Part I. The colonial period: Chapter I. Discovery of America
Chapter II. In the wake of Columbus
Chapter III. The settlement of Virginia
Chapter IV. The Dutch at New Amsterdam
Chapter V. The settlement of New England
Chapter VI. Religious persecutions in New England
Chapter VII. King Philip's war and the witchcraft delusion
Chapter VIII. The struggle for the continent
Chapter I. The coming of discontent
Chapter II. The bursting of the storm
Chapter III. The colonists take the offensive
Chapter V. The first campaign
Chapter VI. "The fate of Sir Jack Brag"
Chapter VII. The second stage
Chapter VIII. The war on the water
Chapter IX. New York and the "Neutral ground"
Chapter X. The war in the south
Part III. The Period of growth: Chapter I. The new nation
Chapter II. The second war with England
Chapter IV. Through five administrations
Chapter V. The war with Mexico
Chapter VI. Fourteen years of peace
Part IV. The Civil War: Chapter I. The slavery question
Chapter III. The north gets its lesson
Chapter IV. The grand army of the Potomac
Chapter V. The war in the west
Chapter VI. The coast and the river
Chapter VII. Emancipation
Chapter VIII. The "Grand Army's" second campaign
Chapter IX. With Grant on the Mississippi
Chapter X. The final struggle
Chapter XI. Winslow and Farragut
Chapter XII. The martyr president
Part V. The period of expansion: Chapter I. Reconstruction and after
Chapter II. The year of a hundred years
Chapter III. The conquest of the plains
Chapter IV. The second assassination
Chapter V. The war with Spain
Chapter VI. The new century
Chapter Vii. The world war.
