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Chapter 1. A Continent of Villages, to 1500 1-1 The Story of the Creation of the World, Told by a Zuni Priest in 1885 1-2 The Discovery of Corn and Tobacco, as Recounted by a Penobscot Elder in 1907 1-3 A Cherokee Explains the Origins of Disease and Medicine in the 1890s 1-4 A Story of the Trickster Rabbit, Told by a Micmac Indian in the 1870s 1-5 Two Nineteenth-Century Archaeologists Provide the First Scientific Description of the Indian Mounds of the Mississippi Valley in 1848 1-6 A Jesuit Missionary Reports on the Society of the Natchez of the Lower Mississippi in 1730 1-7 The Constitution of the Five Nation Confederacy Records the Innovation of an Iroquois Founding Father of the Fifteenth Century Chapter 2. When Worlds Collide, 1492-1588 2-1 Christopher Columbus Writes of His First View of the New World in 1492 2-2 An Aztec Remembers the Conquest of Mexico a Quarter Century Afterwards, in 1550 2-3 An Early Proponent for Native Rights Condemns the Torture of the Indians in 1565 2-4 A Shipwrecked Spaniard Writes of His Incredible Journey through North America from 1528-1536 2-5 A French Captain Describes his First Contact with the Indians in 1534 2-6 A French Jesuit Describes the Cosmology of the Montagnais Indians in 1534 2-7 An English Scientist Writes of the Algonquian Peoples of the Atlantic Coast in 1588 2-8 The Governor of Roanoke Describes His Return to the "Lost Colony" in 1590 Chapter 3. Planting Colonies in North America, 1588-1700 3-1 The Spanish Governor Reports on the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 3-2 A Pueblo Rebel in 1681 Explains the Reason behind the Pueblo Revolt 3-3 John Smith Writes about the Chesapeake Indians of 1608 3-4 An Indentured Servant Writes from Virginia in 1623 3-5 John Winthrop Defines the Puritan Ideal of Community in 1630 3-6 Roger Williams Argues for Freedom of Conscience in 1644 3-7 Two Poems on Family by Anne Bradstreet Published in 1650 3-8 A "Possessed" Girl Names Her Accuser in 1692 3-9 William Penn's 1681 Plans for the Province of Pennsylvania 3-10 Iroquois Chiefs Address the Governors of New York and Virginia in 1684 Chapter 4. Slavery and Empire, 1441-1770 4-1 England Asserts Her Dominion through Legislation in 1660 4-2 Maryland Addresses the Status of Slaves in 1664 4-3 A Slave Tells of His Capture in Africa in 1798 4-4 A Slave Ship Surgeon Writes about the Slave Trade in 1788 4-5 An African Captive Tells of the Story of Crossing the Atlantic in a Slave Ship in 1789 4-6 A Virginian Describes the Difference between Servants and Slaves in 1722 4-7 The Slaves Revolt in South Carolina in 1739 4-8 An Early Abolitionist Speaks Out Against Slavery in 1757 4-9 Slave Stories Told to a Folklorist in South Carolina in the 1910s Chapter 5. The Cultures of Colonial North America, 1700-1780 5-1 The Rev. John Williams Tells of His Experiences as an Indian Captive, 1707 5-2 An Iroquois Chief Argues for His Tribe's Property Rights in 1742 5-3 A Boston Woman Writes about Her Trip to New York in 1704 5-4 A Colonial Planter Tours the Backcountry in 1728 5-5 A Swedish Visitor Tells about Philadelphia, 1748 5-6 An Older Businessman Advises a Young One in 1748 5-7 A Puritan Preacher Admonishes His Flocks in 1741 Chapter 6. From Empire to Independence, 1750-1776 6-1 Britain Forbids Americans Western Settlement, 1763 6-2 An American Colonist Opposes New Taxes and Asserts the Rights of Colonists, 1764 6-3 An American Moderate Speaks Against the Stamp Act, 1767 6-4 To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1768 6-5 The First American Congress Meets, 1774 6-6 A Colonist Makes an Impassioned Call to Arms, 1775 6-7 An Anglican Preacher Denounces the American Rebels, 1775 6-8 An American Patriot Denounces the King, 1775 6-9 The Colonists Declare Their Independence, 1776 Chapter 7. The Creation of the United States, 1776-1786 7-1 An American Patriot Tries to Stir Up the Soldiers of the American Revolution, 1776 7-2 A Colonial Woman Argues for Equal Rights, 1776 7-3 An African American Petitions the Government for Emancipation of All Slaves, 1777 7-4 A Common Soldier Tells about the Battle of Yorktown, 1781 7-5 Treaty with the Delawares, 1778 7-6 Britain Signs Treaty Ending Revolutionary War, 1783 7-7 Congress Decides What to Do with the Western Lands, 1785 7-8 Territorial Governments are Established by Congress, 1787 7-9 Massachusetts Farmers Take Up Arms in Revolt Against Taxes, 1786 Chapter 8. The United States of North America, 1787-1800 8-1 Constitutional Convention Delegate Blasts Federal Government, 1787 8-2 The Father of the Constitution Defends Republicanism, 1787 8-3 Seneca Chiefs Petition Washington for Return of Their Land, 1790 8-4 The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury Battle about the Constitution, 1791 8-5 Farmers Protest the New Whiskey Tax, 1790 8-6 A Frenchman Comments on the American Character, 1782 8-7 A Post-Revolutionary Woman Argues for Women's Equality, 1790 8-8 An American School Teacher Calls for an American Language, 1789 Chapter 9. The Agrarian Republic, 1800-1824 9-1 Two Explorers Meet the Shoshone, 1805 9-2 Supreme Court Retains Right to Overrule Legislation, 1803 9-3 A Shawnee Argues for a United Indian Resistance, 1810 9-4 A War Hawk Speaks about the