It was important also in its results, for it
won much needed respect for our flag and gave a wonderful uplift to the
American cause. The victor, John Paul Jones, who was loaded with honors,
from that day took rank with the great sea-captains of the world.
SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
1. Tell all you can about the early life of John Paul Jones.
2. Why did the English call him a pirate when he was sailing along the
British coasts in order to destroy property?
3. What was the outcome of the desperate sea duel between the Bon Homme
Richard and the Serapis?
4. What do you admire about John Paul Jones?
5. Do not fail to locate every event upon the map.
CHAPTER VII
DANIEL BOONE
You remember that when the Last French War began, in 1756, the English
colonists lived almost entirely east of the Alleghany Mountains. If you
will look at your map, you will see how small a part of our present great
country they occupied.
Even up to the beginning of the Revolution the Americans had few settlers
west of the Alleghanies, and had done very little there to make good their
claims to land.
Yet at the close of the war we find that their western boundary-line had
been pushed back as far as the Mississippi River.
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