People & A Nation Vol 1

Note: Each chapter includes a Summary.. 1. Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600. American Societies. North America in 1492. African Societies. European Societies. Early European Explorations. The Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their Successors. Spanish Exploration and Conquest. The Columbian Exchange. Links to the World: Maize. Europeans in North America. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Columbus Day. 2. Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1640. New Spain, New France, and New Netherland. The Caribbean. Links to the World: Wampum. English Interest in Colonization. The Founding of Virginia. Life in the Chesapeake. The Founding of New England. Life in New England. Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Foxwoods Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum. 3. North America in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720. The Growth of Anglo-American Settlements. A Decade of Imperial Crises: The 1670s. African Slavery on the Mainland. The Web of Empire and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Links to the World: International Piracy. Enslavement of Africans and Indians. Imperial Reorganization and the Witchcraft Crisis. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Americans of African Descent. 4. American Society Transformed, 1720-1770. Population Growth and Ethnic Diversity. Economic Growth and Development. Colonial Cultures. Links to the World: Exotic Beverages. Colonial Families. Politics: Stability and Crisis in British America. A Crisis in Religion. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Self-Made Men". 5. Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774. Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and Indians. Links to the World: The First Worldwide War. 1763: A Turning Point. The Stamp Act Crisis. Resistance to the Townshend Acts. Confrontations in Boston. Tea and Turmoil. Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Census and Reapportionment. 6. A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783. Government by Congress and Committee. Contest in the Backcountry. Choosing Sides. Links to the World: New Nations. War and Independence. The Struggle in the North. Life in the Army and on the Home Front. Victory in the South. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Revolutionary Origins. 7. Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789. Creating a Virtuous Republic. Links to the World: Novels. The First Emancipation and the Growth of Racism. Designing Republican Governments. Trials of the Confederation. Order and Disorder in the West. From Crisis to the Constitution. Opposition and Ratification. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Women's Education. 8. The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800. Building a Workable Government. Domestic Policy Under Washington and Hamilton. The French Revolution and the Development of Partisan Politics. Partisan Politics and Relations with Great Britain. John Adams and Political Dissent. Indians and African Americans at the End of the Century. Links to the World: Haitian Refugees. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Dissent During Wartime. 9. Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801-1815. The Jefferson Presidency and Marshall Court. Louisiana and Lewis and Clark. A New Political Culture. Indian Resistance. American Shipping Imperiled. Links to the World: Industrial Piracy. "Mr. Madison's War". Peace and Consequences. Legacy for a People and a Nation: States' Rights and Nullification. 10. Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816-1845. Postwar Nationalism. The Market Economy and Government's Role. Transportation Links. Links to the World: The United States as a Developing Nation. Commercial Farming. The Rise of Manufacturing and Commerce. Workers and the Workplace. Americans on the Move. American Indian Resistance and Removal. Legacy for a People and a Nation: A Mixed Economy. 11. Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824-1845. From Revival to Reform. Abolitionism and the Women's Movement. Links to the World: The International Antislavery Movement. Jacksonianism and Party Politics. Federalism at Issue: The Nullification and Bank Controversies. The Whig Challenge and the Second Party System. Manifest Destiny and Expansionism. Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Bible Belt. 12. People and Communities in the North and West, 1830-1860. Country Life. The West. Links to the World: Gold in California. City Life. Extremes of Wealth. Family Life. Immigrant Lives in America. Free People of Color. Legacy for a People and a Nation: White Fascination with and Appropriation of Black Culture. 13. People and Communities in a Slave Society: The South, 1830-1860. The "Distinctive" South?. Free Southerners: Farmers, Free Blacks, and Planters. Links to the World: "King Cotton" in the World Economy. Slave Life and Labor. Slave Culture. Slave Resistance and Rebellion. Harmony and Tension in a Slave Society. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Reparations for Slavery. 14. Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845-1861. The War with Mexico and Its Consequences. 1850: Compromise or Armistice?. Slavery Expansion and Collapse of the Party System. Links to the World: Annexation of Cuba. Slavery and the Nation's Future. Disunion. Legacy for a People and a Nation: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?. 15. Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1961-1865. America Goes to War, 1861-1862. War Transforms the South. Wartime Northern Economy and Society. The Advent of Emancipation. The Soldiers' War. 1863: The Tide of Battle Turns. Disunity, South, North, and West. 1864-1865: The Final Test of Wills. Links to the World: The Civil War in Britain. Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Confederate Battle Flag. 16. Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877. Wartime Reconstruction. The Meanings of Freedom. Johnson's Reconstruction Plan. The Congressional Reconstruction Plan. Reconstruction Politics in the South. Reconstruction Reversed. Links to the World: The Grants' Tour of the World. Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Fourteenth Amendment."