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in far; â as in care; ē
ice; Ĭ as in tin; ǹ the

Single

ā as in late; ǎ as in fat; ä as
as in me; ĕ as in met; ê as in thêre; g as in gem; I as in
French nasal; ō as in note; ŏ as in not; ô as in for; ü the French u.
italic letters are silent.

Act of Settlement, 259.

Ag'-in-court, battle of, 146-148.
A-gri'-cō-lä, 15.

Alabama claims, 350, 351.
Albert, Prince, 339.

Alfred, King, 42-49.

American Revolution, 288-295, 360.

An'-ge-vin kings, 68. See Plantagenet
Ang'-les, 20-23.

Anne, Queen, 248-267.

An'-sělm, Archbishop, 65.

Ärk'-wright, Richard, 297.

Är-ma'-dä, the, 198-200.

Arthur, King, 23, 24.

Arthur, Prince, 91, 92.

Är'-yāns, 7, 8.

Au'-gus-tine, Saint, 30, 31.

Australia, 283, 368, 369.

Austria, 262-264, 271, 273, 313, 319.

Austrian Succession, War of, 271-273.

Bacon, Sir Francis, 201.

Ball, John, 134, 136.

Bank of England, 257.

Bǎn'-nock-burn, battle of, 112.
"Barebone's Parliament," 232.
Bär'-nět, battle of, 162.

Barons, win the Great Charter, 95-99;

wars against Henry III., 100-104.
Battle, trial by, 73-74.

Bea'-cons-field, Earl of, 351–356.
Běck'-et, Thomas, 75-77.
Bēde, 22, 37, 38, 48.

Bedford, Duke of, 149, 150, 152.
Benedict, Saint, 35, 36.
Bill of Rights, 250, 258.
Bishops' Wars, 215.

Black Death, 127-129.

"Black Hole," 281.

Black Prince, 123-127, 130.
Blĕn'-heim, battle of, 263, 264.
Blü'-cher, General, 321.
Bō-a-di-ce'-a, 14, 15.

Boer War, 366, 368.

Boleyn (bul'-in), Anne, Queen, 177,
180.

Bŏl'-ing-broke, Henry, 138, 139. See
also Henry IV.

Bon'-i-face, Saint, 34, 35.

"Boston Massacre,' 290.

"Boston Tea-Party," 290.

Bo'-thä, General, 369.

Both'-well, Lord, 194–196.

"Boycott," 362.

Boyne, battle of, 253.

Braddock, General, 276,

Bretigny (brě-ten-yi'), Peace of, 126.

British Empire, 283, 295, 323, 366,
373.

Britons, 7-10.

Bruce, Robert, 112.

Buckingham, Duke of, 210-212.

Burgoyne (bėr-goin), General, 292,

293.

Bur'-gun-dy, Dukes of, 149, 152.

Burke, Edmund, 287-289.

Burleigh (ber'-li), Lord, 189.

Cabinet, rise of, 268, 269.

Cable, submarine, 341.

Cabot, John, 168.

Cade, Jack, rebellion of, 154, 155.

Caesar, Julius, 13, 14.

Calais (kä-la'), 124, 189.

Canada, 279, 280, 282, 292, 296, 364,
367, 368, 371,

Canterbury, 31, 34, 35, 75, 76, 78.
Căn-ute', King, conquers England,
51, 52.

Cape Colony, 323, 369.

Caroline, Queen, 269.
Cartwright, Dr., 298, 299.
"Casket Letters," 195.
Catherine, Queen, 175, 177.
Catholics, persecution of, 201; plots of,
206, 207; Charies II. favors, 240,
241; a "Popish Plot" ascribed to
242; excluded from Parliament by
test acts, 241, 242; James II. favors
245-247; excluded from the throne,
250; re-admitted to Parliament,
328; in Ireland, 353, 360.
"Cavaliers," 219, 221.
Cawnpore (kân-pōr'), 346.
Căx'-ton, William, 167, 168.

Cecil (ses'-il), William, Lord Burleigh,
189.

Celts, 7, 8, 23, 32-34, 357.

Charlemagne (chär'-le-man), 36, 39.
Charles I., King, 209-226, 275, 286.
Charles II., King, 228-230, 233-243,
275.

Charles V., Emperor, 172-175, 186.
Charles VI., King of France, 149.
Charter, the Great, 96-98.
Chǎt'-ham, Earl of, See Pitt, William.
Children, employment of, 333, 334.
Christianity, brought by Romans to
Britain, 17; introduced into Ire-
land, 17; disappears from England,
22; re-introduced by St. Augustine,
30; triumph of Roman Christianity
over Celts, 33, 34.

Chronicle, The Old English, 48.
Church, the, 34, 35, 39, 75, 178, 179,
182, 187-191, 194, 200, 205, 214,
217, 236, 246, 306, 307, 353.
Clarence, Duke of, 160, 161.
Clarkson, Thomas, 332.

