PART 1. THE COLONIAL PERIOD
CHAPTER 1 THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA
The Agencies of American Colonization
The Colonial Peoples
The Process of Colonization
CHAPTER2 COLONIALAGRICULTURE,INDUSTRY,AND COMMERCE
The Land and the Westward Movement
Industrialand Commercial Development
CHAPTER 3 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS
The Leadership of the Churches
Schools and Colleges
The Colonial Press
The Evolution in Political Institutions
CHAPTER 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM
Relations with the Indians and the French
The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies
Colonial Relations with the British Covernment
Summary of the Colonial Period
PART 2. CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER 5 THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY
George III and His System
George III’’s Ministers and Their Colonial Policies
Colonial Resistance Forces Repea
Resumption of British Revenue and Commercial Policies
Renewed Resistance in America
Retaliation by the British Covernment
From Reform to Revolution in America
CHAPTER 6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Resistance and Retaliation
American Independence
The Establishment of Government and the New Allegiance
Military Affairs
The Finances of the Revolution
The Diplomacy of the Revolution
Peace at Last
Summary of the Revolutionary Period
PART 3. FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
CHAPTER 7 THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
The Promise and the Difficulties of America
The Calling of a Constitutional Convention
The Framing of the Constitution
The Struggle over Ratification
CHAPTER 8 THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PART IES
The Men and Measures of the New Government
The Rise ofPolitical PART ies
Foreign Influences and Domestic Politics
CHAPTER 9 THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER
Republiean Principles and Polircies
The Republicans and the Great West
The Republican War for Commercial Independence
The Republicans Nationalized
The National Decisions of Chiefjustice Marshall
Summary pf the Union and National Politics
PART 4. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 10 THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS
Preparation for Western Settlement
The Western Migration and New States
The Spirit of the Frontier
The West and the East Meet
CHAPTER 11 JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
The Democratic Movementin the East
The New Democracy Enters the Arena
The New Democracy at Washington
The Rise of the Whigs
The Interaction of American and European Opinion
CHAPTER 12 THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST
The Advance of the Middle Border
On to the Paciric—Texas and the Mexican War
The Pacific Coast and Utah
Summary of Western Development and NationalPolitics
PART 5. SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 13 THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution and National Politics
CHAPTER 14 THE PLANTINC SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS
Slavery—Northand South
Slaveryin National Politics
The Drift of Events toward the Irrepressible Conflict
CHAPTER 15 THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
The Southern Confederacy
The War Measures of the Federal Covernment
The Results of the Civil War
Reconstruction in the South
Summary of the Sectional Conflict
PART 6. NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS
CHAPTER 16 THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH
The South at the Close of the War
The Restoration of White Supremacy
The Economic Advance of the South
CHAPTER 17 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE REPUBLICAN PART Y
Railways and Industry
The Supremacy of the Republican PART y (1861—85)
The Growth of Opposition to Republican Rule
CHAPTER 18 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT WEST
The Railways As Trail Blazers
The Evolution of Crazing and Agriculture
Mining and Manufacturingin the West
The Admission of New States
The Influenc,e of the Far West on National Life
CHAPTER 19 .DOMESTIC ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY (1865—1897)
The Currency Question
The Protective Tariffand Taxation
The Railways and Trusts
The Minor PART ies and Unrest
The Sound Money Battle of 1896
Republican Measures and Results
CHAPTER 20 AMERICA A WORLD POWER (1865—1900)
American Foreign Relations (1865—98)
Cuba and the Spanish War
American Policies in the Philippines and the Orient
Summary of National Growth and World Politics
PART 7. PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR