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Discusses the people and events that shaped this country, from the controversial election of 1800 through the westward expansion to the War of 1812 and James Madison's presidency.

Recounts the religious, political, and social history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and its influence on our lives today.

Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War.

Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants, predominantly from northern Europe, and then from eastern and southern Europe, came to the United States.

Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States was becoming increasingly industrialized and technological, including the coming of the railroads, the rise of the large corporations, the development of labor unions, and government regulation.

Emphasizes America's expanding role in world affairs between the late nineteenth century and the end of World War I.

Emphasizes economic trends and the role of the government in regard to the economy from the beginning of the twentieth century to America's entry into World War II.

Discusses the settling of the area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains and the conflicting interests of the different groups involved--the Indians, cowboys, farmers, sheepherders, and railroad barons.

Discusses the culture of Native Americans in North America and how exploration and early colonization affected them.

Discusses the circumstances surrounding English colonization of Virginia and the evolution of slavery in that colony.

Examines the period between 1660 and 1763 in the history of America, discussing the maturing of the country from a collection of frontier settlements to well-established, organized communities, and looking at the conflict between various European powers for control of North America and its potential wealth.

Examines the people and events involved in the significant war by which the thirteen original colonies broke away from England.

Examines the events and personalities involved in creating the Constitution of the United States in 1787, a document which has been the foundation of American democracy for over 200 years.

Examines the events and personalities involved in the political development of the United States in the period following the creation of the Constitution.

Examines the events and personalities, particularly President Andrew Jackson, that shaped the development of the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century.