CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I – THE THIRTEEN COLONIES 1606-1763
1. THE PRE-COLONIAL EPOCH
2. THE MOTIVES OF COLONIZATION
3. VIRGINIA AND NEW ENGLAND
4. THE LATER COLONIES
5. COLONIAL SOCIETY
6. BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY

CHAPTER II – THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1763-83
1. THE QUARREL, 1763-75
2. THE WAR, TO SARATOGA 1775-78
3. THE WAR, AFTER SARATOGA 1778-83

CHAPTER III – THE UNION 1783-89
1. FROM CHAOS TO UNION
2. THE CONSTITUTION

CHAPTER IV – THE RULE OF THE FEDERALISTS 1789-1801
1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
2. AMERICA AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

CHAPTER V – THE VIRGINIAN DYNASTY 1801-25
1. JEFFERSON 1801-09: LOUISIANA AND THE EMBARGO
2. MADISON 1809-17: THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR
3. MONROE 1817-25: AMERICA LEAVES EUROPE AND GOES WEST

CHAPTER VI – DEMOCRACY AND EXPANSION 1824-50
1. THE JACKSONIAN REVOLUTION 1824-37
2. VAN BUREN, HARRISON AND TYLER 1837-45
3. NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST
4. TEXAS, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA 1845-50

CHAPTER VII – THE BREAKDOWN OF THE UNION 1850-61
1. INCREASING TENSION 1850-59
2. THE BREAKING POINT 1858-61

CHAPTER VIII – REUNION 1861-77
1. THE CIVIL WAR 1861-62
2. THE CIVIL WAR 1863-65
3. RECONSTRUCTION 1865-77

CHAPTER IX – MODERN AMERICA EMERGES 1865-1900
1. THE ANARCHY OF THE MILLIONAIRES
2. PARTY POLITICAS AND PRESIDENTS
3. FOREIGN POLICY AND THE SPANISH WAR

CHAPTER X – AMERICA CROSSES THE ATLANTIC 1900-20
1. THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1900-12
2. WILSON AND AMERICAN NEUTRALITY 1913-17
3. AMERICA AT WAR AND THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES 1917-20

CHAPTER XI – BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS 1920-41
1. THE REACTION 1920-32
2. THE NEW DEAL AND THE APPROACH OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1932-41