CONTENTS:

I. BASIC CHRONOLOGY

Original Peopling of the Americas
Pre-Columbian Exploration
Columbus and Subsequent Exploration
The Founding of the English Colonies, 1578-1732
     Settlement of the Tobacco Provinces
     Settlement of New England
     Settlement of the Middle Colonies
     Settlement of Florida, the Carolinas, and Georgia
The Colonies and the Empire, 1624-1775
     Anglo-French Colonial Rivalry to 1763
The Era of the American Revolution, 1763-89
The Early National and Ante-Bellum Periods, 1789-1860
     War of 1812, 1812-14
     The War with Mexico, 1846-48
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-77
     The Civil War
     Reconstruction
Domestic Issues from Haynes to Wilson, 1878-1918
The United States in World Affairs, 1866-1918
     The Spanish-American War, 1898
     The United States in World War I, 1917-18
America Between Two World Wars, 1919-39
     Foreign Relations
     Domestic Issues
The United States in World War II
     Prelude to Global War, 1939-41
     The War in the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-45
     European and Mediterranean Theaters of War, 1942-45
     The United States and the Western Hemisphere, 1942-45
     International Conferences, Declarations, and Agreements, 1941-45
The United States in the Nuclear Space Age
     Relief and Reconstruction
     Peace Settlements
     Negotiations, Conferences, and Treaties, 1945-52
     Cold War: Opening Phase
     Aggression in Korea
     America in a Divided World, 1953-65
     Domestic Issues and National Politics since 1945
Presidents and Their Cabinets
     Party Strength in Congress