Part One THE CREATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1450–1763
1 THE EMERGENCE OF AN "ATLANTIC WORLD": EUROPE, AFRICA, AND AMERICA, 1450–1620
2 THE INVASION AND SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA, 1550–1700
3 CREATING A BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA, 1660–1750
4 GROWTH AND CRISIS IN COLONIAL SOCIETY, 1720–1765
Part Two THE NEW REPUBLIC, 1763–1820
5 TOWARD INDEPENDENCE: YEARS OF DECISION, 1763–1776
6 MAKING WAR AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENTS, 1776–1789
7 POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE NEW REPUBLIC, 1787–1820
8 CREATING A REPUBLICAN CULTURE, 1790–1820
Part Three ECONOMIC REVOLUTION AND SECTIONAL STRIFE, 1820–1877
9 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, 1820–1860
10 A DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION, 1820–1844
11 RELIGION AND REFORM, 1820–1860
12 THE SOUTH EXPANDS: SLAVERY AND SOCIETY, 1800–1860
13 THE CRISIS OF THE UNION, 1844–1860
14 TWO SOCIETIES AT WAR, 1861–1865
15 RECONSTRUCTION, 1865–1877