II. Congress at New York-Repeal of the Stamp Act III. Second attempt to tax America-Opposition, VI. War approaches-Massachusetts-British Parliament, 190 V. Burgoyne' Invasion,-1777, II. The Moravians-The Indians of the North West, 26 I. War with Tripoli-Troubles with England and France, 273 569 365 369 374 - 379 PIOD I. Oregon-American California-Capt. Wilkes' Explor- 1848. II. Train of Events by which California became a part of the American Republic-The Macnamara Project- III. Taylor's Inauguration-Gloomy Close of the 30th Con- IV. Congressional Eloquence of the First Session of the V The Committee of Thirteen-The "Omnibus Bill"- Death of Taylor and Inauguration of Fillmore- THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY, INTRODUCED BY TEACHING THE CHRONOGRAPHER. 1. THE large painted chronographer, prepared to accompany this work, is to be hung in full view of the class, and the teacher furnished with a pointing rod about four feet i. length, black at the end, as the paper of the chronographe is white. 2. The proper use of the pointer constitutes an intelligible language addressed to the eye. Therefore, the person using it should use it significantly, and never otherwise, and should always point in the same manner when he means the same thing. 3. In teaching the chronographer, when the person pointing has occasion to refer to a simple date, which is a point of time, let him carry the pointer directly to that point, and, without zigzag motions, rest it there while he has occasion to speak of that date or epoch. But if he is speaking of a period of time between two dates or epochs, as, for exam ple, of Period I., let him carry the pointer directly to the earliest date (1492), and then move it slowly, and without wavering, over Period 1., stopping exactly at its close (1578); always, in such cases, carrying the pointer with the course of time-that is. from left to right. 4. Whenever the teacher is using the pointer, to teach the chronographer, the pupil must give his eye, his ear, and his mind; and then the chronographer will, by a mysterious process of the mind, be formed within, and become a part of the mind of every attentive scholar-where he may, ever after, have the plan, and read the principal dates of his country's chronology. But in order to have the internal chronographer perfect, it is necessary to observe attentively, and to learn patiently, at various times and in repeated lessons, the different parts of the one presented to the eye. 5. As success, in this case, depends on the class fixing their eyes on the chronographer, with the desire to learn it, short and lively lessons, in which the class shall be questioned as the teacher points, and in which all answer together, will be much better than long and dull ones. 6. Some explanations of the chronographer will, however, be needed. They will be given here, in connexion with questions and instructions on the general subject of chronology. CHRONOGRAPHER EXPLAINED. 7. The word chronographer literally signifies something which delineates time. It is composed of two Greck words-chronos, time, and grapho, to delineate. 8. The picture presented is a chronographer of American history, because it refers to that history only. It is divided into two parts. The outer part is composed of several circular lines, the whole of which, taken together, make up what is here called the circle of time. It represents the whole time of the American history; that is, the complete succession of years from the discovery of America in 1492, to the present day. 9. The inner part of the chronographer is called the historic The four large limbs of this tree represent the four tree. |