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History.

History A. Greek and Roman History, including the geography of
Greece and the early development of Ancient Hellas; state and national
development to the period of the foreign wars; the foreign wars
and the supremacy of Athens; the wars between the Greek states;
the Macedonian invasion and the empire of Alexander the Great; the

geography of Italy and early Roman legend; the Roman Republic and
its supremacy in Italy; the conquest of the Mediterranean; the transition
from republic to monarchy; the ancient world under the Roman
empire; the transition from ancient to mediæval history, down to the
death of Charlemagne. (One unit).

History B. Mediæval and Modern European History, including the
Carolingian empire and feudalism; the papacy and the beginnings of
the new Germano-Roman empire; the formation of France; the East
and the crusades; Christian and feudal civilization; the era of the
Renaissance; the Protestant Revolution and the religious wars; the
ascendency of France and the age of Louis Quatorze; the rise of
Russia and Prussia and colonial expansion; the French Revolution; Napoleon
and the Napoleonic wars; the growth of nationality, democracy
and liberty in the Nineteenth Century. (One unit).

History C. English History, including the geography of England
and early Britain; Saxon England; Norman England; England under
the Plantagenets; Tudor England; Puritans and Royalists; the constitutional
monarchy; the modern British empire. (One unit).

History D. American History and Civil Government:—In American
History the work includes the earliest discoveries to 1607; Virginia
and the other Southern colonies; Massachusetts and the other
New England colonies; New York and the other Middle colonies;
the colonies in the Eighteenth Century; the causes of the Revolution;
the Revolution, the Confederation, and the Constitution; Federalist
supremacy to 1801; Jeffersonian Republicanism to 1817; economic
and political reorganization to 1829; the National Democracy to 1844;
slavery in the Territories to 1860; the War of Secession, Reconstruction
and the problems of peace to 1900. In Civil Government the
work covers the early forms of Government; the Colonies and Colonial
Government; Colonial Union and the Revolution; the Confederation
and the Constitution; the Political Parties and Party
Machinery; the existing Federal Government; the Foreign Relations
of the United States. (One unit).