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Columbus and early explorers -- Colonization -- First English colony, Jamestown -- Bacon's rebellion -- Plymouth company -- Puritans, Massachusetts Bay Company -- Rhode Island colony -- Connecticut colony -- Main and New Hampshire colonies -- New York and New Jersey colonies -- Pennsylvania colony -- Maryland colony -- North and South Carolina colonies -- Georgia colony -- Life in the colonies -- Salem witch trials -- Beginning of slavery -- Age of enlightenment -- Great Awakening -- Manifest Destiny -- Mercantile system -- English acts to regain control -- French and Indian War -- 1763 to 1789, the saga of independence struggle -- Samuel Adams -- Boston Tea Party -- Revolution begins -- Common Sense and independence -- Franco-American alliance -- Victory and independence -- Significance of American Revolution -- Creating a government -- Fledgling American democracy (1789-1850) -- Introduction to court opinion on Dred Scott case -- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -- Slavery, fight for equality, Civil War and reunification -- American Civil War -- Political institutions, political developments, behavior and public policy -- Socially, economically, culturally the United States grew exponentially -- Louisiana Purchase -- Content of Constitution -- Ten original amendments (December 15, 1791) -- How to make amendments to Constitution -- Black slavery, agrarianism and abolitionism -- Founding fathers -- John Calhoun -- George Washington's farewell address -- Monroe Doctrine -- Sample test questions -- Answer key -- Test-taking strategies -- What your score means -- Test preparation -- Legal note.