A History of The United States to 1876PDF电子书下载

1．Europe and the New World 3

The First Americans 4

The Quickening of Europe 7

Westward to the East 10

The Spanish Colonies 14

Catholic and Protestant 18

England Against Spain 20

The English Heritage 22

2．Planting the English Colonies 26

King and Parliament 26

Englishmen Look Overseas 28

Virginia and Maryland 31

New England 34

The Carolinas 40

New Netherland：New York 43

The Quaker Colonies 45

Georgia 47

The Island Colonies 47

3．The Colonists and Their Work 50

Geographical Influences 50

The Labor Supply 52

Population Growth 55

Agriculture 58

Industries 63

Money and Commerce 66

4．Growth of American Ways 71

Provincial Society 71

Home and Family 74

Religion：Decline and Revival 79

Literature and Learning 87

Law and Politics：Toward Self-Government 94

5．The Empire：Success and Failure 99

The French in America 99

Anglo-French Conflict 103

The Great War for the Empire 105

The Old Colonial System 109

The New Imperialism 112

Inner Contradictions 114

6．Getting Ready for Revolt 117

Colonial Self-Interest 117

The Stamp Act Crisis 119

The Townshend Program 122

The Philosophy of Revolt 124

The Tea Excitement 127

The Continental Congress 131

Lexington and Concord 133

7．Birth of the United States 137

War Aims：Independence 137

The New States and the Confederation 142

Mobilizing for War 146

The Fighting，to 1777 150

Foreign Friends 153

Victory at Yorktown 155

Winning the Peace 157

8．A More Perfect Union 162

Failures in Foreign Affairs 162

Planning for the West 165

Debts，Taxes，and Daniel Shays 169

A New Government Needed？ 170

The Constitutional Convention 172

Ratification：＂Federalists＂v．＂Antifederalists 177

9．Beginnings Under the Constitution 182

Elaborating upon the Constitution 182

Hamilton＇s Economic Planning 187

Rise of Political Parties 192

Problems of the Frontier 194

Neutrality and Jay＇s Treaty 197

10．Downfall of the Federalists 203

Election of 1796 203

X．Y．Z．and Hostilities with France 206

Repression and Protest 210

Election of 1800 213

Packing the Courts 215

11．Life in the Young Republic 217

Education and the Professions 217

Letters，Drama，and Music 221

The Churches and Religion 224

Technology and Industry 228

Transportation and Trade 233

City and Country 237

12．Jeffersonian Principles in Practice 240

President and Party Leader 240

The Jeffersonians and the Judges 245

Dollars and Ships 247

Jefferson and Napoleon 249

The Louisiana Purchase 251

The Burr Conspiracy 254

13．Free Seas and the Frontier 259

Neutral Trade and Neutral Rights 259

Impressment 261

＂Peaceable Coercion＂ 264

Red Men and Redcoats 266

The War Hawks 269

The Course of Battle 271

New England Objections 277

The Peace Settlement 279

Free Seas Again 282

14．The West and the Sectional Balance 284

Postwar Economic Issues 284

＂Era of Good Feelings＂ 287

Florida and the Far West 289

The Great Migration 292

The Panic of 1819 296

The Missouri Compromise 298

Sectional Feelings 301

15．Reassertion of Nationalism 305

Marshall and the Court 305

Latin American Independence 309

Origin of the Monroe Doctrine 312

Consequences of Monroe＇s Message 315

The Heritage of Patriotism 317

16．Material Progress：The Canal Age 320

The People ，1820-1840 320

New Waterways 325

The First Railroads 329

Broadening of Business 332

Workers and Unions 336

Increasing Comfort 339

17．The Coming of Mass Politics 343

Democracy：Old and New 343

Changes in State Government 345

Free-for-All of 1824 349

＂Corrupt Bargain!＂ 351

The Second President Adams 352

Jackson Vindicated 354

New Patterns of National Politics 357

18．Jackson and the Nullifiers 361

Calhoun：His Theory 361

Van Buren to the Fore 364

The Webster-Hayne Debate 367

The Veto，the Indians，and Georgia 369

South Carolina Interposes 371

19．Bank War and Panic 376

The Bank and the Election of 1832 376

The＂Monster＂Destroyed 380

Whigs and Democrats 382

The Panic of 1837 385

20．A Search for Heaven on Earth 390

Democracy and Civilization 390

Literature：A Golden Age 393

Arts and Sciences 397

Spirit of Social Reform 399

Toward Universal Education 401

Perfecting Society and Man 405

Antislavery and Proslavery 409

21．Democratic Defeat and Whig Division 415

Composition of the Parties 415

The Van Buren Program 417

Some Results of the Depression 419

Election of 1840 419

The Whigs in Power 422

The Fatal Whig Division 424

Foreign Affairs，1837-1844 425

The Supreme Court，1837-1844 429

22．Expansion and Conflict 433

Reasons for American Expansion 434

Expansion in Oregon 436

Expansion in Texas 439

Expansion in New Mexico and California 441

Election of 1844 443

The Acquisition of Oregon 445

Polk＇s Plans for Expansion 447

The Mexican War 448

Expansion in Utah 453

Politics under Polk 454

23．The Bases of Sectionalism：The Northeast and the West 457

The Character of Sectionalism 458

The Northeast：Business 460

The Northeast：Agriculture and Labor 464

The West 466

24．The Bases of Sectionalism：The South 473

The Determinants of Southernism 474

Social Organization 476

Southern Agriculture 482

Slavery 484

The Mind of the South 488

25．The Politics of Sectionalism 493

Slavery and the New Territories 494

Election of 1848 496

Crisis at Mid-Century 498

The Compromise of 1850 501

Acceptance of the Compromise 507

Foreign Affairs Under Taylor and Fillmore 510

26．The Drift Toward Disunion 514

America in the Fifties 515

Election of 1852 and After 526

Democratic Imperialism 531

The Kansas-Nebraska Act 534

Bleeding Kansas 538

27．The Rush Toward Disunion 542

Election of 1856 543

The Panic of 1857 545

The Supreme Court and Slavery 547

Bleeding Kansas Again 549

Elections of 1858 and Their Aftermath 550

The Great Decision of 1860 557

The Secession of the South 561

28．The Civil War：The North 568

The Military Potential of North and South 569

War Economics and Finance 572

Raising the Armed Forces 577

Wartime Politics 579

29．The Civil War：The South 590

The Diplomacy of South and North 590

The Confederate Government 596

War Economics and Finance 600

Raising the Armed Forces 603

Confederate Politics 605

30．The Civil War：The Battles 611

Northern and Southern Strategy 612

The Command Systems of North and South 614

The Opening Battles：1861 618

The Year of Testing：1862 621

The Year of Decision：1863 633

1864-1865：The End 640

31．The Postwar Nation 647

The North and South at War＇s End 648

Reconstruction：Its Meaning and Motivation 652

Conservative Reconstruction 656

Radical Reconstruction 662

Reconstruction in the South 667

The Aftermath of Reconstruction 672

Appendices 677

The Declaration of Independence 677

The Constitution of the United States of America 681

Sovereigns of England and Great Britain，1485-1820 692

Admission of States to the Union 693

Presidential Electíons，1789-1876 694

Presidents，Vice-Presidents，and Cabinet Members，1789-1877 696

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court，1789-1888 698

Speakers of the House of Representatives，1789-1876 698

Population of the United States，1790-1880 699

General Bibliography 701

Paperback Editions 706

Index 707