Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. A Continent of Villages, to 1500     1—1       The Story of the Creation of the World, Told by a Zuñi 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 Subject             of 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