Table of Contents
Series Foreword
Introduction
Chronology of Events
Chapter 1: The Reality of Independence, 1776–1781
Chapter 2: Wartime Morale, 1776–1781
Chapter 3: The Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1776–1781
Chapter 4: General George Washington, 1776–1783
Chapter 5: Benedict Arnold, 1780–1781
Chapter 6: The Articles of Confederation, 1777–1781
Chapter 7: The Union in Crisis? 1782–1787
Chapter 8: Shays's Rebellion, 1786–1787
Chapter 9: Constitutional Convention, 1787
Chapter 10: Ratification Struggle, 1787–1789
Chapter 11: The Bill of Rights, 1787–1791
Chapter 12: The Issue of the Native Americans, 1791–1797
Chapter 13: The Role of Women, 1780–1798
Chapter 14: Slave Revolt in Santo Domingue (Haiti), 1791–1793
Chapter 15: President George Washington, 1789–1799
Chapter 16: The Early Years of the French Revolution, 1789–1793
Chapter 17: The Whiskey Rebellion, 1794
Chapter 18: Jay's Treaty, 1795–1796
Chapter 19: The Rise of the Party Press, 1797–1800
Chapter 20: The French Revolution Gone Crazy, 1793–1798
Chapter 21: American Neutrality, 1793
Chapter 22: The Election of 1796, September–November 1796
Chapter 23: The Quasi-War with France, 1797–1798
Chapter 24: The XYZ Affair, 1798
Chapter 25: The Sedition Act, 1798–1800
Chapter 26: The Election of 1800, February 1800–March 1801
Selected Bibliography
Index
