America's History, Value Edition, Volume 1
Tenth EditionRebecca Edwards; Eric Hinderaker; Robert Self; James Henretta
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PART 1âTransformations of North America, 1491â1700
CHAPTER 1 Colliding Worlds, 1491â1600â
Why did contact among Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans cause such momentous changes?
The Native American Experienceâ
The First Americansâ
American Empiresâ
Chiefdoms and Confederaciesâ
Patterns of Tradeâ
Sacred Powerâ
Western Europe: The Edge of the Old Worldâ
Hierarchy and Authority
Peasant Societyâ
Expanding Trade Networksâ
Myths, Religions, and Holy Warriorsâ
West and Central Africa: Origins of the Atlantic Slave Tradeâ
Empires, Kingdoms, and Ministatesâ
Trans-Saharan and Coastal Tradeâ
The Spirit Worldâ
Exploration and Conquestâ
Portuguese Expansionâ
The African Slave Tradeâ
Sixteenth-Century Incursionsâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 1 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 2 American Experiments, 1521â1700â
Why did the American colonies develop the social, political, and economic institutions they did, and why were some colonial experiments more successful than others?
Spainâs Tribute Coloniesâ
A New American Worldâ
The Columbian Exchangeâ
The Protestant Challenge to Spainâ
Plantation Coloniesâ
Brazilâs Sugar Plantationsâ
Englandâs Chesapeake Coloniesâ
The Laboratory of the Caribbeanâ
Plantation Lifeâ
Neo-European Coloniesâ
New Franceâ
New Netherlandâ
The Rise of the Iroquoisâ
New Englandâ
War and Rebellion in North Americaăă
Metacomâs War, 1675-1676â
The Pueblo Revoltâ
Baconâs Rebellionâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 2 REVIEWâ
PART 2âBritish North America and the Atlantic World, 1607â1763
CHAPTER 3 The British Atlantic World, 1607â1750â
Why and how did the South Atlantic System reshape the economy, society, and culture of British North America?
Colonies to Empire, 1607â1713â
Self-Governing Colonies and New Elites, 1607â1660â
The Restoration Colonies and Imperial Expansionâ
From Mercantilism to Imperial Dominionâ
The Glorious Revolution in England and Americaâ
Imperial Wars and Native Peoplesâ
Tribalizationâ
Indian Goalsâ
The Imperial Slave Economyâ
The South Atlantic Systemâ
Africa, Africans, and the Slave Tradeâ
Slavery in the Chesapeake and South Carolinaâ
An African American Community Emergesâ
The Rise of the Southern Gentryâ
The Northern Maritime Economyâ
The Urban Economyâ
Urban Societyâ
The New Politics of Empire, 1713â1750â
The Rise of Colonial Assembliesâ
Salutary Neglectâ
Protecting the Mercantile Systemâ
Mercantilism and the American Coloniesâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 3 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 4 Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720â1763
Why did transatlantic travel and communication reshape Britainâs American colonies so dramatically?
New Englandâs Freehold Societyâ
Farm Families: Women in the Household Economyâ
Farm Property: Inheritance
Freehold Society in Crisisâ
Diversity in the Middle Coloniesâ
Economic Growth, Opportunity, and Conflictâ
Cultural Diversity
Religion and Politicsâ
Cultural Transformationsăă
Transportation and the Print Revolutionâ
The Enlightenment in Americaâ
American Pietism and the Great Awakeningâ
Religious Upheaval in the Northâ
Social and Religious Conflict in the Southâ
The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750â1763
The French and Indian Warâ
The Great War for Empireâ
British Industrial Growth and the Consumer Revolutionâ
The Struggle for Land in the Eastâ
Western Rebels and Regulatorsâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 4 REVIEWâ
PART 3âRevolution and Republican Culture, 1754â1800
CHAPTER 5 The Problem of Empire, 1754â1776
Why did the imperial crisis lead to war between Britain and the United States?
An Empire Transformedâ
The Costs of Empireâ
George Grenville and the Reform Impulseâ
An Open Challenge: The Stamp Actâ
The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765â1770â
Formal Protests and the Politics of the Crowdâ
The Ideological Roots of Resistanceâ
Another Kind of Freedomâ
Parliament and Patriots Square Off Againâ
The Problem of the Westâ
Parliament Waversâ
The Road to Independence, 1771â1776â
A Compromise Repudiatedâ
The Continental Congress Respondsâ
The Rising of the Countrysideâ
Loyalists and Neutralsâ
Violence East and Westâ
Lord Dunmoreâs Warâ
Armed Resistance in Massachusettsâ
The Second Continental Congress Organizes for Warâ
Thomas Paineâs Common Senseâ
Independence Declaredâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 5 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 6 Making War and Republican Governments, 1776â1789
Why did the American independence movement succeed, and what changes did it initiate in American society and government?ă
The Trials of War, 1776â1778â
War in the Northâ
Armies and Strategiesâ
Victory at Saratogaâ
The Perils of Warâ
Financial Crisisâ
Valley Forgeâ
The Path to Victory, 1778â1783â
The French Allianceâ
War in the Southâ
The Patriot Advantageâ
Diplomatic Triumphâ
Creating Republican Institutions, 1776â1787â
The State Constitutions: How Much Democracy?â
Women Seek a Public Voiceâ
The Warâs Losers: Loyalists, Native Americans, and Slavesâ
The Articles of Confederation
Shaysâs Rebellionâ
The Constitution of 1787â
The Rise of a Nationalist Factionâ
The Philadelphia Conventionâ
The People Debate Ratificationâ
SUMMARY
CHAPTER 6 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 7 Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787â1820
Why did the United States survive the challenges of the first three decades to become a viable, growing, independent republic?
