The great events in history are those where, upon special occasions, a man or a people have made a stand against tyranny, and
have preserved or advanced freedom for the people. Sometimes tyranny has taken the form of the oppression of the many by the few in the same nation, and sometimes it has been the oppression of a weak nation by a stronger one....

• i.-- Defense of freedom by Greek valor
• ii.-- Crusades
  Crusades
  The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
  
   and the Crusaders
• iii.-- Defense of freedom in Alpine passes
• iv.-- Bruce and Bannockburn
  Battle of Bannockburn
  The Battle of Bannockburn was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence...
  
  
• v.-- Christopher Columbus
  Christopher Columbus
  Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
  
   and the New World
• vi.-- Defense of freedom on Dutch dikes
• vii.-- The invincible armada
  Spanish Armada
  This article refers to the Battle of Gravelines, for the modern navy of Spain, see Spanish NavyThe Spanish Armada was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England to stop English...
  
  
• viii.-- Freedom's voyage to America
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  
• ix.-- Plassey; and how an empire was won
• x.-- Lexington
  Battles of Lexington and Concord
  The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy , and Cambridge, near Boston...
  
   and Bunker hill
  Battle of Bunker Hill
  The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...
  
  

List of publications

• Ten Great Events in History
• Glimpses of the animate world; or, Science and literature of natural history, for school and home
• A geographical reader
• A natural history reader for school and home
• Friends in feathers and fur, and other neighbors : for young folks
• Neighbors with claws and hoofs, and their kin. For boys and girls
• Neighbors with wings and fins, and some others : for young people
• School
• Some curious flyers, creepers and swimmers
• Stories of our country

External links

• Works by James Johonnot at Internet Archive
  Internet Archive
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  . Color scanned illustrated books.
• Works by James Johonnot at Google Book Search
  Google Book Search
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  . Searchable color scanned illustrated books.