American Spirit Volume I - 3787 Words

The ^American Spirit United States History as Seen by Contemporaries Ninth Edition Volume I: To 1877 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston New YorkContents 1 2 Preface xxi New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.-A.D.1769 1 A. The Native Americans 1 1. Visualizing the New World (1505, 1509) 1 2. Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the Indians (1547) 3 3. Bartoleme de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552) 4 B. The Spanish in America 6 1. Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico (1519-1526) 6 2. Aztec Chroniclers Describe the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519) 3- Francisco Coronado Explores the American Southwest (1541) 13 4. Don Juan de Onate Conquers New Mexico (1599) 14 C. The African Slave Trade 17 1. Mungo Park Describes Slavers in the African Interior (c. 1790)†¦show more content†¦A Swede Depicts the Indian Trade (1749) 103 B. The French and Indian War 105 1. Benjamin Franklin Characterizes General Edward Braddock (1755) 105 2. A Frenchman Reports Braddocks Defeat (1755) 107 3. Francis Parkman Analyzes the Conflict (1884) 108 C. A New Restlessness 220 1. Andrew Burnaby Scoffs at Colonial Unity (1760) 110 2. A Lawyer Denounces Search Warrants (1761) 212ViU Contents 7 8 The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775 114 A. The Burden of Mercantilism 224 1. Virginia Resents Restrictions (1671) 124 2. Adam Smiths Balance Sheet (1776) 115 B. The Tempest over Taxation 117 1. Benjamin Franklin Testifies Against the Stamp Act (1766) 117 2. Philadelphia Threatens Tea Men (1773) 119 3. Connecticut Decries the Boston Port Act (1774) 120 C. Britain at the Crossroads 221 1. Dean Josiah Tucker Advises a Divorce (1774) 122 2. Adam Smith Criticizes Empire (1776) 123 3. Samuel Johnson Urges the Iron Fist (1775) 124 4. Two Views of the British Empire (1767, 1775) 126 D. Loyalists Versus Patriots 128 1. Daniel Leonard Deplores Rebellion (1775) 128 2. Patrick Henry Demands Boldness (1775) 129 3. New Yorkers Abuse Tories (1775) 130 E. The Clash of Arms 232 1. 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