Please Note: The Combined Volume includes all chapters. Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16 and Volume 2 includes Chapters 16-31. NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book - including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, and all of the documents from the companion reader Reading the American Past - has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.PrefaceVersions and SupplementsMaps, Figures, and TablesSpecial Features 1. Ancient America, Before 1492 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad Opening Vignette: An archaeological dig helps uncover ancient North American traditions Archaeology and History The First Americans African and Asian Origins MAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Who Were the First Americans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPad Paleo-Indian Hunters Archaic Hunters and Gatherers Great Plains Bison Hunters Great Basin CulturesPacific Coast CulturesEastern Woodland Cultures Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms Southwestern Cultures BEYOND AMERICA''S BORDERS: "Corn: An Ancient American Legacy"Quiz for Beyond America''s Borders LaunchPad ANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Artifacts of Daily Life in Chaco Canyon"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Woodland Burial Mounds and Chiefdoms Native Americans in the 1490s Eastern and Great Plains PeoplesSouthwestern and Western PeoplesCultural Similarities The Mexica: A Mesoamerican Culture Conclusion: The World of Ancient Americans LearningCurve LaunchPad Chapter Review Chapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 1 Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious Practices Quiz for Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious Practices LaunchPad Document 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men , 1893Quiz for Document 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men , 1893 LaunchPad Document 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning"Quiz for Document 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning" LaunchPad Document 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics , ca. 300 B.C.

Quiz for Document 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics , ca. 300 B.C. LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 2. Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492-1600 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad Opening Vignette: Queen Isabella of Spain supports Christopher Columbus''s risky plan to sail west across the Atlantic Europe in the Age of Exploration Mediterranean Trade and European ExpansionA Century of Portuguese Exploration A Surprising New World in the Western Atlantic The Explorations of ColumbusThe Geographic Revolution and the Columbian Exchange Spanish Exploration and Conquest The Conquest of Mexico MAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: " Why Did Cortés Win?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPad The Search for Other MexicosSpanish Outposts in Florida and New MexicoNew Spain in the Sixteenth Century ANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Justifying Conquest"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad EXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Spreading Christianity in New Spain"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPad The Toll of Spanish Conquest and Colonization The New World and Sixteenth-Century Europe The Protestant Reformation and the Spanish ResponseEurope and The Spanish Example Conclusion: The promise of the new world for Europeans LearningCurve LaunchPad Chapter Review Chapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 2 Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence , 1526Quiz for Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence , 1526 LaunchPad Document 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus''s First Voyage to America , 1492-1493Quiz for Document 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus''s First Voyage to America , 1492-1493 LaunchPad Document 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain , 1632Quiz for Document 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain , 1632 LaunchPad Document 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex Quiz for Document 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex LaunchPad Document 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative , 1542Quiz for Document 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative , 1542 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 3. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601-1700 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad Opening Vignette: Pocahontas "rescues" John Smith An English Colony on Chesapeake Bay The Fragile Jamestown SettlementCooperation and Conflict between Natives and NewcomersFrom Private Company to Royal Government A Tobacco Society BEYOND AMERICA''S BORDERS: "American Tobacco and European Consumers"Quiz for Beyond America''s Borders LaunchPad Tobacco AgricultureA Servant Labor SystemThe Rigors of Servitude ANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Enslavement by Marriage"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Cultivating Land and Faith Hierarchy and Inequality in the Chesapeake Social and Economic PolarizationGovernment Policies and Political ConflictBacon''s Rebellion MAKING AN HISTORICAL ARGUMENT: "Why Did English Colonists Consider Themselves Superior to Indians and Africans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPad Toward a Slave Labor System Religion and Revolt in the Spanish BorderlandThe West Indies: Sugar and SlaveryCarolina: A West Indian FrontierSlave Labor Emerges in the Chesapeake Conclusion: The Growth of English Colonies Based on Export Crops and Slave Labor LearningCurve LaunchPad Chapter Review Chapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 3 Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother , March 20, April 2, 3, 1623Quiz for Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother , March 20, April 2, 3, 1623 LaunchPad Document 3-2: Opechancanough''s 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration , 1622Quiz for Document 3-2: Opechancanough''s 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration , 1622 LaunchPad Document 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records , 1681Quiz for Document 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records , 1681 LaunchPad Document 3-4: Bacon''s Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration , 1676Quiz for Document 3-4: Bacon''s Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration , 1676 LaunchPad Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation , December 19, 1681Quiz for Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation , December 19, 1681 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 4. THE NORTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601-1700 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad Opening Vignette: Roger Williams is banished from Puritan Massachusetts Puritans and the Settlement of New England Puritan Origins: The English ReformationThe Pilgrims and Plymouth ColonyThe Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony MAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How did Seventeenth-Century Colonists View Nature" LaunchPad The Evolution of New England Society.