Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 330 Steele, Joel Dorman 1836 1886 Steele, J. Dorman (Joel Dorman) A Brief History of the United States Reading ease score: 64.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Robert Prince, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Brief History of the United States" by Joel Dorman Steele is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work is designed as a concise educational resource aimed at American youth, covering key events from early discoveries to significant wars and developments in the country's history. It seeks to engage readers with essential historical facts while making the subject accessible and enjoyable to school students. The opening of the book lays the foundation for its educational approach, emphasizing the need for engaging and manageable historical texts due to the common deficiencies in historical knowledge among students. It articulates the author's intention to present American history by highlighting crucial events and epochs, such as the early discoveries, colonial development, and the revolutionary war, using maps and topical questions to enhance learning. The text discusses prehistoric North America, touching on the Mound Builders and the various Native American tribes, while setting the stage for European exploration and colonization, ultimately leading to the establishment of the United States. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- History E151 Text United States Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 798527 798388 2024-10-03T09:14:13.827735 2023-10-03T08:26:00.271041 text/html text/html 798520 798381 2024-10-03T09:14:14.162732 2023-10-03T08:26:00.516012 text/html text/html 379695 2024-10-03T09:14:26.633695 application/epub+zip 390812 2024-10-03T09:14:18.135722 application/epub+zip 366979 2024-10-03T09:14:16.597748 application/epub+zip 697174 2024-10-03T09:14:32.916654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 659299 2024-10-03T09:14:25.454719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 626937 2022-09-03T11:51:48.328286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 735469 735381 2024-10-03T09:14:13.138773 2023-10-03T08:25:59.752005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 730578 2020-12-29T16:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 276812 2020-12-29T16:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18936 2024-10-03T09:14:33.045643 application/rdf+xml 16523 2024-10-03T09:14:17.160738 image/jpeg 3917 2024-10-03T09:14:16.872721 image/jpeg 370255 2024-10-03T09:14:14.222766 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia