A People and a Nation: Volume I to 1877

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Brief Contents
......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Maps......Page 14
Links to the World......Page 15
Legacy for a People and a Nation......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
About the Authors......Page 24
1 Three Old Worlds Create a New 1492–1600......Page 27
American Societies......Page 30
North America in 1492......Page 32
African Societies......Page 35
European Societies......Page 38
Early European Explorations......Page 41
Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their Successors......Page 43
Spanish Exploration and Conquest......Page 47
The Columbian Exchange......Page 49
Links to the World: Maize......Page 52
Europeans in North America......Page 53
Summary......Page 55
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 56
2 Europeans Colonize North America 1600–1650......Page 57
Spanish, French, and Dutch North America......Page 60
The Caribbean......Page 63
Links to the World: Wampum......Page 64
English Interest in Colonization......Page 66
The Founding of Virginia......Page 68
Life in the Chesapeake......Page 71
The Founding of New England......Page 74
Life in New England......Page 80
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Blue Laws......Page 82
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 83
3 North America in the Atlantic World 1650–1720......Page 85
The Growth of Anglo-American Settlements......Page 88
A Decade of Imperial Crises: The 1670s......Page 94
The Atlantic Trading System......Page 98
Slavery in North America and the Caribbean......Page 104
Imperial Reorganization and the Witchcraft Crisis......Page 107
Links to the World: Exotic Beverages......Page 108
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Americans of African Descent......Page 112
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 113
4 American Society Transformed 1720–1770......Page 115
Population Growth and Ethnic Diversity......Page 118
Economic Growth and Development......Page 124
Colonial Cultures......Page 128
Links to the World: Smallpox Inoculation......Page 130
Colonial Families......Page 134
Politics: Stability and Crisis in British America......Page 137
A Crisis in Religion......Page 139
Legacy for a People and a Nation: “Self-Made Men”......Page 141
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 142
5 Severing the Bonds of Empire 1754–1774......Page 143
Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and Indians......Page 146
Links to the World: The First Worldwide War......Page 150
1763: A Turning Point......Page 152
The Stamp Act Crisis......Page 155
Resistance to the Townshend Acts......Page 160
Confrontations in Boston......Page 162
Tea and Turmoil......Page 165
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Women’s Political Activism......Page 167
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 168
6 A Revolution, Indeed 1774–1783......Page 169
Government by Congress and Committee......Page 172
Contest in the Backcountry......Page 174
Choosing Sides......Page 175
Links to the World: New Nations......Page 178
War and Independence......Page 179
The Struggle in the North......Page 183
Life in the Army and on the Home Front......Page 186
Victory in the South......Page 188
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Revolutionary Origins......Page 191
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 192
7 Forging a National Republic 1776–1789......Page 193
Creating a Virtuous Republic......Page 196
Links to the World: Novels......Page 198
The First Emancipation and the Growth of Racism......Page 201
Designing Republican Governments......Page 204
Trials of the Confederation......Page 206
Order and Disorder in the West......Page 208
From Crisis to the Constitution......Page 211
Opposition and Ratification......Page 215
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Township and Range System......Page 218
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 219
8 The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad 1789–1800......Page 221
Building a Workable Government......Page 224
Domestic Policy Under Washington and Hamilton......Page 225
The French Revolution and the Development of Partisan Politics......Page 230
Partisan Politics and Relations with Great Britain......Page 232
John Adams and Political Dissent......Page 234
The West in the New Nation......Page 237
“Revolutions” at the End of the Century......Page 240
Links to the World: Haitian Refugees......Page 242
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Dissent During Wartime......Page 243
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 244
9 Defining the Nation 1801–1823......Page 245
Political Visions......Page 248
National Expansion Westward......Page 251
The Nation in the Orbit of Europe......Page 255
The War of 1812......Page 259
The Nationalist Program......Page 263
Sectionalism Exposed......Page 266
Links to the World: Industrial Piracy......Page 267
Summary......Page 270
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 271
10 The Rise of the South 1815–1860......Page 273
The “Distinctive” South......Page 276
Southern Expansion, Indian Resistance and Removal......Page 281
Links to the World: The Amistad Case......Page 282
Limits of Mobility in a Hierarchical Society......Page 287
The Planters’ World......Page 291
Slave Life and Labor......Page 295
Slave Culture and Resistance......Page 298
Summary......Page 303
Legacy for a People and a Nation: Reparations for Slavery......Page 304
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 305
11 The Modernizing North 1815–1860......Page 307
Or Is It the North That Was Distinctive?......Page 310
The Transportation Revolution......Page 312
Links to the World: The United States as a Developing Nation......Page 317
Factories and Industrialization......Page 318
Consumption and Commercialization......Page 320
Families in Flux......Page 323
The Growth of Cities......Page 324
Legacy for a People and a Nation: A Mixed Economy......Page 333
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 334
12 Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson 1824–1845......Page 335
From Revival to Reform......Page 338
Communitarian Experiments......Page 342
Abolitionism......Page 344
Links to the World: The International Antislavery Movement......Page 346
Women’s Rights......Page 348
Jacksonianism and Party Politics......Page 350
Federalism at Issue: The Nullification and Bank Controversies......Page 353
The Whig Challenge and the Second Party System......Page 356
Summary......Page 358
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Bible Belt......Page 359
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 360
13 The Contested West 1815–1860......Page 361
The West in the American Imagination......Page 364
Expansion and Resistance in the Old Northwest......Page 367
The Federal Government and Westward Expansion......Page 372
Links to the World: Gold in California......Page 374
The Southwestern Borderlands......Page 377
Migration to the Far West......Page 382
The Politics of Territorial Expansion......Page 387
Summary......Page 389
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 390
14 Slavery and America’s Future: The Road to War 1845–1861......Page 391
The War with Mexico and Its Consequences......Page 394
1850: Compromise or Armistice?......Page 399
Slavery Expansion and Collapse of the Party System......Page 404
Links to the World: Annexation of Cuba......Page 407
Slavery and the Nation’s Future......Page 410
Disunion......Page 412
Summary......Page 417
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 418
15 Transforming Fire: The Civil War 1861–1865......Page 419
America Goes to War, 1861–1862......Page 422
War Transforms the South......Page 428
Wartime Northern Economy and Society......Page 431
The Advent of Emancipation......Page 436
The Soldiers’ War......Page 440
1863: The Tide of Battle Turns......Page 442
Disunity: South, North, and West......Page 444
1864–1865: The Final Test of Wills......Page 449
Links to the World: The Civil War in Britain......Page 451
Summary......Page 456
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 457
16 Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution 1865–1877......Page 459
Wartime Reconstruction......Page 462
The Meanings of Freedom......Page 464
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan......Page 468
The Congressional Reconstruction Plan......Page 470
Politics and Reconstruction in the South......Page 477
Retreat from Reconstruction......Page 482
Links to the World: The Grants’ Tour of the World......Page 484
Summary......Page 487
Legacy for a People and a Nation: The Lost Cause......Page 488
Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 489
Declaration of Independence in Congress, July 4, 1776......Page 490
Articles of Confederation......Page 491
Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments......Page 495
Presidents and Vice Presidents......Page 504
Index......Page 506