tailieunhanh - Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln

When George Washington was a boy there was no United States. The land was here, just as it is now, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific; but nearly all of it was wild and unknown. Between the Atlantic Ocean and the Alleghany Mountains there were thirteen colonies, or great settlements. The most of the people who lived in these colonies were English people, or the children of English people; and so the King of England made their laws and appointed their governors. | Four Great Americans Washington Franklin Webster Lincoln 1 Four Great Americans Washington Franklin Webster Lincoln The Project Gutenberg EBook of Four Great Americans Washington Franklin Webster Lincoln by James Baldwin This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Four Great Americans Washington Franklin Webster Lincoln A Book for Young Americans Author James Baldwin Release Date February 20 2004 EBook 11174 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOUR GREAT AMERICANS Produced by Rosanna Yuen and PG Distributed Proofreaders FOUR GREAT AMERICANS WASHINGTON FRANKLIN WEBSTER LINCOLN A BOOK FOR YOUNG AMERICANS BY JAMES BALDWIN . CONTENTS THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CHAPTER I WHEN WASHINGTON WAS A BOY II HIS HOMES III HIS SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS IV GOING TO SEA V THE YOUNG SURVEYOR VI THE OHIO COUNTRY VII A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES VIII A PERILOUS JOURNEY IX HIS FIRST BATTLE X THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR XI THE MUTTERINGS OF THE STORM XII THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR XIII INDEPENDENCE XIV THE FIRST PRESIDENT XV FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN THE STORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER I THE WHISTLE II SCHOOLDAYS III THE BOYS AND THE WHARF IV CHOOSING A TRADE V HOW FRANKLIN EDUCATED HIMSELF VI FAREWELL TO BOSTON VII THE FIRST DAY IN PHILADELPHIA VIII GOVERNOR WILLIAM KEITH IX THE RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA X THE FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND XI A LEADING MAN IN PHILADELPHIA XII FRANKLIN S RULES OF LIFE XIII FRANKLIN S SERVICES TO THE COLONIES XIV FRANKLIN S WONDERFUL KITE XV THE LAST YEARS THE STORY OF DANIEL WEBSTER CHAPTER I CAPTAIN WEBSTER II THE YOUNGEST SON III EZEKIEL AND DANIEL IV PLANS FOR THE FUTURE V AT EXETER ACADEMY VI GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE VII AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE VIII HOW DANIEL TAUGHT SCHOOL IX .