The American Nation

For an undergraduate introductory level survey of United States history. Bridges the present to the past. The American Nation's pedagogical mission is to show students how history connects to the experiences and expectations that mark their lives. The authors pursue that mission through a variety of distinctive features, including an innovative art program and provocative chapter-opening questions and essays to engage students.

ISBN 0205790445   Part volume Combined Volume ISBN13 9780205790449 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 2041 Publisher Pearson Education (US)   Published in Upper Saddle River Imprint Pearson Education (US)   Previous ISBN 9780205562725 Format Hardback   Height (mm) 276 Publication date 03 Jan 2011   Width (mm) 216 DEWEY 973   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 992

Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors PROLOGUE: BEGINNINGS CHAPTER 1 ALIEN ENCOUNTERS: EUROPE IN THE AMERICAS Columbus's Great Triumph and Error Spain's American Empire Extending Spain's Empire to the North Disease and Population Losses Ecological Imperialism The Protestant Reformation English Beginnings in America The Settlement of Virginia "Purifying" the Church of England Bradford and Plymouth Colony Winthrop and Massachusetts Bay Colony Troublemakers: Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson Other New England Colonies Pequot War and King Philip's War Maryland and the Carolinas French and Dutch Settlements The Middle Colonies Cultural Collisions Cultural Fusions DEBATING THE PAST How Many Indians Perished with European Settlement? RE-VIEWING THE PAST Black Robe CHAPTER 2 AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE MAKING Settlement of New France Society in New Mexico, Texas, and California The English Prevail on the Atlantic Seabord The Chesapeake Colonies The Lure of Land "Solving" the Labor Shortage: Slavery Prosperity in a Pipe: Tobacco Bacon's Rebellion The Carolinas Home and Family in the South Georgia and the Back Country Puritan New England The Puritan Family Visable Puritan Saints and Others Democracies without Democrats The Dominion of New England Salem Bewitched Higher Education in New England A Merchant's World The Middle Colonies: Economic Basis The Middle Colonies: An Intermingling of Peoples "The Best Poor Man's Country" The Politics of Diversity Becoming Americans RE-VIEWING THE PAST The Crucible CHAPTER 3 AMERICA IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE The British Colonial System Mercantilism The Navigation Acts The Effects of Mercantilism The Great Awakening The Rise and Fall of Jonathan Edwards The Enlightenment in America Colonial Scientific Achievements Repercussions of Distant Wars The Great War for the Empire Britain Victorious: The Peace of Paris Burdens of an Expanded Empire Tightening Imperial Controls The Sugar Act American Colonists Demand Rights The Stamp Act: The Pot Set to Boiling Rioters or Rebels? The Declaratory Act The Townshend Duties The Boston Massacre The Boiling Pot Spills Over The Tea Act Crisis From Resistance to Revolution AMERICAN LIVES Eunice Williams/Gannenstenhawi DEBATING THE PAST Do Artists Depict Historical Subjects Accurately? CHAPTER 4 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION The Shot Heard Round the World The Second Continental Congress The Battle of Bunker Hill The Great Declaration 1776: The Balance of Forces Loyalists The British Take New York City Saratoga and the French Alliance The War Moves South Victory at Yorktown Negotiating a Favorable Peace National Government under the Articles of Confederation Financing the War State Republican Governments Social Reform and Antislavery Women and the Revolution Growth of a National Spirit The Great Land Ordinances National Heroes A National Culture DEBATING THE PAST Was the American Revolution Rooted in Class Struggle? RE-VIEWING THE PAST The Patriot CHAPTER 5 THE FEDERALIST ERA: NATIONALISM TRIUMPHANT Inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation Daniel Shays's "Little Rebellion" To Philadelphia, and the Constitution The Great Convention The Compromises that Produced the Constitution Washington as President Congress under Way Hamilton and Financial Reform The Ohio Country: A Dark and Bloody Ground Revolution in France Federalists and Republicans: The Rise of Political Parities 1794: Crisis and Resolution Jay's Treaty 1795: All's Well that Ends Well Washington's Farewell The Election of 1796 The XYZ Affair The Alien and Sedition Acts The Kentucky and Virginia Resolves MAPPING THE PAST Radical Frontiersmen vs. Conservative Easterners in the 1780s CHAPTER 6 JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY Jefferson Elected President The Federalist Contribution Thomas Jefferson: Political Theorist Jefferson as President Jefferson's Attack on the Judiciary The Barbary Pirates The Louisiana Purch

The American Nation offers a detailed standard history of the United States, with materials beyond what can be covered in a classroom. It also has features within the book to encourage original thinking on the part of students. -Billy Hathorn, LaredoCommunity College !does an excellent job of organzing the material in a way that ties everything together for the student!this text provides the best instructional aides on the market. Without the powerpoint presentations and instructor test banks, my preparation for these subjects would be considerably more time consuming and difficult. -Andrew Bagley, PhillipsCommunity College !does an excellent job at providing a compelling chronological narrative that flows smoothly. Although [our] History Instructor Selection Committee continues to examine other textbooks, we have not found one that surpasses the strengths of this textbook. -Horacio Salinas, Jr., LaredoCommunity College I once used a text that had very effective writing -- but its political bias ultimately undermined its effectiveness. Also, some texts manage a very solid "feel" by omitting inconvenient parts of history. This text avoids all these pitfalls and remains the best. -Hubert P. van Tuyll, Augusta State University This text is very complete for an introductory course. It will keep the students' interest in learning. -Armando C. Alonzo, TexasA&M University !a comprehensive people's history that is not shy to be critical of many deeds, but is also careful to give credit to unknown individuals and groups when it is due. -Dr, Itai Sneh, JohnJay College ..the picture captions ! inform students about the context and challenge them to think about the message a particular piece of art is sending. These seem well-chosen and not just throw-away illustrations. -Brian Steele, Universityof Alabama at Birmingham

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