The Political Crisis of the 1790sâ
The Federalists Implement the Constitutionâ
Hamiltonâs Financial Programâ
Jeffersonâs Agrarian Visionâ
The French Revolution Divides Americansâ
The Rise of Political Partiesâ
A Republican Empire Is Bornâ
Sham Treaties and Indian Landsâ
Migration and the Changing Farm Economyâ
The Jefferson Presidencyâ
Jefferson and the Westâ
The War of 1812 and the Transformation of Politicsâ
Conflict in the Atlantic and the Westâ
The War of 1812â
The Federalist Legacyâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 7 REVIEWâ
PART 4âOverlapping Revolutions, 1800â1848
CHAPTER 8 Economic Transformations, 1800â1848
Why and how did the economic transformations of the first half of the nineteenth century reshape northern and southern society and culture?
Foundations of a New Economic Orderâ
Credit and Bankingâ
Transportation and the Market Revolutionâ
The Cotton Complex: Northern Industry and Southern Agricultureâ
The American Industrial Revolutionâ
Origins of the Cotton Southâ
The Cotton Boom and Slaveryâ
Technological Innovation and Laborâ
The Spread of Innovationâ
Wageworkers and the Labor Movementâ
The Growth of Cities and Townsâ
New Social Classes and Culturesâ
Inequality in the South â
The Northern Business Eliteâ
The Middle Classâ
Urban Workers and the Poorâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 8 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 9 A Democratic Revolution, 1800â1848
Why did Andrew Jacksonâs election mark a turning point in American politics?
The Rise of Popular Politicsâ
The Decline of the Notables and the Rise of Partiesâ
Racial Exclusion and Republican Motherhoodâ
The Missouri Crisis, 1819â1821â
The Election of 1824â
The Last Notable President: John Quincy Adamsâ
"The Democracy" and the Election of 1828â
Jackson in Power, 1829â1837â
Jacksonâs Agenda: Rotation and Decentralizationâ
The Tariff and Nullificationâ
The Bank Warâ
Indian Removalâ
Jacksonâs Impactâ
Class, Culture, and the Second Party Systemâ
The Whig Worldviewâ
Labor Politics and the Depression of 1837â1843â
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!"â
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 9 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 10 Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820â1848
Why did new intellectual, religious, and social movements emerge in the early nineteenth century, and how did they change American society?
Spiritual Awakeningsâ
The Second Great Awakening and Reformâ
Transcendentalismâ
Utopian Communities and New Religious Movementsâ
Urban Cultures and Conflictsâ
Sex in the Cityâ
Urban Entertainmentsâ
Popular Fiction and the Penny Pressâ
African Americans and the Struggle for Freedomââ
Free Black Communities, South and Northâ
The Rise of Abolitionismâ
The Womenâs Rights Movementâ
Origins of the Womenâs Rights Movementâ
From Antislavery to Womenâs Rightsâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 10 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 11 Imperial Ambitions, 1820â1848
Why did the ideology of Manifest Destiny unite Americans and shape United States politics?
The Expanding Southâ
Planters, Small Freeholders, and Poor Freemenâ
The Settlement of Texasâ
The Politics of Democracyâ
The World of Enslaved African Americans â
Forging Families and Communitiesâ
Working Lives â
Contesting the Boundaries of Slavery
Manifest Destiny, North and Southâ
The Push to the Pacificâ
The Plains Indiansâ
The Fateful Election of 1844â
The U.S.-Mexico War, 1846â1848â
The Mexican North
Polkâs Expansionist Programâ
American Military Successesâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 11 REVIEWâ
PART 5âConsolidating a Continental Union, 1844â1877
CHAPTER 12 Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844â1861
Why did the new Republican Party arise, and what events led to Democratic division and southern secession?
Consequences of the U.S.-Mexico War, 1844â1850â
"Free Soil" in Politicsâ
California Gold and Racial Warfareâ
1850: Crisis and Compromiseâ
An Emerging Political Crisis, 1850â1858â
The Abolitionist Movement Growsâ
Pierce and Expansionâ
Immigrants and Know-Nothingsâ
The West and the Fate of the Unionâ
Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Triumph, 1858â1860â
Lincolnâs Political Careerâ
The Union Under Siegeâ
The Election of 1860â
Secession Winter, 1860â1861â
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 12 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 13 Bloody Ground: The Civil War, 1861â1865
Why and how did the Union win the Civil War?ă
War Begins, 1861â1862â
Early Expectationsâ
Campaigns East and Westâ
Antietam and Its Consequencesâ
Toward "Hard War," 1863â
Politics North and Southâ
The Impact of Emancipationâ
Citizens and the Work of Warâ
Vicksburg and Gettysburgâ
The Road to Union Victory, 1864â1865â
Grant and Sherman Take Commandâ
The Election of 1864 and Shermanâs Marchâ
The Confederacy Collapsesâ
The World the War Madeâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 13 REVIEWâ
CHAPTER 14 Reconstruction, 1865â1877
Why did freedpeople, Republican policymakers, and ex-Confederates all end up dissatisfied with Reconstruction or with its aftermath? To what degree did each group succeed in fulfilling its goals?ă
The Struggle for National Reconstructionâ
Presidential Approaches: From Lincoln to Johnsonâ
Congress Versus the Presidentâ
Radical Reconstructionâ
Womenâs Rights Deniedâ
The Meaning of Freedomâ
The Quest for Landâ
Republican Governments in the Southâ
Building Black Communitiesâ
The Undoing of Reconstructionâ
The Republicans Unravelâ
Counterrevolution in the Southâ
Reconstruction Rolled Backâ
The Political Crisis of 1877â
Lasting Legaciesâ
SUMMARYâ
CHAPTER 14 REVIEWâ