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UNIT 1:  BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

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 4:  Life in the Colonies  (1650-1750)

Section 1:  Governing the Colonies

Section 2:  Colonial Society

Section 3:  Slavery in the Colonies

Section 4:  The Spread of New Ideas

 

UNIT 2:  FORMING A NEW NATION

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

UNIT 3:  THE NEW REPUBLIC

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

             
         
         
       
       
         
     

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