Clive (kliv), Robert (Lord), 280, 281.
Coffee, tea, and chocolate, introduced,

235.

Colonies, the American, 206, 264, 271,
274, 275, 288-295; Canada, 279,
280, 282, 295, 296; South African,
323, 369; Australia, 283, 368.
Commonwealth, the, 227-233.

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"Continental System," 318.

"Convention Parliament," 250.
Cook, Captain, 368.
Corn Laws, 342, 343.

Cornwallis (kôrn-wol'-is), Lord, 294.'
Crăn'-mer, Thomas, Archbishop, 177,
187.

Crecy (kra-se'), battle of, 122 125.
Crimean War, 343-345.
Cromp'-ton, Samuel, 297.

Crom'-well, Oliver, 220-233, 237, 238.
Cromwell Richard, 232, 233.
Cromwell, Thomas, 180.
Crusades, 83-87, 90, 106, 107.

"Danes," 40-44, 50-52.
Dane'-geld, 51.

Danelaw, 45-49.

Darn'-ley, Lord, 194.

Democracy, rise of, 132-136, 154-156,
183, 227, 228, 232, 305, 326, 327,
329, 331, 355.

Dispensing power, 245, 246.
Disraeli (diz-ră'-li), Benjamin (Earl
of Beaconsfield), 351-356 359.
Dissenters, 236, 240, 256, 328.
Domesday Survey, 63, 64.
Drake, Sir Francis, 197-199.
Druids, 9.

Dudley, Lord Guildford, 185.
Dunbar, battle of, 228.
Duquesne (dü-kān'), Fort, 276.

East Anglia, 23.

East India Company, 280, 347.
Education, elementary, 355.
Edward the Confessor, 53.

Edward I., King, 102, 103, 106-112.
Edward II., King, 113, 114.
Edward III.,King, 113, 120-130.
Edward IV., King, 159-162.
Edward V., King, 162, 163.
Edward VI., King, 182-185.
Edward VII., King, 367.
Edward, Prince (son of Henry VI.),
156, 158, 162.

Eg'-bert, King, 39, 40.

Egypt, 313, 314, 369, 371.

Eleanor of Aquitane, 68, 78, 93.

Eliot, Sir John, 212, 213.

Elizabeth, Queen, 180, 189-203, 245.
Elizabeth of York, 163, 164.
England, origin of name, 2, 22; Hept-
archic kingdom of, 23; union of, 39,
40; Danes in, 41-45, 50-52; Nor-
man Conquest 54-58; Wars with
France, 64, 78, 89, 92, 93, 98, 121-
126, 146-153, 173-175, 189, 211,
255, 256, 262-264, 271-273, 276-
283, 293, 311-322; Wars of the
Roses, 154-164; Reformation in,
172-191; Civil War between King
and Parliament, 219-226; Com-
monwealth and Protectorate,
227-233; Restoration, 234-243;
"Glorious Revolution," 244-251;
Union of Scotland with, 265; Han-
overian succession, 267; expansion
of, 274-283, 323, 366-373, loses
American colonies, 288-295: Indus-
trial Revolution in, 296-308; in
nineteenth century, 325-356; and
Ireland, 357-364. See also Great
Britain.

Essex, kingdom of, 23.
Eth'-el-red, I, King, 43.

Ethelred II, the "Unready," 50, 51.

Eugene of Savoy, 263.
Eves'-ham, battle of, 103.
Excommunication, 95.

Factory system, 302, 333-335.

Fâl'-kirk, battle of, 111,
Fawkes (fâks), Guy, 207.

Feudal system, 60-62.

Field of the Cloth of Gold, 175.

Fox, Charles James, 292, 317.
France, 64, 78, 79, 89, 92, 93, 98, 121-
127, 146-153, 173-175, 189, 255,
256, 262-264, 271-274, 276-283,
293, 294, 311-322, 344.
Francis I., of France, 172-175.
Frederick the Great, of Prussia, 271,

276, 277, 281, 282.

Free trade established, 343.
French and Indian War, 277.
French Revolution, 309–323.
Fulton, Robert, 340.

Gaul, 13, 34.

Găv'-es-ton, Piers, 113.

George I., King, 267, 268, 269, 284.
George II., King, 268, 269, 271, 275,
278, 281, 284.

George III., King, 282, 284-295, 325-
328, 340.

George IV., King, 325–328.
Glad'-stone, William Ewart, 348-356,
361-364.

Glen'-cõe, Massacre of, 254, 255.
Glendower (glěn'-dör), Owen, 143.
Gloucester (glos'-ter), Duke of. See
Richard III.

God'-win, Earl, 53.

"Grand Remonstrance," 218.
Great Britain, geography of, 3-6;
earliest inhabitants, 6; coming of
the Britons, 7; Roman invasion,
11-19; See also England.

