Boundless US History

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Ancient America Before 1492

Early Inhabitants of the Americas
Regional Settlements
Conclusion: Pre-Colonial Development of North America

European Encounters with the New World

The Expansion of Europe
The Exploration and Conquest of the New World
Conclusion: European Empires in the New World

Britain and the Settling of the Colonies: 1600-1750

The British Empire in North America
Settling New England
Settling the Middle Colonies
Settling the Southern Colonies
Early American Slavery
Conclusion: Patterns of British Settlement in the Colonies

Expansion of the Colonies: 1650-1750

English Administration of the Colonies
Self-Government in the Colonies
Early Conflicts
The Growth of the Colonies
Social Class in the Colonies
Slavery in the Colonies
Slave Culture and Rebellion
The Role of Women in the Colonies
Conclusion: Growth and Development of the Colonies

The Colonial Crisis: 1750-1775

The Seven Years' War: 1754-1763
An Empire of Freedom
The Political Climate of the Colonies
The Acts of Parliament
The Tea Party and the Coercive Acts: 1770-1774
Armed Conflict Begins
Conclusion: The Consequences of the British Parliamentary Acts

The American Revolution: 1775-1783

The Second Continental Congress
American Life During the Revolution
Patriots and Loyalists
The First Year of the War: 1775-1776
The Campaigns of 1777-1779: The North and the West
The End of the Revolution: 1779-1783
Conclusion: The Fight for Independence

Founding a Nation: 1783-1789

America under the Articles of Confederation
A New Constitution
Ratification and the Bill of Rights
We the People
Conclusion: The Development of the Constitution

The Federalist Era: 1789-1801

The Federalist Era
Hamilton's Economic Policy
Foreign and Domestic Crises
Transfer of Power
Conclusion: The Establishment of Federalism

Securing the Republic: 1800-1815

The Election of 1800
The Jefferson Administration
Divisions in the Republican Party
The War in Europe
The Madison Administration
The War of 1812
Conclusion: Early Trials

Democracy in America: 1815-1840

Women in the Early Republic
The Monroe and Adams Administrations
The Second Party System
The Jackson Administration
Economic Nationalism
Judicial Nationalism
The Van Buren Administration
Conclusion: The Development of Democracy

The Market Revolution: 1815-1840

The Market Revolution
A Market Society
The Industrial Revolution
Limited Prosperity
Conclusion: An Industrializing Economy

Religion, Romanticism, and Cultural Reform: 1820-1860

The Age of Cultural Reforms
The Second Great Awakening
The Emergence of American Literature
Educational Reforms
Immigration
Conclusion: A Maturing Society

The Westward Movement and Manifest Destiny: 1812-1860

Manifest Destiny
Expansion and the Mexican-American War
Conclusion: The Effects of Westward Expansion

Slavery in the Antebellum U.S.: 1820-1840

The Antebellum South
Slavery in the U.S.
Anti-Slavery Resistance Movements
Conclusion: The State of Slavery before the War

A House Dividing: 1840-1861

Breakdown of Sectional Balance
Realignment of the Party System
Deepening of the Sectional Crisis
The Impending Crisis
Conclusion: The Increasing Inevitability of War

The Civil War: 1861-1865

The Early Phase of the War
Emancipation During the War
Women and the War
Government During the War
Military Efforts: 1863-1865
The End of the Civil War
Modern Warfare
Conclusion: Reasons for Union Victory

Reconstruction: 1865-1877

The End of the War
The Battle Over Reconstruction
The South after Reconstruction
The Grant Administration
Conclusion: The Effects of Reconstruction

The Gilded Age: 1870-1900

The Gilded Age
The Second Industrial Revolution
The Rise of the City
The Rise of Immigration
Labor and Domestic Tensions
The Transformation of the West
Corruption and Reform
Civil Service Reform
The Agrarian and Populist Movements
Culture in the Gilded Age
American Imperialism
Conclusion: Trends of the Gilded Age

The Progressive Era: 1890-1917

The Progressive Era
The Politics of Progressivism
Woman's Suffrage
Roosevelt's Progressivism
From Roosevelt to Wilson
The Limits of Progressivism
Conclusion: The Successes and Failures of Progressivism

World War I: 1914-1919

The Wilson Administration
America's Entry into the War
America in WWI
The War at Home
African Americans and the War
Diplomacy and Negotiations at the End of the War
The Transition to Peace: 1919-1921
Conclusion: The Legacy of WWI

The Roaring Twenties: 1920-1929

The New Era
The Roaring Twenties
A Culture of Change
Resistance to Change
The Great Depression
Conclusion: Cultural Change in the Interwar Period

The New Deal: 1933-1940

Roosevelt and the First New Deal
The New Deal
Critical Interpretations of the New Deal
Minorities and the New Deal
Toward a Welfare State
Roosevelt's Second Term
Culture in the Thirties
Conclusion: The Legacy of the New Deal

From Isolation to World War II: 1930-1945

Non-Interventionism
The Beginning of the War
Conflict in Europe
The Early War in the Pacific
Preparing the Economy for War
The War in Europe
The War in the Pacific
The End of WWII
Social Effects of the War
Conclusion: WWII and the US

The Cold War

The Truman Administration
An International System
The Cold War
The Korean War
Conclusion: Truman and the Beginning of the Cold War

Politics and Culture of Abundance: 1943-1960

Culture of Abundance
The Eisenhower Administration
Policy of Containment
The Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement
Conclusion: Post-War America

The Sixties: 1960-1969

The Election of 1960
Furthering the Civil Rights Movement
Expanding the Civil Rights Movement
Counterculture
The Kennedy Administration
The Johnson Administration
Conclusion: Change in the 1960s

The Conservative Turn of America: 1968-1989

The Nixon Administration
The Ford Administration
The Carter Administration
The Reagan Administration
Reagan's Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War
Conclusion: Political Crises in the 70s and 80s

Bush, Clinton, and a Changing World

The George H.W. Bush Administration
The Clinton Administration
America's Emerging Culture
Conclusion: The End of a Century

America in the 21st Century

Globalization and the U.S.
The George W. Bush Administration
The Obama Administration
Obama's Second Term
Conclusion: Populism Resurgent
The Trump Administration

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