It is “His story” describing the rise and fall of nations and individuals as they respond to God’s truth. History is the written record God has given the earth to man “The A Beka Book history for a home. Geography is the study of mankind. It is the story of what series is absolutely wonderful! man has done with the time God has of the surface of the earth. Geogra- It is refreshing to study history given him from creation through the phy helps us to understand history from a Christian perspective.” present. because it tells us about the places Parent where history has happened. A Christian perspective is the thread that connects the past with H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Chapter the present, causing history to 4 CANADA Quebec The English “make sense” for students and Lake Superior NORTH Come to America Lake Huron teachers alike. Lake Ontario M Plymouth is s Lake WEST EAST i s 1620 s i Michigan p p Lake Planting a Colony i R iv Erie er SOUTH The year was 1585, and the English people were ready to begin a very difficult task. They were going to plant a colony in the r ve Ri Jamestown Mi hio wilderness, a wild, empty land that has not ssouri River O 1607 Roanoke been settled. America was that wilderness. Of course there were many Native Ameri- cans living in America. Some stayed in one ATLANTIC area and farmed while many others traveled r e v i R OCEAN from place to place. But for the most part, i p p i s s i s America was still a wilderness—a wild, un- s i M St. Augustine settled land. The Pilgrims were the most famous group England and the Bible of English settlers to come to America. Nearly one hundred years had passed SAN SALVADOR Walter Raleigh [rôÆl™] was a good friend since 1497, when John Cabot claimed North of the queen. When he asked for permission Gulf of Mexico America for England. By this time, an Grade 4 to begin a colony, Queen Elizabeth gave it to important change had taken place in Eng- PUERTO him without hesitation. But the queen told CUBA RICO land—all the people in England were free HISPANIOLA him that he himself could not go to Ameri- (HAITI) (DOMINICAN to read the Bible for themselves. This free- REPUBLIC) ca—he had to choose someone else to go! dom had an important effect on the kind of MEXICO JAMAICA How strange it seems that the man who people who came to America from England was to plan the first English colony in TIME LINE OF IMPORTANT DATES and the kind of government they set up. Declaration of America never went to America himself! St. Augustine is first permanent Quebec is first successful Independence European settlement in New World Civil War World War I French settlement in New World 1776 1565 1608 1861–1865 1914–1918 The Lost Colony The queen had very good reasons. Eng- Queen Elizabeth I was the powerful land was having trouble with Spain. If a 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 war broke out, she knew she could trust 1492 1587 1620 1775–1783 1863 1939–1945 ruler of England in 1585. She was proud of Columbus Founding Pilgrims land at War for 1812–1815 Emancipation World War II discovers of Roanoke, Plymouth Rock Independence War of 1812 Proclamation England and wanted all Englishmen to be Raleigh’s judgment to help England. New World “the Lost Colony” 1789 1607 George Washington proud, too. A successful English colony in Raleigh sent two sea captains to find Jamestown is first permanent elected first President; English settlement in U.S. Constitution a good place in America for an English New World the New World would boost her people’s pride. 32 The History of Our United States The English Come to America 33 2 11 11 “The Star-Spangled Banner” With President Madison’s permission, Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), a promi- nent Washington lawyer, went to Baltimore to rescue a friend captured at Washington. On September 13, 1814, Key boarded a Third Edition prisoner exchange ship to negotiate his friend’s release. While on board, he was detained while the British bombarded Fort A Beka Book presents U.S. history McHenry. Francis Scott Key watched the The Burning of Washington, D.C. battle anxiously. By the last light of day, he could see that the American flag still flew from a conservative Christian perspective President Madison and his cabinet hastily proudly over Fort McHenry. Throughout gathered as many government documents as the night, he could tell by “the rockets’ red they could and fled the city. British officers glare,” and “the bombs bursting in air” that so the students have a deeper understand- entered the White House in time to enjoy a the Americans still held the fort. Then, the warm meal prepared for Madison and his first light of the new day revealed that the wife. Partly to retaliate for the destruction flag was still flying. The sight of the waving ing of our nation’s history. Patriotism and of British government buildings at York flag prompted Key to pull an old letter from his pocket and scratch the words to “The (Toronto) by American raiders and partly to Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem was set positive, conservative views from the past crush American morale, the British set fire to to music, and, in 1931, it officially became the public buildings in Washington. Brit- America’s national anthem. ish General Ross personally supervised the are presented. stacking of the White House furniture so as Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor (Maryland) ´*B^!`¨ to make a good bonfire. Having completed 10346201 abeka.com HISTORY SERIES their task of destruction, the British aban- doned Washington. Next, the British fleet sailed up the Chesapeake to attack Baltimore, where they Grade 11 met fierce resistance. When the fleet failed to destroy Fort McHenry, a strategic fort which guarded the entrance to Baltimore’s harbor, the British finally gave up and left Chesapeake Bay. Dolly Madison (1768 –1849) Dolly Madison served as President. She was a popular and charming the White House hostess for hostess known for her ability to make White 16 years. Of Quaker descent, House socials enjoyable. Dolly married a Quaker law- Dolly Madison is also remembered for her yer in 1790 but was widowed valuable service to her country in a time of cri- in 1793. In 1794, she married sis. In August 1814, as British forces marched James Madison. When Madison on Washington, Dolly carefully packed im- became secretary of state under Thomas portant American documents into trunks that Jefferson, Dolly assumed responsibilities as could be carried to safety. At the last moment, White House hostess for Jefferson, whose wife she ordered a portrait of George Washington had died before America had won its inde- to be taken from its frame and packed with pendence. She continued her duties as First the state papers. She then fled the capital, Lady throughout Jefferson’s administration saving her precious cargo from the merciless and then through her husband’s two terms as fires of the British. The War of 1812 143 Grade 1 “I have been a faithful user of your excellent books. I am preparing to teach a course on the U.S. Constitution and feel A Beka Book is hard to beat.” Teacher “Your history books are exceptional! They made me so proud to be an American, and my daughter has grown to appreciate our early American leaders.” Parent 3 A Beka Book emphasizes people behind the events of history. Some are pilgrims, some are preachers, some patriots, and some presidents. All make the chronologi- cal narrative story of history sequential and connected. 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The patterns we see, the lessons plant or animal possesses these characteris- and many original print illustra- we learn, the estimates we make of the good- tics. We can have a kind of relationship with ness or badness of men and situations—these one another that no other creatures can share. things and more depend upon our beliefs Most important, we can relate to God in a way about the beginning. that no other part of creation can. tions are contained in each book, Genesis, the first book of the Bible, is the Our freedom to make choices is also CASPIAN SEA most reliable source for what we need to know important.