who discovered Florida ? When? "What absurd story did the Caribs make Juan Ponce de Léon believe ? What was the great discovery of the 14th century ?— Of the 15th ? Who would have been first discoverer of America, if Columbus had not ? Who discovered Greenland ? When ? What discoveries weie made in Canada? By wThom ? Who brought a Canadian to France in 1508 ? What hindered the progress of discovery by the English in the reign of Henry VII. ? Of Henry VIII. Edward VI. and Mary? What was the policy of Elizabeth? What was done in her reign by Frobisher, Drake, Gilbert, and Raleigh ? Why was Virginia so called ? What befell the colony established there in 1573 ? When was the first Anglo- American born ? How

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much time elapsed between the fîrst discoveries and the first settlements of the English in North America ? What change was effected by Gosnold ? When ? What place did he touch at ?

De V Amérique et de ses Habitans. P. 24.

Who had explored America ? How does the historiar, describe it ? Which is the most interesting portion of it How are the aboriginal inhabitants of America described * How are those of North compared with those of South America ? To whom do the Indians abandon the cultivation of their lands ? What évidences of force and intelligence do the Americans give ? îs the oiïgin of the Americans known ? What reason have we for supposing that America was peopled from the North-Eastern part of Asia.