The Northwest Ordinance & The Northwest Territory -- The Cumberland Gap, Wilderness Road, & the National Road -- Daniel Boone -- The Second Great Awakening -- The Articles of Confederation -- The Constitutional Convention -- The Federalists and Anti-Federalists -- George Mason -- The United States Constitution -- The Bill of Rights -- George Washington -- The Whiskey Rebellion -- Washington's farewell address -- The Presidential election of 1796 -- John Adams -- Washington DC -- The Alien & Sedition Acts -- The Presidential election of 1800 -- Thomas Jefferson -- The Burr-Hamilton duel -- John Marshall -- Marbury v. Madison -- The Louisiana Purchase -- The Lewis & Clark Expedition -- Southern Louisiana Territory exploration -- Samuel Slater -- Robert Fulton & the steamship -- Francis Lowell & the Lowell Mill Girls -- The Barbary Pirates and Tripoli -- Impressment of US sailors -- The Embargo & Non-intercourse Acts -- Tecumseh & The Prophet -- Mr. Madison's War -- The War at sea -- The War in Canada and the Great Lakes Region -- Oliver Hazard Perry -- The War in the South -- Washington DC & Baltimore -- The star spangled banner -- The Battle of New Orleans -- Outcomes of the War of 1812 -- James Madison -- James Monroe -- McCulloch v. Maryland -- The Adams-Onis Treaty -- The Erie Canal

A collection of readings accompanied by student activities that focus on the events and notable people of early America, from the 1780s through the 1820s; includes answer key for student activities