Gregory I., the Great Pope, 29, 30, 48.
Grey, Lady Jane, 185, 186.
Guth'-rum, Danish King, 44, 45.

Hadrian, Emperor, 15.

"Hamp'-den Clubs," 326.
Hampden, John, 214, 221.

Han'-ō-ver, accession of House of, 259,
267.

Hargreaves (hār'-grēvz), James, 297.
Harold, 53-58.

Hastings, battle of, 56-58.

Hen'-gist and Horsa, 21.

Henry I., King, 65-67.

Henry II., King, 68-79, 358.

Henry III., King, 99-107.

Henry IV., King, 138, 139, 142-146

Henry V., King, 142, 146–149.

Henry VI., King, 142, 149-162.

Henry VII., King, 163-171.

Henry VIII., King, 172-181, 183, 1 84
187.

High Court of Justice, 225.

Hoiland, 236-238, 249, 293, 294, 313,
323.

"Home Rule," for Ireland, 363, 364.
Hundred Years' War, 121-126, 146-
153.

"Hundreds," 26.

Inclosures, 183.

Independents, 200, 223.

India, 271, 280, 281, 283, 345–347,371.

Indulgence, Declarations of, 240, 241,

246, 247.

Industrial Revolution, 296–308.
Instrument of Government, 232.
Interdict, 94.

I-o'-nä, island of, 32, 33.

Ireland, 17, 77, 138, 156, 169, 170, 218,
227, 228, 231, 253, 254, 313, 328,
342, 343, 353, 357-364.
Iron, manufacture of, 301.
"Ironsides," Cromwell's, 221, 223.
Isabella, Queen, 113.

Jac'-ō-bites, 266, 267, 271.
James I., King, 195, 203-209, 274.

James II., Duke of York, 242, 243;
King, 244-256, 263.

James VI. of Scotland (See also James
I.), 195, 203.

Jenkins, Captain, 270.

Jennings, Sarah (Lady Churchill), 260,

261, 263, 264.

Jō-ăn' of Arc, 151, 152.

John, King, 79, 91-99.

Juries, 73, 74.

Jutes, 20, 23.

Katherine of France, 149.
Kent, 23, 30, 31.

Kil-lie-krǎn'-kie, battle of, 254.
"King's Friends,"285, 286, 288.
Knighthood, 81-83.
Knox, John, 194.

La Hogue (hōg), battle of, 255.
Landholding, among the Old English,

24, 25; feudal tenure established,60.
Land League, Irish, 361, 362.
Langton, Stephen, Archbishop of
Canterbury, 94-96.

Laud, William, Archbishop, 214.
Law, reforms of, 46, 47, 72, 73, 108-
110, 335.

"Levellers" the, 227, 228.

Liberal party.

See Whig.

Livery and maintenance, 170, 171.
London, 45, 239, 240.

Londonderry, siege of, 253.

Long Parliament, 215, 231, 233.

Louis XIV. of France, 238, 240, 246,

250, 252, 254, 255, 261-264.
Louis XVI., of France, 311.

Louis XVIII., of France, 320, 321.
Luck'-now, siege of, 346, 347.

MacAdam, John, 304.

Macaulay, Thomas (Lord), 330, 331.
March, Earl of, 139, 140, 143.
Margaret, Queen, 156-162.

Maria Theresa (mä-rē'-ä tā-rā'-zä), of
Austria, 271.

Marie Antoinette (mä-rē' an-toi-nět'),
311.

Marlborough (märl'-bur-ō), Duke of

(John Churchill), 260, 261, 263, 264.
Marston Moor, 221, 222.

Mary I., Queen, 175, 185-190.
Mary II., Queen, 248-250, 252, 258.
Mary Stuart, of Scotland, 184, 194–

197.

Matilda, 67, 68.

Mercia, 23, 39.

Methodists, rise of, 306, 307.

Monk, General George, 233, 237.
Monks, 36-38.

Monmouth, Duke of, 245.

Montcalm, General, 279.

More, Sir Thomas, 180, 183.
Morse, Samuel, 341.
"Mortmain," 109.
Mutiny Act, 257.

Mutiny, in India, 345-347.

Naseby (naz'bi), battle of, 223.
Navigation Acts, 237, 289, 359.
Nelson, Admiral Horatio, 314, 316.
Neville's (nev'ils), Cross, battle of,
124.

New Forest, 63, 65.

New Zealand, 283, 368, 369.
Nightingale, Florence, 344.
Nile, battle of, 314.

Normandy, 41, 53; ruled by William
the Conqueror, 64; given to Robert,
65; again united to English crown,
67; lost by John, 92, 93.

Normans, 41, 53; conquer England.
55-58.

North, Lord, 294, 317.

Northampton, battle of, 157.
Northmen, See "Danes."

Northumberland, Duke of, 185, 186.
Northumberland, kingdom of, 23, 31,

39.

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