Our Pioneers and Patriots

This classic Catholic 5th-8th grade American history textbook is organized as follows:


Unit I: Discovery

Before Columbus Came to America

Christopher Columbus

The People Columbus Found


Unit II: Exploring the New World

Seamen of Portugal and Spain

New Spain in America

The English Explorers

The French Explorers


Unit III: The English Colonies

Virginia

Other Southern Colonies

How the Southern Colonists Lived

New England Colonies

Other Founders of Colonies

Life and Work in New England

The Middle Colonies

Leaders in the Middle Colonies

Life in the Middle Colonies


Unit IV: New France

The French Come to America

Early American Saints

Father James Marquette, S.J. and Louis Joliet

Robert de La Salle


Unit V: The Great Struggle Between the English and the French

French Territory in America Lost

George Washington


Unit VI: The Birth of Our Nation

How Bad Laws Caused Trouble

Breaking With England

The Fight for Freedom

Naval Heroes

The Tide of War Turns

The Winning of the West

Forming a Government

The Church and the New Republic


Unit VII: Our Nation Grows

Thomas Jefferson

The Second War of Independence

Texas and Mexico

California

The Oregon Country


Unit VIII: Inventions and Discoveries

Inventions to Save Labor

Making It Easier to Travel

The Railroad and the Telegraph


Unit IX: Slavery and the Union

The South and Slavery

The North and Slavery

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War Leaders

Saving the Union

The South After the Civil War


Unit X: Building the West

The Indians

How Settlers Reached the West

Settling Mountain and Plain


Unit XI: Our Nation at Work

Coal, Iron, and Oil

Electrical Inventions

Transportation Becomes a Key Industry


Unit XII: Great Leaders of Modern Times

Grover Cleveland a Common-Sense Leader

Theodore Roosevelt a Forceful Leader

Woodrow Wilson, a Fearless Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt a New Deal Leader