For the two-semester U.S. history survey course. Offers students insight into how diverse communities and different regions have shaped America's past. Out of Many reveals the ethnic, geographical and economic diversity of the United States by examining the individual, the community and the state and placing a special focus on the country's regions, particularly the West. Each chapter helps students understand the textured and varied history that has produced the increasing complexity of America.
Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Community and Diversity CHAPTER 1 A CONTINENT OF VILLAGES AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Cahokia: Thirteenth-Century Life on the Mississippi The First American Settlers COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT The Origins of Foodways The Development of Farming Farming in Early North America SEEING HISTORY An Early European Image of Native Americans Conclusion Chronology Review Questions Recommended Readings MyHistoryLab Connections CHAPTER 2 WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE 14921590 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES The English at Roanoke The Expansion of Europe The Spanish in the Americas Northern Explorations and Encounters COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT The Debate over the Justice of the Conquest SEEING HISTORY A Watercolor from the First Algonquian-English Encounter Conclusion Chronology Review Questions Recommended Readings MyHistoryLab Connections CHAPTER 3 PLANTING COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA 1588-1701 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Communities and Diversity in Seventeenth Century Santa Fe The Spanish, The French, and the Dutch in North America The Chesapeake: Virginia and Maryland SEEING HISTORY John Smiths Cartoon History of His Adventures in Virginia The New England Colonies COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT The Maypole at Merrymount The Proprietary Colonies Conflict and War Conclusion Chronology Review Questions Recommended Readings MyHistoryLab Connections CHAPTER 4 SLAVERY AND EMPIRE 14411770 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Rebellion In Stono, South Carolina The Beginnings of African Slavery The African Slave Trade COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT Two Views of The Middle Passage The Development of North American Slave Societies African to African American SEEING HISTORY A Musical Celebration In The Slave Quarters Slavery and the Economics of Empire Slavery, Prosperity, and Freedom Conclusion Chronology Review Questions Recommended Readings MyHistoryLab Connections CHAPTER 5 THE CULTURES OF COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA 17001780 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES The Revival of Religion and Community in Northampton North American Regions SEEING HISTORY A Plan of an American New Cleared Farm Social and Political Patterns The Cultural Transformation of British North America COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT The Inoculation Controversy in Boston, 1721 Conclusion Chronology Review Questions Recommended Readings MyHistoryLab Connections CHAPTER 6 FROM EMPIRE TO INDEPENDENCE 17501776 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES The First Continental Congress Begins to Shape a National Political Community The Seven Years War in America The Emergence of American Nationalism Save Your Money and Save Your Country From Resistance to Rebellion SEEING HISTORY The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring and Feathering Deciding for Independence COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT The Debate over Independence Conclusion Chronology Review Questions Recommended Readings MyHistoryLab Connections CHAPTER 7 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 17761786 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES A National Community Evolves at Valley Forge The War for Independence The United Sates in Congress Assembled SEEING HISTORY The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy