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The Story of Liberty & Old Times in the Colonies (Illustrated Edition)
By Charles Carleton CoffinLength22h 52m
About this audiobook
This "Story of Liberty" is a true narrative. It covers a period of five hundred years fight for liberty, from the Magna Carta (1215) up to the landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts (1620).
"Old Times in the Colonies" is an outline of some of the principal events that transpired during the colonial period of our country, and portrays the hardships and sufferings of those who laid the foundations of a new empire. It will show how the Old World laws, habits, and customs were gradually changed; how the grand ideas of Freedom and the Rights of Man took root and flourished. It covers the period from the discovery and settlement of America to the Revolutionary War.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length22 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Story of Liberty & Old Times in the Colonies (Illustrated Edition)
36Chapter II Forces of Civilization
2INTRODUCTION
37Chapter III First Settlements
3CHAPTER I JOHN LACKLAND AND THE BARONS
38Chapter IV The Wise Fool of England and His Times
4CHAPTER II THE MAN WHO PREACHED AFTER HE WAS DEAD
39Chapter V The Beginning of Two Civilizations
5CHAPTER III THE FIRE THAT WAS KINDLED IN BOHEMIA
40Chapter VI How Beaver-skins and Tobacco Helped on Civilization
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6CHAPTER IV WHAT LAURENCE COSTER AND JOHN GUTTENBERG DID FOR LIBERTY
41Chapter VII The Pilgrims
7CHAPTER V THE MEN WHO ASK QUESTIONS
42Chapter VIII First Years at Plymouth
8CHAPTER VI HOW A MAN TRIED TO REACH THE EAST BY SAILING WEST
43Chapter IX Settlement of New Hampshire, New York, and Canada
9CHAPTER VII THE NEW HOME OF LIBERTY
44Chapter X The Puritan Beginning
10CHAPTER VIII A BOY WHO OBJECTED TO MARRYING HIS BROTHER'S WIDOW
45Chapter XI The Puritans Take Possession of New England
11CHAPTER IX THE MAN WHO CAN DO NO WRONG
46Chapter XII Rhode Island and New Hampshire
12CHAPTER X THE BOY WHO SUNG FOR HIS BREAKFAST
47Chapter XIII Affairs at Manhattan
13CHAPTER XI WHAT THE BOY WHO SUNG FOR HIS BREAKFAST SAW IN ROME
48Chapter XIV The Struggle for Liberty in England, and Hot It Affected America
14CHAPTER XII THE BOY-CARDINAL
49Chapter XV The Quakers
15CHAPTER XIII THE BOY-EMPEROR
50Chapter XVI The End of Dutch Rule in America
16CHAPTER XIV THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD
51Chapter XVII The Times of Charles II
17CHAPTER XV THE MEN WHO OBEY ORDERS
52Chapter XVIII King Philip's War
18CHAPTER XVI PLANS THAT DID NOT COME TO PASS
53Chapter XIX Louis Frontenac in Canada
19CHAPTER XVII THE MAN WHO SPLIT THE CHURCH IN TWAIN
54Chapter XX Governor Berkeley and the Virginians
20CHAPTER XVIII THE QUEEN WHO BURNED HERETICS
55Chapter XXI How the King Took Away the Charters of the Colonies
21CHAPTER XIX HOW LIBERTY BEGAN IN FRANCE
56Chapter XXII King William's War
22CHAPTER XX THE MAN WHO FILLED THE WORLD WITH WOE
57Chapter XXIII New Jersey and Maryland
23CHAPTER XXI PROGRESS OF LIBERTY IN ENGLAND
58Chapter XXIV Settlement of Pennsylvania
24CHAPTER XXII HOW THE POPE PUT DOWN THE HERETICS
59Chapter XXV Witches
25CHAPTER XXIII THE QUEEN OF THE SCOTS
60Chapter XXVI The Legacy of Blood
26CHAPTER XXIV ST. BARTHOLOMEW
61Chapter XXVII Maine and New Hampshire
27CHAPTER XXV HOW THE "BEGGARS" FOUGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS
62Chapter XXVIII The Carolinas
28CHAPTER XXVI WHY THE QUEEN OF SCOTLAND LOST HER HEAD
63Chapter XXIX Georgia
29CHAPTER XXVII THE RETRIBUTION THAT FOLLOWED CRIME
64Chapter XXX The Negro Tragedy
30CHAPTER XXVIII WILLIAM BREWSTER AND HIS FRIENDS
65Chapter XXXI The Beginning of a Great Struggle
31CHAPTER XXIX THE STAR OF EMPIRE
66Chapter XXXII Defeat of General Braddock
32CHAPTER XXX THE "HALF-MOON"
67Chapter XXXIII The Emperor of Austria's Will
33CHAPTER XXXI STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS
68Chapter XXXIV Incompetent and Cowardly Generals
34Preface
69Chapter XXXV Two Civilizations
35Chapter I Discovery of San Salvador
70Chapter XXXVI The Destiny of an Empire