British, 1811 9-5 The President Asks Congress for Declarations of War, 1812 9-6 Supreme Court Bolsters Federal Power, 1819 9-7 Missouri Admitted to Statehood, Slavery at Issue, 1820 9-8 The President Addresses the Union, 1823 9-9 A Seneca Chief Addresses Missionaries, 1805 9-10 A Camp Meeting Heats Up, 1829 Chapter 10. The Growth of Democracy, 1824-1840 10-1 A Legal Scholar Opposes Spreading the Vote, 1821 10-2 What Shall Be the Role of Government, 1834 10-3 The Cherokee are Sent to the Indian Territory, 1835 10-4 A Cherokee Speaks for His Tribe, 1826 10-5 A Choctaw Chief Bids Farewell, 1832 10-6 American Senator Opposes Nullification, 1830 10-7 South Carolina Refuses the Tariff, 1832 10-8 A Woman's Rights Advocate Calls For Equality, 1843 10-9 Transcendentalist Promotes Individualism, 1841 Chapter 11. The South and Slavery, 1780s-1850s 11-1 Congress Prohibits Importation of Slaves, 1807 11-2 State Laws Govern Slavery, 1824 11-3 An Architect Describes African American Music and Instruments in 1818 11-4 Slave Culture Documented in Song, 1867 11-5 Southern Novel Depicts Slavery, 1832 11-6 A Slave Tells of His Sale at Auction, 1848 11-7 A Farm Journal Reports on the Care and Feeding of Slaves, 1836 11-8 A Slave Girl Tells of Her Life, 1861 11-9 A Muslim Slave Speaks Out, 1831 Chapter 12. Industry and the North, 1790s-1850s 12-1 A German Colonist Writes about the New American Settlements in Illinois in 1819 12-2 The Treasury Secretary Reports on the Future of Industry in 1791 12-3 Employers Advertise for Help Wanted in the 1820s 12-4 The Carpenters of Boston Go on Strike in 1825 12-5 A New England Factory Issues Regulations for Workers in 1825 12-6 A Young Woman Writes of the Evils of Factory Life in 1845 12-7 A Women Worker Writes Home to Her Father in 1845 12-8 A New England Woman Describes the Responsibilities of American Women in 1847 Chapter 13. Coming to Terms with the New Age, 1820s-1850s 13-1 A Plan to Equalize Wealth in 1829 13-2 Irish Laborers Get an Endorsement in 1833 13-3 Women's Rights Proponents Hold a Convention, 1848 13-4 Social Philosopher Advocates Communities, 1840 13-5 Noted Educator Speaks on Public Schooling in 1848 13-6 An African American Abolitionist Advocates Racial Action in 1829 13-7 Abolitionist Demands Immediate End to Slavery, 1831 13-8 Southern Belle Denounces Slavery, 1838 13-9 A Black Feminist Speaks Out in 1851 Chapter 14. The Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1830s-1850s 14-1 A Tejano Describes the Beginning of the Texas Revolution in 1835-36 14-2 The Texans Declare Their Independence in 1836 14-3 A Newspaper Man Declares the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States in 1845 14-4 A Young Pioneer Writes of Her Journey to California in 1846 with the Donner Party 14-5 The President Asks Congress to Declare War on Mexico in 1846 14-6 An Illinois Representative Attacks President Polk's View of the War in 1848 14-7 A New Englander Calls for Civil Disobedience to Protest the Mexican War 14-8 A Californian Describes the "Bear Flag" Insurrection in California 14-9 An Indian Chief Discusses the Differences Between His People and the Americans in 1854 14-10 An American Army Officer Describes the Beginning of the California Gold Rush in 1848 Chapter 15. The Coming Crisis, 1848-1861 15-1 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 15-2 Northern State Defies Fugitive Slave Act, 1855 15-3 A New England Writer Portrays Slavery in 1852 15-4 An African American Decries the Fourth of July in 1852 15-5 A Slave Sues for Freedom in 1857 15-6 A Senatorial Candidate Addresses the Question of Slavery in 1858 15-7 An Abolitionist Is Given the Death Sentence in 1859 15-8 Lincoln Is Elected and Southern Secession Begins in 1860 15-9 A New President Is Sworn In, 1861 Chapter 16. The Civil War, 1861-1865 16-1 A Civil War Nurse Writes of Conditions of Freed Slaves, 1864 16-2 President Abraham Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 16-3 The Working-Men of Manchester, England, Write to President Lincoln on the Question of Slavery in 1862 16-4 President Lincoln Responds to the Working-Men of Manchester on the Subjectof Slavery in 1863 16-5 The New York Times Prints Opinion on the New York Draft Riots in 1863 16-6 An African American Soldier Writes to the President Appealing for Equality in 1863 16-7 A Nurse Writes of the Destruction on the Battlefields of Virginia in 1863 16-8 President Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address in 1863 16-9 A Union Captain Describes Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864 16-10 A Southern Lady Recounts the Fall of Richmond in 1865 Chapter 17. Reconstruction, 1863-1877 17-1 Charlotte Forten, Life on the Sea Islands, 1864 17-2 Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865 17-3 The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, 1865 17-4 Black Code of Mississippi, 1865 17-5 Frederick Douglass, Speech to the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1865 17-6 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 17-7 President Johnson's Veto of the Civil Rights Act, 1866 17-8 The First Reconstruction Act, 1867 17-9 Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan, 1868 17-10 Blanche K. Bruce, Speech in the Senate, 1876 17-11 A Sharecrop Contract, 1882
