Our units of study begin with the United States Civil War, approaching the antebellum period from approximately the 1840s on. Use the documents on this page to review the course of American history up to 1840, as context for our studies.
European Colonization of North America
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#1 Native Americans and Spaniards
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#2 Colonizing America
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#3 Natives and the English
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#4 Colonial America
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The American Revolution
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#5 The Seven Years' War
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#6 Prelude to Revolution
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#7 Who won the American Revolution?
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Other Independence Movements in the Americas
European Colonies in the Americas Around 1763
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The Americas Today
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A New National Government, 1781 - 1800
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U.S. Constitution (1789)
www.constituteproject.org/constitution/United_States_of_America_1992 The Bill of Rights: What does it say? www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/what-does-it-say
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The Early Republic
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#10 Thomas Jefferson and his Democracy
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#11 The War of 1812
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#12 The Market Revolution
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#13 Slavery
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#14 The Age of Jackson
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#15 19th Century Reforms
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#16 Women in the 19th Century
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