Excerpt from A Junior Class History of the United States: To Which Are Added the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States, With Questions, Exercises, Copious Notes, Etc This work is designed, as its title indicates, for elementary classes. The narrative is brief and simple. Expressions not easily intelligible by pupils of a grade sufficiently advanced to commence the study of history, have been carefully avoided; but, at the same time, no attempt has been made to lower the style to the grade of a book for the nursery. All the important facts in the history of our country have been included in the text. Additional statements, referring to certain matters of detail - interesting incidents, anecdotes, biographical sketches, etc - are supplied by notes. These, when read in connection with the text, cannot fail to make the study of the history more entertaining to the young pupil, and will aid in durably impressing upon his memory the main facts of the history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.