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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| European Backgrounds | |
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| Norse Discoveries | |
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| The Crusades | |
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| The Renaissance | |
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| Trade and the Nation-State | |
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| Portuguese Exploration | |
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| Spanish Exploration | |
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| English and French Exploration | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Native Americans | |
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| Native Americans Settle the Americas | |
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| Native Americans of Central and South America | |
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| The Native Americans of the Southwest and West | |
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| The Native Americans of the Plains | |
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| The Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands | |
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| Estimates of Native American Population | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Spanish Empire in America | |
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| Spanish Conquests | |
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| The Exploration and Settlement of the Southwest | |
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| The Government and Economy of the Spanish Empire | |
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| Race Relations in the Spanish Empire | |
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| Religious and Cultural Life in the Spanish Empire | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Portuguese, French, and Dutch Empires in America | |
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| The Portuguese in the New World | |
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| The French in the New World | |
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| The Dutch in the New World | |
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| Comparing and Contrasting the Non-English Empires | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Background of English Colonization | |
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| Delay in English Colonization | |
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| Economic Motives | |
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| Religious Motives | |
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| Political Motives | |
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| Governmental Interest in Colonization | |
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| The Beginnings of English Colonization | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Tobacco Colonies: Virginia and Maryland | |
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| The London and Plymouth Companies | |
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| The Founding of Jamestown | |
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| Virginia Proves a Success | |
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| Virginia Survives Native American Attacks | |
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| Maryland Is Founded | |
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| The Economic Growth of the Tobacco Colonies | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The New England Colonies | |
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| The Founding of the Plymouth Colony | |
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| The Founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony | |
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| Other New England Colonies | |
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| Native American Relations in New England | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Control and Completion of Colonization | |
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| The Colonies Under the Commonwealth | |
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| The West Indies | |
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| Colonial Policy under Charles II | |
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| The Founding of the Carolinas | |
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| The Founding of New York and the Jerseys | |
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| The Founding of Pennsylvania | |
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| The Founding of Georgia | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Seventeenth-Century Revolts and Eighteenth-Century Stabilization | |
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| The Effects of the Navigation Acts | |
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| Bacon's Rebellion | |
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| The Dominion of New England | |
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| The Glorious Revolution in New York | |
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| The Glorious Revolution in Maryland | |
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| Comparing and Contrasting the 1689 Revolutions in America | |
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| Eighteenth-Century Stabilization | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Colonial Government | |
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| English Agencies of Colonial Government | |
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| Government in the American Colonies | |
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| A Federal Empire? | |
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| Local Government | |
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| Taxation | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| African-Americans in the English Colonies | |
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| The Slave Trade | |
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| The Development of Slavery | |
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| The Black Population | |
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| Black Opposition to Slavery | |
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| White Reaction to Slave Discontent | |
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| Family and Religious Life | |
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| Slavery in the Northern Colonies | |
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| Free African-Americans | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Immigration | |
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| Push and Pull Factors | |
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| Immigration Statistics | |
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| The Huguenots | |
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| The Germans | |
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| The Scotch-Irish and Scots | |
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| The Irish and the Jews | |
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| The Naturalization Process | |
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| Immigrants on the Frontier | |
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| East-West Friction | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Colonial Agriculture | |
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| The Beginnings | |
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| Farm Implements | |
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| Agriculture in the New England Colonies | |
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| Agriculture in the Middle Colonies | |
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| Agriculture in the Southern Colonies | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Colonial Commerce | |
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| The Colonies as Suppliers and Markets | |
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| Triangular Trade Routes? | |
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| Anglo-American Trade Relations | |
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| Domestic Trade | |
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| Piracy | |
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| Land Transportation and Communication | |
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| The Fur Trade | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Colonial Industry | |
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| Obstacles to the Growth of Industry | |
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| Forest-Based Industries | |
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| Sea-Based Industries | |
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| Earth-Based Industries | |
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| Other Colonial Industries | |
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| Workers and Wages | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Money and Social Status | |
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| Hard Money | |
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| Monetary Experiments | |
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| Paper Money and Land Banks | |
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| Wealth and Social Class | |
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| Social Mobility | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Colonial Town | |
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| Characteristics of Colonial Towns | |
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| Urban Problems | |
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| The Urban Economy | |
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| Urban Culture | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Colonial Family | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Premarital and Extramarital Affairs | |
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| Characteristics of the Family | |
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| The Legal Status of Women | |
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| The Concept of Childhood | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Religion in Colonial America | |
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| The Anglican Church | |
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| The Congregational Church | |
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| Religious Groups in the Middle Colonies | |
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| The Presbyterian Church | |
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| The Great Awakening and Its Results | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Education in Colonial America | |
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| Education in the Southern Colonies | |
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| Education in the Middle Colonies | |
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| Education in the New England Colonies | |
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| Higher Education | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Language and Literature | |
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| The Growth of American English | |
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| The Development of American Literature | |
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| Literary Tastes of Colonial Americans | |
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| Newspapers and Magazines | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Colonial Arts and Sciences | |
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| American Scientists | |
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| Medicine | |
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| Art | |
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| Crafts | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Everyday Life in Colonial America | |
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| Demographic Characteristics | |
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| Homes and Furnishings | |
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| Dress | |
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| Sports and Amusements | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Colonial Wars | |
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| King William's War | |
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| Queen Anne's War | |
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| King George's War | |
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| The Background of the French and Indian War | |
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| The French and Indian War | |
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| The Results of the French and Indian War | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Road to Revolution | |
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| The Constitutional Background | |
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| The Anglican Bishop Controversy | |
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| The Proclamation of 1763 | |
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| The Sugar Act | |
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| The Stamp Act | |
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| The Townshend Acts | |
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| The Tea Act and Its Repercussions | |
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| The First Continental Congress and the Outbreak of Violence | |
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| The Second Continental Congress and Independence | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| The Revolutionary War | |
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| Military Advantages and Disadvantages | |
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| The Campaigns of 1776-1777 | |
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| The Campaigns of 1778-1781 | |
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| Peace Negotiations | |
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| Domestic Effects of the Revolution | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Governments for a New Nation | |
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| State Constitution Making | |
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| The Articles of Confederation | |
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| Western Land Laws | |
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| Economic Problems | |
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| The Constitutional Convention | |
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| The Ratification Struggle | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |