American History: US History: An Overview of the Most Important People & Events. The History of United States: From Indians to Contemporary History of America

5th edition, updated November 2018 This NEW edition includes updated, expanded and added materialFrom Colonization to the Space Race, this is the history of America’s successes and failures.

It’s a story filled with strength and resilience, triumph and defeat, prosperity and poverty. Learn how a little settlement of a few hundred colonists grew to be one of the most powerful nations the world has ever seen

With American History: US History: An Overview of the Most Important People & Events. The History of United States: From Indians to Contemporary History of America, 5^th Edition you’ll discover the people and events that molded the United States of America into one of the most influential nations in the world including:

• Pre-colonial times and the discovery of America
• Early settlers creating the first European colonies
• The formation of the 13 colonies
• The revolution that won America’s independence from Britain
• The founding of a nation and signing of the Declaration of Independence
• Rapid expansion across the American west
• Brutal removal of Native Americans from their ancestral homes
• The American Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation
• The reconstruction of the southern States
• Constant wars between the United State and European powers
• WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII
• Development of nuclear energy and the Cold War
• The Space Race and Pax Americana
• How the constitution continues to guide the United States
• The ongoing fight for Civil Rights by African Americans the Women’s Suffrage Movement
• The formation and history of you two main political parties

This quick glimpse into the most significant events and people in America’s past reveals the seed that sported a great nation, the mistakes and tragedies that tore it apart, and the triumphs and perseverance that rebuilt it to be even stronger than before.

Learn how America became the nation it is today, and how it continues to triumph during difficult times with American History: US History: An Overview of the Most Important People & Events. The History of United States: From Indians to Contemporary History of America, 5^th Edition.