eral Greene and his Famous
Retreat--Cornwallis Surrenders--The War at an End 153

CHAPTER XV

THE VOYAGE OF OUR SHIP OF STATE

How the People Rule--Illustrated by a Story--Our First
Trial and Failure--Making a New Form of Government--A
Nation of Thirteen States--The President--The
Congress--The Judges 162

CHAPTER XVI

THE END OF A NOBLE LIFE

Washington the First President--Beloved by
Everyone--Benjamin Franklin's Last Hours--The Kind
of Money They Used--How the Quarrel was
Settled--Washington Dies 170

CHAPTER XVII

THE STEAMBOAT AND THE COTTON GIN

The Power of Steam--Is a Boat Like a Duck--Who
Thought of the First Steamboat--The Cotton Gin
and How it Saves Labor--Where the Cotton Grows 176

CHAPTER XVIII

THE ENGLISH AND AMERICANS FIGHT AGAIN

How We Came to Quarrel with England--Protecting
the American Sailor--Interesting Land
Battles--Adventures at Sea--Peace is Made Again 184

CHAPTER XIX

HOW THE VICTIMS OF THE ALAMO WERE AVENGED

How General Santa Anna Got into Trouble--Massacre
of the Alamo--The Famous Samuel Houston--War with
Mexico--The City of Mexico--Santa Anna is Defeated
and United States is Victorious 193

CHAPTER XX

HOW SLAVERY LED TO WAR

Black and White Slaves--First Slaves Brought to
America in 1619--Why the Slaves were Used in the
South--Why the North did not Believe in Slavery--What
the word Abolitionist Means--John Brown and Harper's
Ferry 201

CHAPTER XXI

HOW LINCOLN BECAME PRESIDENT

The Ruler of the Republic--The President Chosen from
the People--Why the People Liked Him--Lincoln's School
Days--The North and South Differ--Lincoln, the Great
War President 208

CHAPTER XXII

THE GREAT CIVIL WAR

What Civil War is--Where the War was Fought--Battle of
Bull Run--"Stonewall" Jackson--General Ulysses S.
Grant and How He Came to Command the Army--His
"Unconditional Surrender" Message--Battle of
Gettysburg 215

CHAPTER XXIII

WAR ON SEA AND LAND

Fight Between the "Cheesebox" and the Ram--How the
Monitor Won the Fight--The Battle "Above the