American History
	As with the rest of our studies, instruction in the history of the United States and the Americas relies heavily upon source materials including:

Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (1492) How Cortés took Montezuma Prisoner by Francisco Lopez de Gómara (1519) An English Free-Booter's Adventures by Sir John Hawkins (1568) The Piety of Sea Rover by Sir Francis Drake (1578) Expedition to El Dorado by Sir Walter Raleigh (1595) First Suggestion of a Trans-continental Trade by Edward Hayes (1602) Why the Pilgrims Left England for Holland by William Bradford (1607-1608) How to Order a Colony by The Massachusetts Company (1629) An Attempt to Sift Emigration by King Charles I (1637) Instructions for the Councill Appointed for Foreign Plantaçons King Charles II (1660) Discovery of the Mississippi by Fr. James Marquette (1673) ...And So On.