Overview: American People American Land

• The American People
• Government by the People
• Free Enterrprise
• Land and Regions
• Resources and the Envrionment

Chapter 1: Life in the Western Hemisphere

• Migration to the Americas
• Eearly American Cultures
• The Rise of Empires

Chapter 2: Native Americans and North America

• The Eastern Woodlands
• The Great Plains
• The Southwest Desert
• The Northwest Coast

Chapter 3: Life in the Eastern Hemisphere

• Traveling Asia’s Silk Road
• Africa’s Trading Empires
• Eureopean Explorer

Chapter 4: Spain Builds an Empire

• The Voyages of Columbus
• Different Worlds Collide
• Life in New Spain

Chapter 5: The Struggle to Found Colonies

• Hard Times in Virginia
• New European Colonies
• The First Colonies
• The 13 England Colonies

Chapter 6: Life in the English Colonies

• Working and Trading
• Cities Towns and Farms
• Everyday Life in the Colonies
• Slavery in the Colonies

Chapter 7: The Fight for a Continent

• The Spainish Move North
• French Explore the Mississippi
• The French and Indian War

Chapter 8: The Road to War

• Trouble Over Taxes
• The Colonists Rebel
• The Revolution Begins

Chapter 9: Winning the Revolution

• Declaring Independence
• Patriots at War
• The World Turned Upside Down

Chapter 10: Forming a New Government

• A Weak Government
• Here and There
• Debate In Philadelphia
• Ratifying the Constitution

Chapter 11: The Young United States

• Washington as President
• Jefferson Looks West
• Another War with Britain

Chapter 12: Times of Change

• The U.S. Turns 50
• A New Kind of Revolution
• The Struggle for Reforms

Chapter 13: People Moving South and West

• Settling the South and Texas
• Trails to the West
• The Golden State

Chapter 14: A Divided Nation

• North and South Grow Apart
• Resisting Slavery
• The Struggle Over Slavery
• The First Shots are Fired

Chapter 15: War and Reconstruction

• The Early Stages of War
• Life During the War
• How the North Won
• The End of Slavery