VOLUME 1: EARLY SETTLEMENT TO RECONSTRUCTION (1620–1870)

Contents: The Mayflower Compact, Common Sense, "Remember the Ladies," the Declaration of Independence, slave journey, "What Is an American?", Washington’s Farewell Address, the Louisiana Purchase, the Monroe Doctrine, The Liberator, the Trail of Tears, the Lowell Mills, conditions for the mentally ill, the Mexican War, the California Gold Rush, women’s rights, the Compromise of 1850, "The Nature of Slavery," the Gettysburg Address, and the Reconstruction Amendments.