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Table of Contents:
Era One: Meeting of Three Cultures:
1. MARCO POLO RECOUNTS HIS TRAVELS THROUGH ASIA 1324
2. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, LETTER TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA OF SPAIN 1494
3. Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, "Indians of the Rio Grande" (1528-1536)
4. Jacques Cartier: First Contact with the Indians (1534)
5. Bartolomé de Las Casas, "Of the Island of Hispaniola" (1542)
6. Thomas Mun, from England's Treasure by Foreign Trade (1664)
7. Don Juan de Oñate, Plaus: A Settlement in New Mexico (1599)
8. THE FOUNDING OF ST. AUGUSTINE, 1565
9. THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE 1590
10. Thomas Harriot, The Algonquian Peoples of the Atlantic Coast (1588)
11. Jose de Acosta, A Spanish Priest Speculates on the Origins of the Indians (1590)
Era Two: Colonizing the New World
1. John White, The Lost Colony 1590
2. Samuel de Champlain's Battle With the Iroquois, July 1609
3. AN ACT CONCERNING SERVANTS AND SLAVES
4. 3REASONS FOR THE PLANTATION IN NEW ENGLAND 1629
5. John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity" (1630)
6. THE TAKING OF THE FORT AT MYSTIC: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PEQUOT WAR
7. THE TRIAL OF ANNE HUTCHINSON 1638
8. A Jesuit Priest Describes New Amsterdam 1642
9. George Alsop, The Importance of Tobacco (1660)
10. The Examination and Confession of Ann Foster at Salem Village (1692)
11. Onandogas and Cayugas: Iroquois Chiefs /documents/Address the Governors of New York and Virginia (1684)
12. James Oglethorpe: The Stono Rebellion (1739)
13. Gottlieb Mittelberger, The Passage of Indentured Servants (1750)
Era Three: Colonial America (A maturing colonial society in the late 1600s and 1700s)
1. 4NAVIGATION ACT OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1660
2. NATHANIEL BACON'S CHALLENGE TO WILLIAM BERKELEY AND THE GOVERNOR'S RESPONSE 1676
3. EARLY FRENCH EXPLORATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 1673
4. EDWARD RANDOLPH DESCRIBES KING PHILIP'S WAR 1685
5. EXCERPT FROM COTTON MATHER'S "MEMORABLE PROVIDENCES, RELATING TO WITCHCRAFTS AND POSSESSIONS" 1689
6. WILLIAM PENN'S CHARTER OF PRIVILEGES 1701
7. William Byrd II, Diary (1709)
8. MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
9. "THE STORM ARISING IN THE WEST," GEORGE WASHINGTON DELIVERS A WARNING TO THE FRENCH 1753
10. THE CLOSING OF THE FRONTIER 1763
11. THE ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOONE 1769
12. Alexander Falconbridge, The African Slave Trade (1788)
13. Olaudah Equiano, The Middle Passage (1788)
Era Four: Prelude to Revolution
1. JOHN PETER ZENGER AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESS 1734
2. Declaration of the Injured Frontier Inhabitants [of Pennsylvania] (1764)
3. Benjamin Franklin, Testimony Against the Stamp Act (1766)
4. "LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA" 1767
5. John Dickinson, from Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1768)
6. THE BOSTON "MASSACRE" OR VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE? 1770
7. John Andrews to William Barrell, Letter Regarding the Boston Tea Party (1773)
8. Address of the Inhabitants of Anson County to Governor Martin (1774)
9. J. Hector St. John Crèvecoeur, "What Is an American?" (1782)
Era Five: The American Revolution
1. Benjamin Franklin, "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c." (1751)
2. James Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1763)
3. The Crisis Comes to a Head: April 19, 1775
4. A FREELANCE WRITER URGES HIS READERS TO USE COMMON SENSE 1776
5. Abigail Adams and John Adams Letters; Abigail Adams Letter to Mercy Otis Warren
6. Petition of "A Grate Number of Blackes of the Province" to Governor Thomas Gage and the Members of the Massachusetts General Court (1774)
