United States History: Early Years
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Chapter 1
Lesson 1
Land and Climate
Lesson 2
Our Nation's Resources
Lesson 3
Regions of the United States
Lesson 4
People and the Land
Chapter 2
Lesson 1
Ancient Americans
Lesson 2
Peoples of the Northwest
Lesson 3
Peoples of the Southwest
Lesson 4
Peoples of the Plains
Lesson 5
Peoples of the East
Chapter 3
Lesson 1
World Travel and Trade
Lesson 2
New Ideas in Europe
Lesson 3
Europeans Arrive in the Americas
Lesson 4
Conquest of the Americas
Lesson 5
New Spain
Chapter 4
Lesson 1
A Northwest Passage
Lesson 2
Roanoke and Jamestown
Lesson 3
New England Settlements
Lesson 4
Dutch and French Colonies
Chapter 5
Lesson 1
Geography of the Colonies
Lesson 2
New England
Lesson 3
Life in New England
Chapter 6
Lesson 1
The Middle Colonies
Lesson 2
Life in the Middle Colonies
Lesson 3
The Southern Colonies
Lesson 4
Life in the South
Chapter 7
Lesson 1
The French and Indian War
Lesson 2
Early Conflicts with Britain
Lesson 3
Conflicts Grow
Lesson 4
War Begins
Chapter 8
Lesson 1
Declaring Independence
Lesson 2
Life During the War
Lesson 3
The War in the North
Lesson 4
Winning the War
Chapter 9
Lesson 1
A New Nation
Lesson 2
Constitutional Convention
Lesson 3
The Constitution
Lesson 4
President Washington
Chapter 10
Lesson 1
People on the Move
Lesson 2
The Nation Grows
Lesson 3
The War of 1812
Lesson 4
Age of Jackson
Chapter 11
Lesson 1
The Industrial Revolution
Lesson 2
Immigrants and Reformers
Lesson 3
Texas and War with Mexico
Lesson 4
Moving West
Chapter 12
Lesson 1
Worlds Apart
Lesson 2
The Struggle for Freedom
Lesson 3
Compromise and Conflict
Lesson 4
Civil War Begins
Chapter 13
Lesson 1
A Nation at War
Lesson 2
The Human Face of War
Lesson 3
The War Ends
Lesson 4
Reconstruction
Lesson 5
The Challenge of Freedom
Chapter 14
Lesson 1
Many New Immigrants
Lesson 2
Immigration in the 1900s
Lesson 3
The American People Today
Chapter 15
Lesson 1
The Struggle for Equality
Lesson 2
The Struggle Continues
Lesson 3
Democracy and Citizenship
