American History to 1865

Class Text

Norton, et. al., A People and A Nation (5th Edition)

Wheeler & Becker, Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence (4th Edition)

Houghton Mifflin's @History

Lab Assignments

Online Textbook

  • American History from the Colonial Period to WWI

    Historical Documents

  • The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
  • The Articles of Confederation
  • Constitution of the United States of America

    Native America

  • Index of Native American Resources on the Internet

    European Exploration and Settlement

  • Exploration and Settlement(Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage)
  • 1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE
  • Columbus links (U of Colorado)
  • Why Autonomous AIM Opposes Columbus Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate
  • Presidential Proclamation for Columbus Day
  • Discovery of a New World

    Colonial America

  • The Spanish Empire (Idaho State U)
  • Archiving Early America
  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

    The War for Independence

  • Liberty! The American Revolution (PBS)
  • Documents from the Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention 1774-1789 (Library of Congress)
  • Declaration of Independence (facsimile)
  • The Early America Review
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • The Papers of George Washington
  • Jeffrey Amherst and Smallpox Blankets

    The American Nation

  • White House Biographies of the Presidents
  • Addresses of the Presidents of the US
  • Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents
  • Portraits of the Presidents: The Early Years
  • Portraits of the Presidents: Civil War - Century's End
  • Daniel Webster
  • The Federalist Papers

    George Washington

  • The George Washington Papers (Library of Congress)
  • The Apotheosis of George Washington Brumidi's Fresco and beyond (U Virginia)
  • Mount Vernon
  • Treasures of Mount Vernon Exhibit

    Thomas Jefferson

  • Thomas Jefferson: Radical and Racist The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 1996)
  • The "Adam and Eve" letter From Thomas Jefferson to William Short
  • The "Blood of Patriots and Tyrants" letter From Thomas Jefferson to William Smith
  • An Excerpt of Query XIV from the Notes on the State of Virginia (1781)

    James Monroe

  • James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library
  • The Monroe Doctrine

    The Tariff and Nullification

  • The Hayne-Webster Debate

    The Mexican War

  • The Mexican-American War Memorial Homepage
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Remember the Alamo

    Slavery

  • The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
  • The Underground Railroad(National Park Service)
  • Museum of Slavery
  • The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
  • Note on Slave Trade Database
  • Sterling Stuckey"Slavery and the Freeing of American History Instruction,"Perspectives (April, 1995)

    The Southern Rebellion

  • Era 5 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877) (National History Standards)
  • An Irish Immigrant's View of the Compromise of 1850
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford
  • Secession Era Editorials Project (Furman University)
  • Virtual Antebellum Richmond(College of William and Mary)
  • Selected Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress)
  • The United States Civil War Center (LSU)
  • Civil War Page (Washington College)
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Yahoo Civil War Page

    General Reference

  • American Memory Project
  • List of History Resources
    ttaylor@ctc.edu