America’s History, Volume 1: To 1877 10th Edition By Rebecca Edwards, Eric Hinderaker, Robert Self, James Henretta
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America's History, Volume 1: To 1877 (10th Edition) by Rebecca Edwards, Eric Hinderaker, Robert Self, and James Henretta covers pre-Columbian Americas through the end of the Reconstruction era. The textbook focuses heavily on how economic systems, capitalism, and social movements shaped early American history. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The volume is divided into chronological historical parts and thematic chapters:
Part 1: Transformations of North America (1491–1700)
- Colliding Worlds (1491–1600): Native American societies before European contact, the Atlantic world expansion, and early Spanish conquests. [1, 2]
- American Experiments (1521–1700): The development of early colonial models, including Spain's tribute colonies, France/Netherlands fur-trading outposts, and England's early tobacco plantation colonies. [1]
Part 2: British North America and the Atlantic World (1660–1763)
- The Imperial Slave Economy: The rise of Britain's empire, the development of the South Atlantic System, and the growth of African American slave societies. [1, 2]
- Colonial Societies: The evolution of New England’s freehold society, cultural diversity in the Middle Colonies, and the impact of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. [1, 2]
Part 3: Revolution and Republican Culture (1754–1800)
- The Imperial Crisis (1763–1776): The aftermath of the French and Indian War, British tax policies, and growing colonial resistance leading to the declaration of independence.
- The War and Republican Triumphed (1776–1789): Military conflicts of the Revolution, trials of the Articles of Confederation, and the creation of the United States Constitution.
- A Republican Empire is Born (1789–1800): The political crisis of the 1790s, Hamilton's financial programs, conflicts with Native Americans over western lands, and the emergence of the first political parties. [, 2, 3]
Part 4: Overlapping Revolutions (1800–1848)
- The Jeffersonian Era & Economic Shifts: Westward migration, the War of 1812, and the foundations of a new capitalist economic order.
- The Market Revolution: The "Cotton Complex" linking Northern industry to Southern slave agriculture, alongside transformations in transportation and urbanization.
- Democracy and Social Reform: The expansion of popular politics under Andrew Jackson, spiritual awakenings, early labor movements, and the emergence of African American freedom struggles and the women's rights movement. [1]
Part 5: Consolidating a Continental Union (1844–1877)
- Westward Expansion & Political Crisis: Manifest Destiny, the Mexican-American War, and the growing section conflict over the expansion of slavery into new territories.
- The Civil War (1861–1865): Secession, the military campaigns, the economics of total war, and Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
- Reconstruction (1865–1877): Presidential and Radical Reconstruction programs, the meanings of freedom for emancipated African Americans, and the ultimate undoing of Reconstruction. [1, 2]
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