《美国历史》由美国著名历史学家查尔斯·A·比尔德和其夫人共同编写。
PART I.
THE COLONIAL PERIOD
CHAPTER 1 THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA……………………………… 1
The Agencies of American Colonization…………………………………………… 1
The Colonial Peoples… …………………………………………………………… 4
The Process of Colonization… …………………………………………………… 8
CHAPTER 2 COLONIAL AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE … …… 12
The Land and the Westward Movement… ………………………………………… 12
Industrial and Commercial Development… ……………………………………… 16
CHAPTER 3 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS………………………………… 22
The Leadership of the Churches…………………………………………………… 22
Schools and Colleges… …………………………………………………………… 25
The Colonial Press… ……………………………………………………………… 27
The Evolution in Political Institutions……………………………………………… 28
CHAPTER 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIAL NATIONALISM… …………… 32
Relations with the Indians and the French… ……………………………………… 32
The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies… ………………………………………… 35
Colonial Relations with the British Government…………………………………… 37
Summary of the Colonial Period… ………………………………………………… 41
PART II.
CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER 5 THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY………………… 44
George III and His System… ……………………………………………………… 44
George III''s Ministers and Their Colonial Policies… ……………………………… 45
Colonial Resistance Forces Repeal………………………………………………… 48
Resumption of British Revenue and Commercial Policies… ……………………… 50
Renewed Resistance in America…………………………………………………… 52
Retaliation by the British Government… ………………………………………… 53
From Reform to Revolution in America… ………………………………………… 55
CHAPTER 6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ……………………………………… 57
Resistance and Retaliation………………………………………………………… 57
American Independence…………………………………………………………… 58
The Establishment of Government and the New Allegiance… …………………… 61
Military Affairs… ………………………………………………………………… 66
The Finances of the Revolution… ………………………………………………… 72
The Diplomacy of the Revolution… ……………………………………………… 74
Peace at Last… …………………………………………………………………… 76
Summary of the Revolutionary Period……………………………………………… 78
PART III.
FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS
CHAPTER 7 THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION … ……………………… 81
The Promise and the Difficulties of America… …………………………………… 81
The Calling of a Constitutional Convention………………………………………… 84
The Framing of the Constit