American Realities, Volume I : Historical Episodes from the First Settlements to the Civil War

by Youngs, J. William T.

• ISBN13: 9780321433459
• ISBN10: 0321433459
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

American Realities,a best-selling collection of secondary sources, integrates the lives of Americans with their respective time periods, and depicts a diverse American experience that challenges the preconceived notions of students. This edition includes new scholarship and revised writing in existing chapters. The clarity of the author's unique, anecdotal writing style successfully engages students in an exploration of unique historical characters and significant events. American Realities vividly recreates the past with a compelling collection of essays that explore American history in rich and revealing detail. Eloquently written, these essays will help students understand the diverse political and cultural history of America through individual perspectives and personal experiences. Native Americans, the American Revolution, the Constitution, Republican Nationalism, Abolitionism, the Seneca Falls Convention, the Civil War US History Survey courses

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Native Americans: October 11,1492	p. 1
The English Background: A Puritan Death: John and Thomasine Winthrop	p. 19
The British American: William Byrd in Two Worlds	p. 37
Reform in Colonial America: John Woolman on Goodness and Greed	p. 57
Divided Loyalties: Jonathan Boucher and the Pre-Revolutionary Crisis	p. 77
The American Revolution: 1776: The Continental Army in the Year of Independence	p. 97
Testing the Constitution: The Alien and Sedition Acts	p. 123
Republican Nationalism: The Lewis and Clark Expedition	p. 143
The Limits of Jacksonian Democracy: The Cherokee Removal	p. 165
Abolitionists and Antiabolitionists: William Lloyd Garrison and the Broadcloth Mob	p. 189
The Texas Revolution: Lorenzo de Zavala, Patriot	p. 211
Reform in the Early Republic: The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848	p. 237
Manifest Destiny: Down the Santa Fe Trail with Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847	p. 255
A Slave's Story: Adb Rahman Ibrahima's Journey from Slavery to Freedom	p. 285
The Civil War: Two Soldiers and Their Worlds	p. 311
Credits	p. 331
Index	p. 333
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