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PART Ⅰ.THE COLONIAL PERIOD 1

1 THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA 1

The Agencies of American Colonization 1

The Colonial Peoples 5

The Process of Colonization 9

2 COLONIAL AGRICULTURE,INDUSTRY,AND COMMERCE 14

The Land and the Westward Movement 14

Industrial and Commercial Development 19

3 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS 26

The Leadership of the Churches 26

Schools and Colleges 30

The Colonial Press 32

The Evolution in Political Institutions 34

4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONLAL NATIONALISM 39

Relations with the Indians and the French 39

The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies 43

Colonial Relations with the British Govemment 45

Summary of the Colonial Period 51

PART Ⅱ．CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE 54

5 THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY 54

George III and His System 54

George III's Ministers and Their Colonial Policies 55

Colonial Resistance Forces Repeal 58

Resumption of British Revenue and Commercial Policies 62

Renewed Resistance in America 63

Retaliation by the British Government 66

From Reform to Revolution in America 67

6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 70

Resistance and Retaliation 70

American Independence 72

The Establishment of Government and the New Allegiance 76

Military Affairs 81

The Finances of the Revolution 89

The Diplomacy of the Revolution 91

Peace at Last 94

Summary of the Revolutionary Period 96

PART Ⅲ．FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS 99

7 THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 99

The Promise and the Difficulties of America 99

The Calling of a Constitutional Convention 102

The Framing of the Constitution 104

The Struggle over Ratification 112

8 THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PARTIES 115

The Men and Measures of the New Government 115

The Rise of Political Parties 119

Foreign Influences and Domestic Politics 122

9 THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER 132

Republican Principles and Policies 132

The Republicans and the Great West 134

The Republican War for Commercial Independence 138

The Republicans Nationalized 144

The National Decisions of Chief Justice Marshall 149

Summary of the Union and National Politics 152

PART Ⅳ．THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 155

10 THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS 155

Preparation for Western Settlement 155

The Western Migration and New States 158

The Spirit of the Frontier 164

The West and the East Meet 165

11 JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 170

The Democratic Movement in the East 170

The New Democracy Enters the Arena 174

The New Democracy at Washington 179

The Rise of the Whigs 186

The Interaction of American and European Opinion 190

12 THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST 194

TheAdvance of the Middle Border 194

On to the Pacific—Texas and the Mexican War 197

The Pacific Coast and Utah 203

Summary of Western Development and National Politics 209

PART Ⅴ．SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION 211

13 THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM 211

The Industrial Revolution 211

The Industrial Revolution and National Politics 219

14 THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS 226

Slavery—North and South 226

Slavery in National Politics 231

The Drift of Events toward the Irrepressible Conflict 237

15 THE CIVIL WAR A ND RECONSTRUCTION 245

The Southem Confederacy 245

The War Measures of the Federal Govemment 250

The Results of the Civil War 260

Reconstruction in the South 264

Summary of the Sectional Conflict 267

PART Ⅵ．NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS 270

16 THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH 270

The South at the Close of the War 270

The Restoration of White Supremacy 272

The Economic Advance of the South 277

17 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 285

Railways and Industry 285

The Supremacy of the Republican Party(1861-85) 293

The Growth of Opposition to Republican Rule 297

18 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT WEST 302

The Railways As Trail Blazers 302

The Evolution of Grazing and Agriculture 306

Mining and Manufacturing in the West 310

The Admission of New States 313

The Influence ofthe Far West on National Life 316

19 DOMESTIC ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY(1865-1897) 322

The Currency Question 323

The Protective Tariff and Taxation 327

The Railways and Trusts 329

The Minor Parties and Unrest 330

The Sound Money Battle of 1896 333

Republican Measures and Results 337

20 AMERICA A WORLD POWER(1865-1900) 340

American Foreign Relations(1865-98） 340

Cuba and the Spanish War 346

American Policies in the Philippines and the Orient 355

Summary of National Growth and World Politics 360

PART Ⅶ．PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR 362

21 THE EVOLUTION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES(1901-1913) 362

Foreign Affairs 363

Colonial Administration 367

The Roosevelt Domestic Policies 369

Legislative and Executive Activities 372

The Administration of President Taft 376

Progressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912 378

22 THE SPIRIT OF REFORM IN AMERICA 382

An Age of Criticism 382

Political Reforms 384

Measures of Economic Reform 389

23 THE NEW POLITICAL DEMOCRACY 395

The Rise of the Woman Movement 396

The National Struggle for Woman Suffrage 401

24 INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY 406

Cooperation between Employers and Employees 407

The Rise and Growth of Organized Labor 408

The Wider Relations of Organized Labor 411

Immigration and Americanization 414

25 PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE WORLD WAR 418

Domestic Legislation 418

Colonial and Foreign Policies 421

The United States and the European War 424

The United States at War 430

The Settlement at Paris 436

Summary of Democracy and the World War 442