7. Joseph Warren, "Account of the Battle of Lexington" (1775)
8. Thomas Jefferson, "Original Rough Draught" of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
9. Rights of Women in an Independent Republic
10. THE RISE OF PARTISAN WARFARE IN THE SOUTH 1778
Era Six: Forging a Constitution
1. Constitution of Pennsylvania (1776)
2. A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780)
3. George Washington, The Newburgh Address (1783)
4. Henry Knox, Letter to George Washington (1786)
5. Marquis de Chastellux, Travels in North America (1786)
6. Shays's Rebellion: Letters of Generals William Shepard and Benjamin Lincoln to Governor James Bowdoin of Massachusetts (1787)
7. DIVERGENT REACTIONS TO SHAYS'S REBELLION
8. THE "DISTRACTING QUESTION" IN PHILADELPHIA 1787
9. Patrick Henry Speaks Against Ratification of the Constitution (1788)
10. Benjamin Banneker, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (1791)
11. James Wilson, An Introductory Lecture To a Course of Law Lectures (1791)
12. Molly Wallace, Valedictory Oration (1792)
Era Seven: The Federalist Era
1. James Madison Defends the Constitution (1788)
2. William Maclay, "For the Independent Gazetteer'' (1790)
3. Alexander Hamilton, Final Version of "An Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank" (1791)
4. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE NATIONAL BANK 1791
5. OPPOSING VISIONS FOR THE NEW NATION 1791
6. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CALLS FOR AN END TO SLAVERY 1791
7. BACKCOUNTRY TURMOIL PUTS THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO THE TEST 1794
8. George Washington, Farewell Address (1796)
9. The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
10. QUESTIONS OF CONSTITUTIONALITY AND THE ROOTS OF NULLIFICATION 1798
11. REVEREND PETER CARTWRIGHT ON CANE RIDGE AND THE "NEW LIGHTS" 1801
12. Marbury v. Madison(1803)
Era Eight: Jefferson and the Republic
1. Memoirs of a Monticello Slave, as Dictated to Charles Campbell by Isaac" (1847)
2. Thomas Jefferson, "First Inaugural Address" (1801)
3. Margaret Bayard Smith Meets Thomas Jefferson (1801)
4. Constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase (1803)
5. THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THE BOMBARDMENT OF TRIPOLI 1803
6. A MATTER OF HONOR OR VENGEANCE? 1804
7. Fisher Ames, "The Republican. No. II" (1804)
8. SACAGAWEA INTERPRETS FOR LEWIS AND CLARK 1804
9. AN "UNCOMMON GENIUS" ADVOCATES INDIAN UNITY 1809
10. Indian Hostilities (1812)
11. THE BRITISH ATTACK BALTIMORE 1814
12. REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE HARTFORD CONVENTION 1814
13. Davy Crockett, Advice to Politicians (1833)
Era Nine: Economic and Social Change
1. The Western Country," Extracts from Letters Published in Niles' Weekly Register (1816)
2. THE CHEROKEE TREATY OF 1817
3. THE CASE FOR THE ERIE CANAL
4. JOHN MARSHALL AFFIRMS THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
5. THOMAS JEFFERSON REACTS TO THE "MISSOURI QUESTION" 1820
6. The Monroe Doctrine and a Reaction (1823)
7. Henry Clay, "Defense of the American System" (1832)
8. Imminent Dangers to the Free Institutions of the United States through Foreign Immigration (1835)
9. The Harbinger, Female Workers of Lowell (1836)
10. James F. Cooper, Notions of the Americans (1840)
11. Resolutions of the Boston Carpenters' Strike (1845)
12. THE TRIALS OF A SLAVE GIRL
Era Ten: Jacksonian Democracy
1. JOSEPH SMITH AND THE BEGINNINGS OF MORMONISM 1823
2. A "CORRUPT BARGAIN" OR POLITICS AS USUAL?1824
3. A DISAFFECTED MASON SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE ORDER 1826
4. THE "COMMONER" TAKES OFFICE 1828
5. Andrew Jackson, First Annual Message to Congress (1829)
6. Memorial of the Cherokee Nation" (1830)
7. Andrew Jackson, Veto of the Bank Bill (1832)
8. President Andrew Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification (1832)
9. The Force Bill (1833)
10. Black Hawk, "Life of Black Hawk" (1833)
