Outline of America’s Story:
Discovery (Why Did Europeans Look Westward?)
Colonization (The Thirteen Colonies, Spain and France – 200 years – Equal to Union Period)
—Revolution (The Causes of the War and the War Itself)
—Forming of the Union (The Critical Period: Articles and Constitution)
Washington to McKinley (Jefferson’s America – Strict Construction; Slavery and the Civil War)
TR to the Present (TR’s America – Loose Construction; Big Business, Equality, and the World Stage)