This video is part of a condensed series on United States history presented in short, digestible summaries.
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Course Hero's US History video series covers the essential elements for understanding the history and development of the United States. Our brief summary covers everything you need to know about first contact between indigenous peoples and Europeans, colonial development, the founding of the United States, and the development of its political, economic, social, and religious institutions.
The video series begins with an examination of the European era of discoveries and the development of European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. In this discussion of the colonization of America, we explore the interactions between indigenous peoples and Europeans, as well as the development of colonial government and social structures.
Who founded America? This is not an easy question to answer, so we discuss a number of valuable perspectives on this question. Along the way, you will discover:
• Prehistory, including Vikings and Native Americans
• First European discovery and conquest in the Western Hemisphere
• Establishment of Spanish colonies in central and western North America
• The development of the British colonies in the south, northeast and center
• First conflicts and colonial actions in Central America and North America
• The development and growth of slavery in the Americas
Next, the series offers a deeper understanding of our Founding Fathers and the founding of the United States of America, including:
• Colonial grievances against the British Parliament and King George III, and the Declaration of Independence
• The Committees of Correspondence, the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
• Debates about how America should be governed, including an examination of the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution.
• Debates and discussions regarding economic goals, including the establishment of the American system and expansionist policies such as the Monroe Doctrine.
• Federalist and anti-federalist political parties
• Leaders like Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and others
The series examines American warfare and armed conflicts throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, including:
• Conflicts during Jackson's era, including the Trail of Tears, the Plains Wars, the establishment of Native American reservations, and the Dawes Act.
• Manifest Destiny, Annexation of Texas, Mexican-American War, and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The rise of sectionalism, the abolitionist movement, and the American Civil War
• The Anaconda Plan, Bull Run, Gettysburg Address, General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant
• American imperialism, the Spanish-American War, conflicts in the Philippines, big stick diplomacy and dollar diplomacy
Finally, the American Intensive Course includes an introduction to social justice movements and religious life in the United States, including:
• The second great awakening
• The abolitionist movement and amendments to the American Constitution related to the Civil War
• Progressive Era social reforms and regulations, including the impact of muckrakers, food inspection and safety laws, settlement houses, and alcohol prohibition.
• Breach of Trust and the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller
• The women's suffrage movement and the 19th Amendment, including famous suffragists like Judith Sargent Murray, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone
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