Chapter 1: Roots of the American People (Prehistory- 1500)
Section 1: The Eairlest Americans
Section 2: Cultures of North America
Section 3: Trade Networks of Asia and Africa
Section 4: The European Heritage
Chapter 2: Europe Looks Outward (100-1720)
Section 1: The Age of Expolration
Section 2: Spain's Empire in the Americans
Section 3: Europeans Compete in North America
Section 4: France and the Netherlands in North America
Chapter 3: Colonies Take Root (1587-1752)
Notes for Sections 1, 2, and 3
Section 1: The First English Settlements
Section 2: The New England Colonies
Section 3: The Middle Colonies
Section 4: The Southern Colonies
Section 5: Spanish Colonies on the Borderlands
Chapter 5: The Road to Revolution (1745-1776)
Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier
Section 2: The Colonists Resist Tighter Control
Section 3: From Protest to Rebellion
Section 4: The War Begins
Chapter 6: The American Revolution (1776-1783)
Section 1: A Nation Declares Independence
Section 2: A Critical Time
Section 3: The War Widens
Section 4: Winning Independence
Chapter 7: Creaqting the Constitution (1776-1790)
Section 1: Governing a New Nation
Section 2: The Constitutional Convention
Section 3: Debating the Constitution
Chapter 8: Launching a New Nation: (1789-1800)
Section 1: Washington Takes Office
Section 2: The Birth of Political Parties
Section 3: Troubles at Home and Abroad
Section 4: The Presidency of John Adams
Chapter 9: The Era of Thomas Jefferson: (1800-1815)
Section 1: Jefferson Takes Office
Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase
Section 3: A Time of Conflict
Section 4: The War of 1812
Chapter 10: A Changing Nation: (1815-1840)
Section 1: Building a National Identity
Section 2: Dealing with Other Nations
Section 3: The Age of Jackson
Section 4: Indian Removal
Section 5: States Rights and the Economy
Chapter 11: North and South Take Different Paths: (1800–1845)
Section 1: The Industrial Revolution
Section 2: The North Transformed
Section 3: The Plantation South
Section 4: Americans Move Westward