Sources for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877

Sources for America’s History is a balanced American history documents reader that features both visual and textual sources meant to bring U.S. history to life for students.

PART 1: TRANSFORMATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA (1491–1700)
CHAPTER 1: Colliding Worlds, 1491–1600
CHAPTER 2: American Experiments, 1521–1700
PART 1 DOCUMENT SET: Developing Patterns of Atlantic World Exchange, 1491–1700

PART 2: BRITISH NORTH AMERICA AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD (1607–1763)
CHAPTER 3: The British Atlantic World, 1607–1750
CHAPTER 4:  Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720–1763
PART 2 DOCUMENT SET: The Causes and Consequences of the Peopling of North America, 1607–1763

PART 3: REVOLUTION AND REPUBLICAN CULTURE (1754–1820)
CHAPTER 5: The Problem of Empire, 1754–1776  
CHAPTER 6: Making War and Republican Governments, 1776–1789
CHAPTER 7: Hammering Out a Federal Republic,  1787–1820
PART 3 DOCUMENT SET: The Emergence of Democratic Ideals and a New National Identity, 1754–1820

PART 4: OVERLAPPING REVOLUTIONS (1800–1848)
CHAPTER 8: Economic Transformations, 1800–1848
CHAPTER 9: A Democratic Revolution, 1800–1848
CHAPTER 10:  Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820–1848
CHAPTER 11: Imperial Ambitions, 1820–1848
PART 4 DOCUMENT SET: Environment and Identity in an Age of Revolutions, 1800–1848

PART 5: CONSOLIDATING A CONTINENTAL UNION (1844–1877)
CHAPTER 12: Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844–1860
CHAPTER 13: Bloody Ground: The Civil War, 1861–1865
CHAPTER 14: Reconstruction, 1865–1877