Chapter 1: Geography, History, and the Social Sciences (Prehistory–Present)

Chapter 2: Before the First Global Age (Prehistory–1600)

Chapter 3: Exploration and Colonization (1492–1675)

Chapter 4: The Thirteen English Colonies (1630–1750)

Chapter 5: Crisis in the Colonies (1745–1775)

Chapter 6: The American Revolution (1775–1783)

Chapter 7: Creating a Republic (1776–1790)

Chapter 8: The New Government Begins (1787–1800)

Chapter 9: The Jefferson Era (1801–1816)

Chapter 10: Years of Growth and Expansion (1790-1825)

Chapter 11: The Jacksonian Era (1824–1840)

Chapter 12: From Sea to Shining Sea (1820–1860)

Chapter 13: The Worlds of North and South (1820–1860)

Chapter 14: A Reforming Age (1820–1860)

Chapter 15: The Road to Civil War (1820–1861)

Chapter 16: Torn by War (1861–1865)