1 The First English Colony 1
2 New Colonies—New England to Georgia 16
3 Economic and Social Life in the Colonies 36
4 American Government and British Policy 48
5 Background of the Revolution 63
6 The Rise of American Opposition 78
7 The Break with Great Britain 93
8 Military Operations and the French Alliance 105
9 Revolutionary Problems and the Treaty of Peace 121
10 Foreign and Economic Problems，1783-89 136
11 The Federal Constitution 152
12 Federalist Policies 162
13 Jeffersonian Democracy 181
14 Neutral Trade and the War of 1812 192
15 The American System—Industry，Cotton，and Foodstuffs 208
16 Improvements in Transportation and Communication 226
17 American Politics，1816-29 237
18 From Jackson to Tyler 251
19 The Era of Reform 267
20 Territorial Expansion 284
21 Politics and Slavery，1850-57 301
22 The Road to Secession 319
23 Military Activities，1861-65 336
24 War Problems—Foreign and Domestic 352
25 Reconstruction 372
26 President Grant 395
27 Development of the West 412
28 Railroads，Industrial Organization，and Public Regulation 424
29 The Problem of Industrial Labor 444
30 Patterns of City Life 453
31 Changing Social Patterns 468
32 Political Organization and Political Issues，1877-90 484
33 The Challenge of the West，1890-96 503
34 Foreign Affairs—Latin America，Spain，and the Far East 512
35 Big Business and the Drive for Reform 535
36 The Domestic and Foreign Policies of Theodore Roosevelt 554
37 The Progressive Revolt 575
38 Wilson＇s Policies at Home and in Latin America 589
39 American Neutrality in World War I 606
40 The Policies of War 624
41 Peace and Its Problems 643
42 Political Problems of the 1920＇s 659
43 The Mad Decade 677
44 Economic Problems of the 1920＇s 695
45 The New Deal 711
46 Foreign Policy—From the Good Neighbor to Pearl Harbor，1933-41 730
47 Victory over Germany and Japan 750
48 One World—or Two？ 772
49 The Truman Years 797
50 Eisenhower and the Republicans 820
51 Kennedy＇s New Frontier 857
52 Problems of a Free Society 881
Selected Readings 898
Constitution of the United States of America 923
Index 937