History of the United States in Words of One Syllable

This work retells the nation's past in simple, one-syllable language for young readers, moving from the first inhabitants to later growth. It describes the lives and lands of Native peoples and the voyages by European seamen who reached the shores, naming early explorers and the first contacts. It traces the founding of colonies, the rise of towns, laws, and trade that shaped settlements. It recounts the struggle for independence, battles and leaders of the Revolution, and the building of a new government. It then covers expansion, the slave trade and the conflict it provoked, the Civil War and its aftermath, and the return to peace and civic rebuilding.