1.THE INDIANS AND THE AMERICAS 1
2.THE THIRTEEN ENGLISH COLONIES 7
3.ENSLAVED LABOR 18
4.THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 25
5.THE FORMATION OF THE UNION 35
6.TERRITORIAL EXPANSION 40
7.THE CIVIL WAR 49
8.THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRY 63
9.THE RISE OF U.S. IMPERIALISM 73
10.THE UNITED STATES AND THE TWO WORLD WARS 81
NOTES 93
INDEX 122