Tag: american-history
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Life in the Colonial Time
When people first came to this country, they had to take up with such houses as they could get. In Virginia and New England, as in New York and Philadelphia, holes were dug in the ground for dwelling places by some of the first settlers. In some places bark wigwams were made, like those of…
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The Coming of the Puritans
Before the Pilgrims had become comfortably settled in their new home, other English people came to various parts of the New England coast to the northward of Plymouth. About 1623, a few scattering immigrants, mostly fishermen, traders with the American Indians, and timber-cutters, began to settle here and there along the sea about Massachusetts Bay,…
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The Starving Time, and What Followed
The Starving Time, and What Followed When Captain John Smith went back to England, in 1609, there were nearly five hundred settlers in Virginia. But the settlers soon got into trouble with the American Indians, who lay in the woods and killed every one that ventured out. There was no longer any chance to buy…
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A History of the United States and its People by Edward Eggleston
The content outlines the early history of the United States, detailing exploration, settlement, colonial life, conflicts, and the events leading to the American Revolution.
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Great Stories for Little Americans Don’t Give Up the Ship
Fred was talking to his sister one day. He said, “Alice, what makes people say, ‘Don’t give up the ship’?” Alice said, “I don’t know. That’s what the teacher said to me yesterday when I thought that I could not get my lesson.” “Yes,” said Fred, “and that’s what father said to me. I told…
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The Coming of the Pilgrims
In the seventeenth century (that is, between the year 1600 and the year 1700) there was much religious persecution. In some countries the Catholics persecuted the Protestants, in other countries the Protestants persecuted the Catholics, and sometimes one kind of Protestants persecuted another. There were people in England who did not like the ceremonies of…
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How Jamestown was Settled
After the total disappearance of Raleigh’s second colony, many years passed before another attempt was made. In 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold tried to plant a colony on the Island of Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts, in Buzzard’s Bay. If this had succeeded, New England would have been first settled, but the men that were to stay went back in…
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Great Stories for Little Americans Washington Irving as a Boy
The Revolution was about over. Americans were very happy. Their country was to be free. At this time, a little boy was born in New York. His family was named Irving. What should this little boy be named? His mother said, “Washington’s work is done. Let us name the baby Washington.” So he was called…
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The Mystery of Roanoke Colony
Learn the Mystery of Roanoke Colony Lost Colony of RoanokeThe Roanoke Colony was England’s first attempt to establish a settlement in the Americas. Sadly, the effort failed when the settlers vanished under mysterious conditions, earning it the nickname “The Lost Colony.” Where was the colony located? The Roanoke Colony was situated on Roanoke Island, just…
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Sir Walter Raleigh Tries to Settle a Colony in America
Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh, while yet a young man, fought for years on the side of the Huguenots in the French civil wars, and afterward in the war in Ireland. On his return from Ireland, it is said that he won the Queen’s favor by throwing his new plush cloak into a muddy…