Download or read book Making America: Making a "New" World, to 1588 ; British entry into the New World, 1603-1752 ; English colonies in the eighteenth century, 1700-1763 ; Deciding where loyalities lie, 1763-1776 ; Recreating America: independence and a New Nation, 1775-1783 ; Competing visions of a virtuous republic, 1776-1796 ; The early republic, 1796-1804 ; Renewing independence, 1805-1814 ; The rise of a new nation, 1815-1819 ; Dynamic growth and its consequences, 1820-1827 ; Politics and change in Jackson's America, 1828-1840 ; Westward expansion and manifest destiny, 1841-1849 ; Sectional conflict and shattered union, 1850-1860 ; A violent solution: Civil War, 1861-1865 ; Reconstruction: high hopes and broken dreams, 1865-1877 written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [The book] follows the course of American history form the earliest human settlements to the present day.... In keeping with the goal to create a clear and straightforward narrative chronology, a central theme in this text is the political development of the nation. -Pref.