7. Matters in dispute put to the test of civil war.

8. Parliamentary control of taxation secured by Bill of Rights.

(d) Outline for struggle for a share in the government. England, "Mother of Parliaments."

1. Period of struggle for a voice in the government
by representation of the people (1215 to 1640).
(a) Provision in the Great Charter for a Great
Council of the Baronage.

(b) Parliament of Simon de Montfort (1265).
(c) Model Parliament of Edward I (1295).
Called by the King.

Two representatives from every shire and two
burgesses from every borough.

(d) Powers exercised by the Good Parliament. Control of taxation, control of legislation, control of the King's ministers.

(e) Position of Parliament under the Tudor sovereigns.

Parliament subservient to the sovereign, but each sovereign somewhat influenced by public opinion.

(f) Under James I royal proclamations declared by Parliament not to have the force of law. 2. Period of struggle to establish the principle of parliamentary control of the government (1620 to 1683).

(a) Under the Stuart sovereigns.

Readings in English History," Edward P. Cheyney. Modern European History," Charles D. Hazen. "Constitutional History of England," Vol. III, T. E. May. "Elements of English Constitutional History," F. C. Montague.

"The Theory and Practice of the English Government,” T. F. Moran.

"The Governments of Europe," Frederick A. Ogg. "Medieval and Modern Times," James Harvey Robinson. Development of Modern Europe," Robinson and Beard. Outlines of European History," Vol. II, Robinson and

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"Selected Readings in English History," Tuell and Hatch. "The Modern World," Willis M. West.

B. England the Mother of Colonies.

Map study of the present dominions of Great Britain. Comparison of the spirit of Shakespeare's England “A jewel set in a silver sea," with Miss Cone's "Glory of ships that sought far goals."

1. England's part in the explorations of the fifteenth century.

Work of John Cabot and the basis of England's claim to North America.

2. The Merchant Adventurers.

3. English mariners of the Elizabethan Age.

Drake, Frobisher, Hawkins, Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh.

The spirit and motive of their explorations.

4. Great trading companies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-Muscovy Company, Levant Company, Guinea Company, East India Company, London Company, and Plymouth Company.

Extent of English commercial influence.

Part played by the government in the work of the companies.

The American colonies as business enterprises.

5. The eighteenth century a hundred years of struggle for colonial supremacy.

Underlying doctrine: The mercantilist theory in economics.

Outline of the struggle with France.

(a) In North America.

Landmarks: Treaty of Utrecht, 1713

(b) In India.

Work of Clive.

Peace of Paris, 1763.

Treaty of Versailles, 1783.

Work of Hastings.

Reorganization of the government of India. (c) Struggle for self-defence against Napoleon. Nelson and Wellington.

Special topic: Study of English poetry as an index to the national feeling of the period.

A. Nationalism as a factor in the making of modern history.

The struggle for German unity.

The struggle for Italian unity.

Nationalist ambitions of the Balkan States.
Nationalist feeling in Poland and Finland.

B. Imperialism-a larger nationalism.

I. Definition of imperialism.

"The policy of adding distant territories for the purpose of controlling their products, getting trade with natives, investing money in the development of natural resources." (J. H. Robinson.)

II. Imperialism a cause of international disputes.
1. In the Far East.

Japanese, Russian, German, and British interests in
China and Korea.

C. Common tendency toward industrialism.

The industrial revolution and the resulting development of urban life.

D. Moral and intellectual unity throughout the civilized world.

E. International organizations.

I. The Peace Movement.

First and second peace conferences.

Establishment of a permanent court of arbitration for
the settlement of international disputes.

II. Socialism-an international movement.
Definition of Socialism.

Karl Marx and his teaching.
Socialism in France.

Socialists in the revolution of 1848.

Socialists in the Paris Commune.

Socialists in the Third Republic.

Socialism in England.

The Fabian Society.

WHERE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE WAR. Teachers interested in the relation of the war to the schools of the country can obtain aid and advice from: The National Board for Historical Service, 1133 Woodward Building, Washington, D. C.

United States Bureau of Education, Division of Civic Education, Washington, D. C.

Committee on Public Information, Division of Educational Co-operation, 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.

The Committee on Patriotism, through Education of the National Security League, 31 Pine Street, New York City.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.

National Committee of Patriotic and Defense Societies, Southern Building, Washington, D. C.

The World Peace Foundation, 40 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, Mass.

American Association for International Conciliation, 407 W. 117th Street, New York City.

The American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, Baltimore, Md.

The Editor, THE HISTORY TEACHER'S MAGAZINE, Philadelphia.