1. THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1492-1877 A LOOK BACK

2. THE CRISIS OF FEUDALISM --economic --political --cultural --technological

3. COLONIZING THE NEW WORLD The first colonial power Portugal Challenge? Spain 1492 The Columbian landfall, discovery or encounter? The beginning of British North America -Reformation --Luther --Calvin --English Reformation

4. THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS Causes -overpopulation -economic crisis -religious persecution social tensions Method: proprietary or charter colonies From Jamestown (1607) to Georgia (1732)

5. THE COLONIES IN THE BRITISH COLONIAL SYSTEM Mercantilism: Navigation Acts Self-governing colony Contract theory of government Hobbes, Locke Colonial wars: French and Indian War (1756- 1763)

6. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Inconsistent colonial policies Legal constitutional background Declaration of Independence Birth of the U.S.

7. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION From Articles of Confederation to Federalism The creation of a working government Compromises: Connecticut, 3/5, slave trade as of 1808

8. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC Federalist Party Democratic Republicans Financial, military authority of new government, Hamilton, Washington Foreign policy, between Britain and France Civil liberties 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts

9. NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM War of 1812 American system Judicial nationalism: Marshall court Nationalist foreign policy, Monroe doctrine

10. TERRITORIAL GROWTH AND THE SLAVERY ISSUE 1820: Missouri compromise Manifest Destiny 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Slavery crisis moral, political, and constitutional aspects

11. CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 1861-1865-1877 End of Slavery End of State rights Movement First modern war Impact on the Presidency Lincoln’s constitutional dictatorship Readmission of states, Freedmen’s Bureau Bourbon South New South Plessy v. Ferguson

12. Callaghan, Bryn An Illustrated History of the USA Digital history An outline of American History