| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Greenwood Press "Events that changed America" series
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Greenwood Press "Events that changed America" series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
First encounters, c. 40,000 B.C.E.-1492 C.E. / Andrew Frank -- The expedition of Coronado, 1540-1542 / Thomas Clarkin -- The founding of St. Augustine, 1565 / Blake Beattie -- Early English colonization efforts, c. 1584-1630 / Rick Kennedy -- Early European-Native American encounters, 1607-1637 / Kathleen Perdisatt and Rick Kennedy -- The introduction of slavery into North America, 1619 / Julia A. Woods -- The surrender of New Amsterdam, 1664 / Thomas A. Mackey -- King Philip's War, 1675-1676 / Steven E. Siry -- The Glorious Revolution in America, 1688-1689 / P.D. Swiney -- The Salem witch trials, 1692 / Frederick M. Stowell. |
| Summary |
Ten essays offer academic interpretations of the significance of ten events shaping early US history. Appends a glossary and a timeline from the First peoples' migration to the New World to the 1692 Salem witch trials. Illustrations include a replica of Columbus' /Santa Maria/, a period sketch of the 1565 founding of St. Augustine, and the arrival of the first African slaves in 1619. Suitable for high school and undergraduate levels. The editors teach history at Indiana U. Southeast. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
America -- History -- To 1810.
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America. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1810 |
| Indexed Term |
Humaniora Historie. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Findling, John E.
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Thackeray, Frank W.
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| Added Title |
Events that changed America through the 17th century |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Events that changed America through the seventeenth century. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000 0313290830 (DLC) 00020080 (OCoLC)43370295 |
| ISBN |
0313007217 (electronic book) |
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9780313007217 (electronic book) |
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0313290830 |
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9780313290831 |
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