English History for Schools, B.C. 55-A.D. 1880

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H. Holt and Company, 1881 - 471 páginas

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3
26
Englishmen and Normans
30
The Normans gain Lands in England
37
Williams Cruelty 39
40
William Rufus
41
Death of William Rufus
43
CHAPTER VIII
45
Tyranny of the Nobles
46
Henry II restores Order
47
Military Reforms of Henry II
48
Judicial Reforms
49
Henry II and the Clergy
50
Henry II makes Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
51
Murder of Becket
52
Henrys Foreign Dominions
53
CHAPTER IX
55
Richard I goes on a Crusade
57
John loses Normandy
58
Johns Tyranny in England
59
Stephen Langton chosen Archbishop at Rome
60
John excommunicated
61
Demands of the Barons
62
Final Troubles of the Reign
63
The Rule of Edward I in England
71
Resistance of William Wallace
77
The End of the Reign of Edward II
83
Chivalry
87
5
87
The Black Death
91
1377
94
CHAPTER XIV
101
Siege of Harfleur and Battle of Agincourt
107
Capture and Death of Joan
113
The Barons and the Middle Classes
119
Edward V and the Duke of Gloucester
125
Wars on the Continent
138
CHAPTER XVIII
144
The Pilgrimage of Grace
150
CHAPTER XIX
156
Seizure of Church Property
158
Northumberlands Government
159
Death of Edward VI and Accession of Mary
160
The first Years of Queen Mary
161
The Protestant Martyrs
163
The last Days of Mary
164
CHAPTER XX
165
Elizabeth and the Church
166
The Reformation in Scotland
167
Mary Queen of Scots in Scotland
168
The Rising in the North
169
Illfeeling against Spain
171
Drakes Voyage
172
English Voyages of Discovery
174
CHAPTER XXI
176
Throgmortons Plot and the Association
177
Help sent to the Dutch
178
Drake in the West Indies
179
The Babington Conspiracy and the Execution of the Queen of Scots
180
The Sailing of the Armada
181
The Armada in the Channel
182
The Armada in the North Sea
184
The Destruction of the Armada
185
The Expedition to Cadiz
189
CHAPTER XXIII
195
The English Government of Ireland
201
James I and the Thirty Years
207
The Expedition to Cadiz
214
Hampdens Case
222
Ecclesiastical Parties
228
Breach between the King and the Parliament
230
The Beginning of the first Civil War
232
Presbyterians and Independents
233
The Selfdenying Ordinance and the New Model
234
End of the First Civil War and the Negotiations with the King
235
The Second Civil War and the Execution of Charles I
236
CHAPTER XXVIII
238
Cromwell in Ireland
239
The Barebones Parliament
241
Cromwells Second Parliament
242
Richard Cromwells Protectorate and the Restored Commonwealth
243
CHAPTER XXIX
244
The Army disbanded and the Judges of Charles I
246
Treatment of the Puritans
247
John Bunyan
249
Lord Chancellor Clarendon
250
The First Dutch War
251
The Dutch in the Medway
253
The Cabal Ministry
254
The Triple Alliance and the Treaty of Dover
255
The Declaration of Indulgence and the Second Dutch War
256
CHAPTER XXX
257
Danbys Ministry
258
The Popish Plot
259
The Exclusion Bill
261
Whigs and Tories
262
Violence of the Tories and the Rye House Plot
263
The Rye House Plot
265
The Last Days of Charles II
266
CHAPTER XXXI
267
The Bloody Assizes
269
The Test Act violated
271
The Declaration of Indulgence
272
The Expulsion of the Fellows of Magdalen
273
The Trial of the Seven Bishops
274
The Invitation to the Prince of Orange
276
The Restoration of the Currency
291
995
297
CHAPTER XXXV
303
Fall of Walpole
309
The Young Pretender in Scotland
310
The Young Pretender in England
312
Falkirk and Culloden
313
The Escape of Charles Edward
314
CHAPTER XXXVI
315
Beginning of the Seven Years War
317
Pitt in Office
318
Wolfes Expedition to Canada
319
The Capture of Quebec and the Death of Wolfe
320
Victory at Quiberon Bay
321
Struggle between the English and French
322
Clive at Arcot
323
The Black Hole of Calcutta
324
The Battle of Plassey
325
CHAPTER XXXVII
326
The Stamp Act
327
The Tea Duties
328
Throwing of Tea into Boston Harbour
329
The Beginning of the American War
331
The Alliance between America and France
334
The End of the War
335
CHAPTER XXXVIII
336
The Contest between Pitt and the Coalition Ministry
337
Pitt and Public Opinion
338
The Proposed Reform Bill and the Commercial Treaty with France
339
The Slave Trade
340
The Kings Illness and Recovery
341
Agricultural Improvements
342
The Bridgewater Canal
343
Improvements in Spinning Machines
344
The SteamEngine
345
CHAPTER XXXIX
347
War between England and France
348
English Feeling against the Revolutionists
350
Progress of the War
351
The Mutiny at Spithead
353
The Mutiny at the Nore
354
Bonaparte in Egypt
355
The Battle of the Nile
356
The Irish Rebellion of 1798
358
The Union with Ireland
360
The Expedition to Egypt and the Peace of Amiens
363
CHAPTER XL
364
Napoleons Plan for invading England
366
The Battle of Trafalgar
367
Pitts Last Days
368
State of the Continent after the Peace of Tilsit
369
The Seizure of the Danish Fleet
370
CHAPTER XLI
371
Napoleon in Spain
373
The Battle of Corunna
374
Oporto and Talavera
375
Walcheren
376
Wellingtons Difficulties in Spain
377
Torres Vedras
378
The Regency
379
The Guerillas
380
The Capture of Cuidad Rodrigo and Badajoz
381
The Battle of Salamanca
382
The Uprising of Prussia and the Battle of Vittoria
383
Napoleons Last Struggle
384
Wellingtons Military Career
385
CHAPTER XLII
386
General Distress
387
Romilly as a CriminalLaw Reformer
388
Agitation in the Country
389
The Manchester Massacre
390
Death of George III
391
CHAPTER XLIII
392
Peel Reform of the Criminal Law
393
Huskissons Commercial Reforms
394
The Representative System
395
Parliamentary Reform
396
The Canning and Goderich Ministries
397
The Wellington Ministry and the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts
398
The Clare Election
399
The New Police
400
Railways and Locomotives
401
CHAPTER XLIV
402
The Reform Bill
404
The Reform Bill rejected by the Lords
405
The Reform Bill becomes Law
406
Dismissal of the Government and Peels first Ministry
407
Lord Melbournes Ministry
408
The Peoples Charter
410
PostOffice Reform
411
Education
412
The Queens Marriage
413
Lord Palmerston and the Eastern Question
414
Mehemet Ali driven out of Syria
415
The Fall of the Melbourne Ministry
416
The Invasion of Afghanistan
417
The Chartists in London
423
The Invasion of the Crimea and the Battle of the Alma
429
CHAPTER XLVIII
435
Sir Colin Campbell in India
441
The Conservative Ministry and the Second Reform Bill
450
The End of the Conservative Ministry
456
STONEHENGE
470
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