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Edition19

Book TitleAnnual Editions: American History, Volume 1 : Pre-Colonial Through Reconstruction

Number of Pages173 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / General

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

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Book SeriesAnnual Editions Ser.

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Volume NumberVol. 1

Table Of ContentUNIT 1. The New Land 1.America's First Immigrants, Evan Hadingham, Smithsonian , November 2004 The conventional wisdom used to be that American Indians migrated to the New World via a now-submerged land bridge from Siberia. This view has been challenged by archaeologists who have found the remains of settlements dating at least 1,000 years before this supposed migration took place. What remains controversial is where these early peoples actually came from. 2.1491, Charles C. Mann, The Atlantic Monthly , March 2002 "Before it became the New World," Charles Mann writes, "the Western Hemisphere was vastly more populous and sophisticated than has been thought." He surveys new research that indicates Indians lived in this hemisphere much longer than previously assumed, and that they had a larger impact on the environment. 3.Mystery Tribe, Betsy Carpenter, U.S. News & World Report , October 4, 2004 A tribe known as the Fremont Indians flourished for 600 years in what is now the state of Utah. Their fairly sophisticated civilization began to disintegrate around AD 1250 and virtually disappeared within a century. Experts disagree as to the causes of this collapse. 4.Before New England, Richard L. Pflederer, History Today , January 2005 In contrast with the English colony at Jamestown in Virginia, very little has been written about the short-lived Popham settlement in what is now the state of Maine. The very fact that the colony was abandoned after only a few years, coupled with the help of a map drawn at the time, has led to excavations that tell us much about the lives of these early colonists. 5.Instruments of Seduction: A Tale of Two Women, Sandra F. VanBurkleo, OAH Magazine of History , Winter 1995 In the 1630's, Ann Hibben and Anne Hutchinson were tried and convicted for committing crimes against the community and "entertaining diabolical religious ideas." They had violated Puritan teachings about the proper roles women should play in society. 6.Penning a Legacy, Patricia Hudson, American History , February 1998 In 1680, William Penn, who earlier had become a Quaker, petitioned King Charles II for a grant of land in what would become known as Pennsylvania. Penn created a constitution that provided for religious freedom, voting rights, and penal reform. He also addressed Native Americans in the region, asking them to permit colonists to live among them "with your love and consent." 7.Blessed and Bedeviled: Tales of Remarkable Providences in Puritan New England, Helen Mondloch, The World & I , May 2002 In 2001 the governor of Massachusetts signed a bill exonerating the last five individuals convicted in the Salem Witch trials of 1692 . The author of this essay examines the attitudes and beliefs that led to the persecution of at least 150 people. 8.Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?, Guenter Lewy, Commentary , September 2004 Everyone agrees that European exploration and the conquest had devastating consequences on the Indian population in the western hemisphere. Some have claimed that this process amounted to genocide, not much different from what the Nazis did to European Jews. Lewy argues that the largest cause of Indian mortality was the "spread of highly contagious diseases to which they had no immunity." Given the state of medical knowledge at the time, the Europeans were unaware that they carried diseases with them. UNIT 2. Revolutionary America 9.Flora

Edition DescriptionAnnual,Revised edition

SynopsisThis nineteenth of ANNUAL EDITIONS: AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME 1 provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online., This nineteenth of ANNUAL EDITIONS: AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME 1 provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor' s resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.