11. A FRENCH TRAVELER REPORTS ON AMERICAN SOCIETY 1835
12. Female Industry Association, from the New York Herald (1845)
Era Eleven: Reforming the Nation
1. Joshua and Sally Wilson Letters to George Wilson 1823
2. Lyman Beecher, Six Sermons on Intemperance (1828)
3. "Early Habits of Industry," The Mother's Magazine (1834)
4. Charles Finney, "What a Revival of Religion Is" (1835)
5. TEMPERANCE AND THE WASHINGTONIANS 1836
6. A LOWELL MILL GIRL TELLS HER STORY 1836
7. Petition of the Catholics of New York" (1840)
8. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" (1841)
9. Ja Norcom, Letter to Mary Matilda Norcom (1846)
10. Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Woman's Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, New York (1848)
11. HORACE MANN ON EDUCATION AND NATIONAL WELFARE
12. John Humphrey Noyes and Bible Communism (1845 and 1849)
13. Sojourner Truth, Address to the Woman's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio (1851)
Era Twelve: Manifest Destiny
1. THE TREATIES OF VELASCO (MAY 14, 1836)
2. THE AROOSTOOK WAR 1839
3. ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH CATHERINE SAGER PRINGLE IN 1844
4. John L. O Sullivan, The Great Nation of Futurity (1845)
5. Thomas Corwin, Against the Mexican War (1847)
6. Chief Seattle, Oration (1854)
Era Thirteen: Antebellum South
1. State v. Boon(1801)
2. A BLACK ABOLITIONIST SPEAKS OUT 1829
3. Nat Turner, Confession (1831)
4. AN ABOLITIONIST DEFENDS THE AMISTAD MUTINEERS 1839
5. De Bow's Review, "The Stability of the Union," (1850)
6. Benjamin Drew, Narratives of Escaped Slaves (1855)
7. George Fitzhugh, "The Blessings of Slavery" (1857)
Era Fourteen: The Sectional Crisis
1. William Lloyd Garrison, from The Liberator (1831)
2. Harriet Beecher Stowe, from Uncle Tom's Cabin
3. National Convention of Colored People, Report on Abolition (1847)
4. John C. Calhoun, Proposal to Preserve the Union (1850)
5. A DYING STATESMAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
6. Frederick Douglass, Independence Day Speech (1852)
7. KANSAS BEGINS TO BLEED 1856
8. A WHITE SOUTHERNER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST SLAVERY 1857
9. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
10. Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided" (1858)
Era Fifteen: The Civil War
1. Jefferson Davis, Address to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America (1861)
2. THE "CORNERSTONE SPEECH" 1861
3. Mary Boykin Chesnut, A Confederate Lady's Diary (1861)
4. WHY THEY FOUGHT 1861
5. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL ASSESSES FIRST BULL RUN 1861
6. Charles Harvey Brewster, Three Letters from the Civil War Front (1862)
7. Clara Barton, Medical Life at the Battlefield (1862)
8. James Henry Gooding, Letter to President Lincoln (1863)
9. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863)
10. John Dooley, Passages from a Journal (1863)
11. A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS 1863
12. Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of an Army Laundress (1902)
13. GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN ON WAR 1864
Era Sixteen: Reconstruction
1. Address from the Colored Citizens of Norfolk, Virginia, to the People of the United States" (1865)
2. Carl Schurz, Report on the Condition of the South (1865)
3. Clinton B. Fisk, Plain Counsels for Freedmen (1865)
4. Mississippi Black Code (1865)
5. James C. Beecher, Report on Land Reform in the South Carolina Islands (1865, 1866)
6. THE MEMPHIS RIOT 1866
7. The Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
8. Albion W. Tourgee, Letter on Ku Klux Klan Activities (1870)
9. The Nation, "The State of the South" (1872)
10. SUSAN B. ANTHONY AND THE "NEW DEPARTURE" FOR WOMEN 1873
11. James T. Rapier, Testimony Before U.S. Senate Regarding the Agricultural Labor Force in the South (1880)
12. A Sharecrop Contract (1882)
