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The early history of the United States begins long before a nation called “the United States” came into being. It begins with the indigenous peoples of North America and transitioned into an age of European colonization and conquest. It continued with the increasing dominance of the British in North America and the subsequent separation of 13 of those British colonies and the formation of the United States—more than two centuries after European colonization began.

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The United States’s story progressed from its fitful revolutionary and “confederation” period, into a decades long struggle to separate itself from the diplomatic and economic machinations of Britain, France, and Spain. From the 1820s onward, the US focus on internal economic growth and territorial expansion (at the expense of Native Americans, Mexico, and others).

The natural resources collections offer centuries of evidence about how Americans have used the bounty of the American continent and coastal waters. Artifacts related to flood control, dam construction, and irrigation illustrate the nation's attempts to manage the natural world.

While this expansion took place, a debate over the existence and expansion of African American slavery raged in newspapers, on the streets, and in political circles. By the 1850s, the conflict between the northern and southern sections of the nation threatened to become irreconcilable and, eventually led to the southern states seceding, forming the Confederate States of America. A Civil War (1861-1865), won by the northern states, followed as did a lengthy period known as Reconstruction during which the defeated Confederacy was politically reintegrated into the United States and the federal government undertook to dismantle the institution of slavery.

A Note on the Resources
The resources in this section are organized primarily chronologically and, from there, topically. I have made an effort to include documents and resources that are not as readily available in survey textbooks. I say this mostly as an explanation as to why I included the Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking Up Arms and its companion, the Olive Branch Petition, but not the Declaration of Independence.

While most sources are textual, there are some political cartoons and other illustrations (with transcriptions where necessary) as well as maps.

MCC Course Objectives for HIST-154

1. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of European colonization in North America. [154-1]
2. Compare the factors contributing to the territorial, economic and population growth of the various English North American colonies/sections of the United States.[154-2]
3. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of cultural and ethnic diversity in the English North American colonies/sections of the United States. [154-3]
4. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of slavery and indentured servitude in the English North American colonies/sections of the United States. [154-4]
5. Evaluate the factors contributing to the growth of an American consciousness in the English North American colonies/United States. [154-5]
6. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of the American Revolutionary War [154-6]
7. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.[154-7]
8. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of the establishment of political parties in the early American republic. [154-8]
9. Evaluate the causes for, consequences of, and limitations to the extension of civil rights in United States history. [154-9]
10. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of reform movements in United States history. [154-10]
11. Evaluate the causes for and consequences of the United States Civil War. [154-11]
12. Evaluate the successes and limitations of Reconstruction in the post-Civil War United States. [154-12]
13. Interpret a variety of primary sources in United States history. [154-13]

North America before Europeans

The Earliest European Contact

The Powhatan Confederacy was one of the Native forces that challenged English expansion.

Introduction to European Colonialism
Spanish Treatment of the Natives
John Smith and Jamestown
Religion in New England

Rival Empires and the “Middle Ground”

Father Junipero Serra was a Roman Catholic priest who operated in Spanish California. Conflict between Native populations and the Spanish was often as centered on cultural and religious issues.

The Pueblo Revolt and Cultural Colonialism in Spanish America
European/Native Relations: the French
European/Native Relations: the Dutch
Captivity Narratives: A Window on Native/English Relations

Some Episodes from British North America

Abigail William’s 1692 deposition which helped launch the Salem Witch Trials in colonial New England

The Chesapeake: Class Conflict
New England: Witchcraft?

The War for Independence

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A contemporary engraving by Amos Doolittle showing the British Army in Concord, Massachusetts.

Concerns and Causes: The Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768
Anti-British Activism and the Role of Women
Violence vs. Reconciliation: The Continental Congress Explains the War
Garret Watts’s Recollection of the Battle of Camden

The Early Republic

Instability during the Confederacy Period: Shays’s Rebellion
The New Constitution: For and Against
The New Constitution Tested: Creating the Bank of the United States
The Age of Jefferson
The War of 1812: Opposing Voices

National Expansion and the Growth of Democracy

Profile plan of the Erie Canal, 1832

Life on the Michigan Frontier
A Nationalist Foreign Policy: The Monroe Doctrine
Democracy and the Second Party System

Antebellum Culture and Society

A Changing Economy in the North: Life for Workers
Women’s Rights: The Seneca Falls Declaration
Defending Slavery in the Old South

Sectionalism

Reactions to the Fugitive Slave Act, part of the Compromise of 1850, were indicative of the divisiveness of the 1850s.

Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Civil War

Soldiers in a moment of relaxation during the Civil War.

Reconstruction

Following the Civil War, former slaves such as these men in New Orleans, had an increasing role in the political process, including voting rights.

SSUSH14 Explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.

a. Describe how the Spanish-American War, war in the Philippines, and territorial expansion led to the debate over American imperialism.

b. Examine U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and the creation of the Panama Canal.

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SSUSH15 Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

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a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, including unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.

b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, including the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage Act, and socialist Eugene Debs.

c. Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the debate over U.S. entry into the League of Nations.

SSUSH16 Investigate how political, economic, and cultural developments after WW I led to a shared national identity.

a. Explain how fears of rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restriction.

b. Describe the effects of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.

c. Examine how mass production and advertising led to increasing consumerism, including Henry Ford and the automobile.

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d. Describe the impact of radio and movies as a unifying force in the national culture.

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e. Describe the emergence of modern forms of cultural expression including the origins of jazz and the Harlem Renaissance.