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United States History to 1877

This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history.

HistoryHumanities
Author
Locks et al.
Publisher
George State Universities
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 158 sections
  1. 01: United States History Before Columbus
  2. 1.01: Origins
  3. 1.02: The Paleo-Indian Era Through the Agricultural Revolution
  4. 1.03: The Pre-Contact Era (1000-1492 CE)
  5. 1.04: Conclusion
  6. 1.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  7. 1.06: Key Terms
  8. 1.07: Chronology
  9. 02: The Global Context - Asia Europe and Africa in the Early Modern Era
  10. 2.01: Europe in the Age of Discovery - Portugal and Spain
  11. 2.02: Asia in the Age of Discovery - Chinese Expansion During the Ming Dynasty
  12. 2.03: Europe in the Age of Discovery - England and France
  13. 2.04: Africa at the Outset of the Age of Discovery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  14. 2.05: Conclusion
  15. 2.06: Critical Thinking Exercises
  16. 2.07: Key Terms
  17. 2.08: Chronology
  18. 2.09: Bibilography
  19. 03: Initial Contact and Conquest
  20. 3.01: The Impact of Discovery - The Columbian Exchange
  21. 3.02: The Iberian Countries in the New World
  22. 3.03: Control- Iberian Nations Manage their New World Territories
  23. 3.04: Alternate Modeles of Control- The French and Dutch in the Americas
  24. 3.05: Conclusion
  25. 3.06: Critical Thinking Exercises
  26. 3.07: Key Terms
  27. 3.08: Chronology
  28. 3.09: Bibiography
  29. 04: The Establishment of English Colonies Before 1642 and Their Development Through the Late Seventeenth Century
  30. 4.01: The English Background
  31. 4.02: Roanoke Raleigh's Lost Colony
  32. 4.03: Jamestown
  33. 4.04: The Chesapeake Colonies- Maryland
  34. 4.05: The Establishment of the New England Colonies
  35. 4.06: The Puritans and the Indians
  36. 4.07: New England in the Late Seventeenth Century- Declension Witchcraft and the Dominion of New England
  37. 4.08: Conclusion
  38. 4.09: Critical Thinking Exercises
  39. 4.10: Key Terms
  40. 4.11: Chronology
  41. 4.12: Bibliography
  42. 05: English Colonization After 1660
  43. 5.01: The English Background (1660-1715)
  44. 5.02: The Carolinas
  45. 5.03: The Middle Colonies
  46. 5.04: Georgia - The Final Colony
  47. 5.05: Conclusion
  48. 5.06: Critical Thinking Exercises
  49. 5.07: Key Terms
  50. 5.08: Chronology
  51. 5.09: Bibliography
  52. 06: Growing Pains in the Colonies
  53. 6.01: Colonial Administration
  54. 6.02: The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
  55. 6.03: Colonial Conflicts and Wars
  56. 6.04: Conclusion
  57. 6.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  58. 6.06: Key Terms
  59. 6.07: Chronology
  60. 6.08: Bibliography
  61. 07: The Road to Revolution (1754-1775)
  62. 7.01: The French and Indian War (1754-63)
  63. 7.02: The End of the Seven Years War and Worsening Relations 1763-1772
  64. 7.03: The Downward Slide to Revolution 1772-1775
  65. 7.04: Conclusion
  66. 7.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  67. 7.06: Key Terms
  68. 7.07: Chronology
  69. 7.08: Bibliography
  70. 08: The American Revolution
  71. 8.01: The Second Continental Congress 1775-1781
  72. 8.02: Revolutionary War Battles
  73. 8.03: The Impact of War
  74. 8.04: The Treaty of Paris 1783
  75. 8.05: Conclusion
  76. 8.06: Critical Thinking Exercises
  77. 8.07: Key Terms
  78. 8.08: Chronology
  79. 09: Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
  80. 9.01: The State Governments
  81. 9.02: The Articles of Confederation Government
  82. 9.03: The Need for a Stronger Government- Creating the US Constitution- Annapolis and Philadelphia
  83. 9.04: Conclusion
  84. 9.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  85. 9.06: Key Terms
  86. 9.07: Chronology
  87. 9.08: Bibliography
  88. 10: The Federalist Era
  89. 10.01: The Washington Years - Implementing a More Perfect Union
  90. 10.02: The Emergence of Partisan Politics
  91. 10.03: The Adams Years - Federalists Under Fire
  92. 10.04: Conclusion
  93. 10.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  94. 10.06: Key Terms
  95. 10.07: Chronology
  96. 10.08: Bibliography
  97. 11: The Early Republic
  98. 11.01: Jefferson
  99. 11.02: Madison
  100. 11.03: Economic and Social Changes
  101. 11.04: Conclusion
  102. 11.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  103. 11.06: Key Terms
  104. 11.07: Chronology
  105. 11.08: Bibliography
  106. 12: Jacksonian America (1815-1840)
  107. 12.01: The Era of Good Feelings
  108. 12.02: The Age of the Common Man
  109. 12.03: The Second Party System
  110. 12.04: Conclusion
  111. 12.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  112. 12.06: Key Terms
  113. 12.07: Chronology
  114. 12.08: Bibliography
  115. 13: Antebellum Revival and Reform
  116. 13.01: Religious Reforms in the Antebellum United States
  117. 13.02: Cultural Movements- Transcendentalism Utopian Communities and the Cult of Domesticity
  118. 13.03: American Antebellum Reform
  119. 13.04: Conclusion
  120. 13.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  121. 13.06: Key Terms
  122. 13.07: Chronology
  123. 14: Westward Expansion
  124. 14.01: Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
  125. 14.02: The Mexican-American War
  126. 14.03: Conclusion
  127. 14.04: Critical Thinking Exercises
  128. 14.05: Key Terms
  129. 14.06: Chronology
  130. 15: The Impending Crisis (1848-1861)
  131. 15.01: The Sectional Balance Begins to Unravel
  132. 15.02: The Collapse of the Second Party System
  133. 15.03: The Sectional Balance Becomes Undone
  134. 15.04: Conclusion
  135. 15.05: Critical Thinking Exercises
  136. 15.06: Key Terms
  137. 15.07: Chronology
  138. 15.08: Bibliography
  139. 16: The Civil War
  140. 16.01: The Road to War
  141. 16.02: The Military Conflict
  142. 16.03: Wartime Politics
  143. 16.04: Social Developments
  144. 16.05: Conclusion
  145. 16.06: Critical Thinking Exercises
  146. 16.07: Key Terms
  147. 16.08: Chronology
  148. 16.09: Bibliography
  149. 17: Reconstruction
  150. 17.01: Wartime Reconstruction
  151. 17.02: Reconstruction After the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  152. 17.03: The Reconstruction Experience
  153. 17.04: Retreat from Reconstruction- The Grant Years
  154. 17.05: Conclusion
  155. 17.06: Critical Thinking Exercises
  156. 17.07: Key Terms
  157. 17.08: Chronology
  158. 17.09: Bibliography