Synopsis
VOLUME I (Readings that are new to this edition are indicated with an * asterisk). Introduction: Doing History. 1. Contact and Conquest: The Meeting of the Old and New Worlds: Historical Context. The Document: Journal of Christopher Columbus'' First Voyage. Bartolomé de Las Casas. From The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account. The Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest. Florentine Codex, as Collected by Bernadino de Sahagun. 2. Dying and Surviving in Virginia: Historical Context. The Documents, Arthur Barlowe. "Narrative of the 1584 Voyage", Thomas Harriot. From A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, John White. "Narrative of the 1590 Voyage", George Percy. "Discourse", John Smith From Journal. The First Planters From Nova Britannia, 1609. From Laws Divine. Moral and Martial, 1611. "The State of the Colony in Virginia," 1622, Richard Frethorne. An Indentured Servant Describes Life in Virginia in a Letter to His Parents. 3. The Puritan Experience in New England: Historical Context. The Documents, John Winthrop. "A Model of Christian Charity", From The Apologia of Robert Keayne. Education and Literacy, Home and Family, Mary Rowlandson. The Sovereignty and Goodness of God. 4. "What, Then, Is the American. This New Man?": Historical Context. The Documents: *The Diary of William Byrd. *The Memoir of Jonathan Edwards. The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin. 5. What Kind of Revolution? Justifications for Rebellion: Historical Context. The Documents, Joseph Galloway. "Plan of Union", Samuel Seabury. "An Alarm to the Legislature", Benjamin Franklin on the Galloway Plan and the North Resolution. Thomas Paine, From Common Sense. *John Wesley''s Sermon, *6.-8. Lord Dunmore''s Proclamation and Responses. The Declaration of Independence. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams. Thomas Jefferson, From Notes on the State of Virginia. Letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson. Reply of Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker. 6. Counting America. Reading the First Federal Census of 1790: Historical Context. The Documents From The Federalist Papers. Excerpt from Article I, Section 2, of the United States Constitution. Summary of the First Census of the United States. Census Data from South Carolina Census Data from Philadelphia, David Ramsay. From The History of South Carolina, Isaac Weld, Jr. From Travels Through the States of North America. 7. Shouting for Glory. Camp Meeting Christianity Described, Decried, and Defended: Historical Context. The Documents, Fanny Lewis. "Glory! Glory! This Is the Happiest Day I Ever Saw", William Thacher. "The Melting Power of God", Barton Stone. "The Smile of Heaven Shone", Martin J. Spalding. "A Fanaticism As Absurd as It Was Blasphemous." "Camp-Meetings and Agricultural Fairs" From An Apology for Camp Meetings. 8. Living and Dying in Bondage. The Slave Conspiracy of 1822: Historical Context. The Documents, The Trials. "Gracious Heaven When I Think What I Have Escaped": Anna Hayes Johnson Letters to Her Cousin. "The Conspiracy Had Spread Wider and Wider": John Potter to Langdon Cheves. "White Men, Too, Would Engender Plots": Newspapers Report the Vesey Conspiracy. *David Walker''s Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World. @CHAPTER 9. RE = bering the Alamo: Historical Context. The Documents. Document Set 1 Prelude. Document Set 2 The Battle. Document Set 3 The Aftermath. 10. Women in Antebellum America: Historical Context. The Documents: A. J. Graves. "Religious Women", Catharine Beecher. "The Peculiar Responsibilities of American Women", Sarah M. Grimké. "On the Condition of Women in the United States", Harriet Jacobs. From Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl. Declaration of Sentiments, Lucy Larcom. From A New England Girlhood, Malenda Edwards and Mary Paul Letters. 11. A House Divided: Free Labor. Slave Labor: Historical Context. The Documents: George Fitzhugh. From Cannibals All!, Hinton Rowan Helper. From The Impending Crisis of the South The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Harriet Beecher Stowe. From Uncle Tom''s Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly, Frederick Douglass. Open Letter to Thomas Auld. 12. A War Within a War. The New York City Draft Riots: Historical Context. The Documents: Enrolment Act of 1863. Ellen Leonard, "Three Days of Terror." From The Diary of George Templeton Strong. To the Laboring Men of New York, Dearly Beloved! "The Raging Riot - Its Character, and the True Attitude Toward It." A Letter from One of the Rioters. The $300 Exemption. 13. Reconstruction and the Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Historical Context. The Documents: Initiation Oath of the Knights of the White Camelia. Testimony of Victims of the Ku Klux Klan. Congressional Inquiry into Klan Activities, Hon. Job E. Stevenson of Ohio. Speech to the House of Representatives, Benjamin Bryant. From Experience of a Northern Man Among the Ku-Klux, W. H. Gannon. "How to Extirpate Ku-Kluxism from the South." Credits. Index. VOLUME II Introduction: Constructing the Past. 14. The Great Strike of 1877: Historical Context. The Documents: "Fair Wages" by a Striker. "The Recent Strikes" by the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Allan Pinkerton. From Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives. Samuel Gompers, " A Declaration of Protest in the Name of American Manhood." Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. The Great Uprising, Henry Ward Beecher. "There Is No Rich Class and No Working Class Under the Law". 15. When Cultures Collide. Wounded Knee: Historical Context. The Documents: Z. A. Parker. "The Ghost Dance Observed." Letters from Reservations by United States Agents. Selwyn''s Interview with Kuwapi. "...No White People in the Other World", ". . . Indians Armed to the Teeth. . ." " . . . Defrauding Us of Vested Rights . . ." Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1891. Three Letters by Military Leaders. Eyewitness Reports of Indians Interviewed by the Office of Indian Affairs. Government and Military Statements on Wounded Knee. 16. New Americans. The Immigrants: Historical Context. The Documents: Jacob RiiS. "Little Italy", Rocco Corresca. "The Biography of a Bootblack", Jacob Riis. "Chinatown", Lee Chew. "The Biography of a Chinaman", Jacob Riis. "Jewtown", Rose Schneiderman. "A Cap Maker''s Story." 17. Building an Empire. America and the Philippines: Historical Context. The Documents: Albert J. Beveridge. "The March of the Flag", William Graham Sumner. "The Conquest of the United States by Spain", Theodore Roosevelt. "The Strenuous Life", Press Opposition to the War, Theodore Roosevelt. "National Duties", Proceedings of the Congressional Committee on the Philippines. 18. The Woman Rebel. Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement: Historical Context. The Documents: Margaret Sanger. From The Woman