Christopher Collier

Examines the events and personalities involved in the political development of the United States in the period following the creation of the Constitution.

Examines the events and personalities involved in creating the Constitution of the United States in 1787, a document which has been the foundation of American democracy for over 200 years.

Discusses attitudes and events that led up to the Civil War, particularly the institution of slavery.

Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants, predominantly from northern Europe, and then from eastern and southern Europe, came to the United States. Considers incidents of prejudice experienced by these immigrants as well as contributions made by those of immigrant background.

Discusses the circumstances surrounding English colonization of Virginia and the evolution of slavery in that colony.

Describes the period after the Civil War when the United States was becoming increasingly industrialized and technological, including the coming of the railroads, the rise of the large corporations, the development of labor unions, and government regulation.

Examines the people and events involved in the bloody war that pitted the Northern states against those that seceded to form the Confederacy.

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Examines the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War.

In the mid-eighteenth century a family moves from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and becomes involved in the property conflict between the two states.