PART I. WORLDS IN MOTION -- Chapter One. The First Americans -- Chapter Two. Europe in the Age of Discovery, 1400-1500 -- Chapter Three. The Spanish Century, 1492-1588 -- Chapter Four. Rivals for the Northland: England and France in America -- Chapter Five. The Planter Colonies -- Chapter Six. A New England -- Chapter Seven. The Middle Colonies -- Chapter Eight. The Critical Years, 1675-1700 -- PART II. FROM PROVINCES OF EMPIRE TO A NEW NATION -- Chapter Nine. The Empires Reinvented, 1660-1763 -- Chapter Ten. Provincial People and Places in the Eighteenth Century -- Chapter Eleven. Common Pastimes and Elite Pursuits -- Chapter Twelve. Mercantilism and Markets -- Chapter Thirteen. The Last War and the Lost Peace, 1754-1763 -- Chapter Fourteen. A Nation in the Womb of Time, 1764-1775 -- Chapter Fifteen. Independence, War, and Republicanism, 1776-1783 -- Epilogue: The Way Ahead.
Summary:
"A history of early America that is continental in scope, inclusive in content, and intriguing in thematic argument, this course book describes the building of the nation and the daily lives of its people up to 1776. The author's main effort in revising the book for its third edition was to expand the geographical scope of the book"-- Provided by publisher.
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