,
.
Jamestown settled,
.
burned,
.
Jasper, Sergeant, how he saved the flag,
.
Jefferson, Thomas, birth of,
.
home at Monticello,
.
beloved by his slaves,
.
desires to free,
.
hears Patrick Henry speak,
.
writes Declaration of Independence,
.
elected President,
.
what he said about New Orleans and Louisiana,
.
buys Louisiana,
.
his death,
.
inscription on his tombstone,
.
summary of,
.
"Jonathan, Brother,"
.
origin of name (note),
.
Jury trial, first in America,
.
Jury (note),
.
Kaskaskia (Kas-kas'ki-a) Fort,
.
King Philip, son of Massasoit,
.
becomes chief,
.
how he dressed and lived,
.
his hatred of the whites,
.
determines to make war
.
Indians attack Swansea,
.
attack other towns,
.
burn Brookfield,
.
attack Hadley
.
bravery shown by a woman
.
the great swamp fight,
.
Canonchet taken,
.
Philip's wife and son taken,
.
wife and son sold into slavery,
.
Philip shot,
.
destruction caused by the war,
.
cost of the war,
.
Indian power broken,
.
summary of,
.
Lafayette (Lah-fay-et'), helps us in the Revolution,
.
pursues Cornwallis,
.
at the tomb of Washington,
.
Land acquired by the United States, see Territory and United States.
Lee, General, in the Civil War,
.
Legislature (note),
.
Lexington, battle of,
.
Leyden (Li'den), Holland,
.
Leyden jar,
,
.
Liberty, religious, in Maryland,
.
religious, in Rhode Island,
.
religious, none formerly in England,
,
,
.
Liberty, Sons of, in the Revolution,
.
Liberty, statue of,
.
Lincoln, Abraham, birth and boyhood of,
.
how he lived,
,
.
death of his mother,
.
what he said of her,
.
what his step-mother said of him,
.
at school,
.
teaches himself at home,
.
what he read,
.
how he used the fire-shovel,
.
description of, at seventeen,
.
his strength,
.
goes to New Orleans,
.
moves to Illinois,
.
splits rails,
.
hunting frolics,
.
tends store at New Salem,
.
is attacked by Jack Armstrong,
.
his faithfulness in little things,
.
called "Honest Abe,"
,
.
in the Black Hawk War,
.
becomes postmaster and surveyor,
.
studies law,
.
begins to practise law,
.
respected by all men,
.
in Armstrong murder trial,
.
how he saved the pig,
.
goes to the Legislature,
.
goes to Congress,
,
.
chosen candidate for President,
.
elected President,
.
his election brings on the Civil War,
.
emancipates the slaves,
.
murdered by Booth,
.
grief of the nation at his death,
.
summary of,
.
Louisiana, purchase of,
.
original extent of,
.
Major (note),
.
Manhattan Island,
,
,
.
Marietta, Ohio, settled,
.
name of,
.
what Washington said of,
.
and the Indians,
.
summary of,
.
Marshall finds gold in California,
.
his poverty,
.
Maryland, name of,
.
granted to Lord Baltimore,
.
rent of,
.
settlement of,
.
first Catholic church in America in,
.
home of religious liberty,
.
trouble with Virginia,
.