Volume One of the 299-page Core Knowledge History of the United States covers events from the Precolonial Period to the 1800s.

The second volume of the Core Knowledge History of the United States ebook begins by asking young scholars to consider the impact immigration, industrialization, and urbanization had on the United States in the late 1800s. The text ends...

A detailed presentation illustrating the history of Africans migrating to the Americas from as early as 1500 through the late 1860's. Review the distribution of Africans in North and South America, the initial settlements, escaped and...

The Library of Congress presents over 2,000 prints from the work of the famed photographer,Edward S. Curtis, who recorded Native American dress, ceremonies, life, and culture representing over 80 tribes during the first half of the 20th...

Essay outlines the continued tension between England, Spain and other European nations in their quest for power. The British claim sovereignty over North America.

Read the Nineteeth Century Chippewa tale "Shingebiss and the North Wind." Complete with chant melody that goes with the story and a musical score.

This site from the University of North Carolina provides the full-text narrative of the suffering of Lewis Clarke, who endured a captivity of more than twenty-five years. The text is very in-depth, long, and includes photos of the...

This site from the University of North Carolina provides the full text of Phillis Wheatley's poetry, and her memoirs.

Poignant account of the decimation of indigenous peoples in both South and North America during the 16th and 17th Centuries.

Essay on the devastating changes the indigenous peoples of North America faced as Europeans encroached upon and colonized their land.

As white populations moved westward in the 19th century, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic Americans faced racism and discrimination and were unable to compete on an equal basis for land. Eventually, both groups settled into urban areas...

At the time of the Europeans' arrival in North America, the land was well populated with Native Americans. Their numbers rapidly dwindled, mainly due to disease. Although there were many diverse tribes, some generalizations can be drawn...

Text of the short story "North of Fifty-Three" by Rex Ellingwood Beach, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The North Wind's Malice" by Rex Ellingwood Beach, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "An Odyssey of the North" by Jack London. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

What caused the influx of African Americans and European immigrants into urban centers in the late 19th century? Learn about some of the discriminatory and anti-immigrant laws that were enacted to restrict their rights. Includes a chart...

Essay on how the Dutch laid claim to Manhattan Island and Albany, home to indigenous peoples, establishing themselves in banking, insurance and shipbuilding.

This is the complete text of the novel Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country by Irving Bacheller including a preface.

Essay on the exploitation and decimation of indigenous peoples as a result of European exploration, settlement, and colonization in North and South America.

Essay on the battle between indigenous peoples and Europeans and the beginnings of Anglo-European domination of North America during final stage of conquest, 1740s.

Essay about the beginnings of Dutch exploration into the New World. The author describe the journey of Englishman, Henry Hudson, as he sailed reaching the north Atlantic coast of America, what is now Newfoundland and explored the river...

Essay investigating the migration and settlement of Eurasion tribal groups across the Atlantic ocean to North America.

Provides the text of the book, "The Life and Adventures of Nat Love," an autobiography written by Nat Love.

Read about the reforms and legislation undertaken through Lyndon B. Johnson's concept of the Great Society. These included economic and educational reforms, consumer protection, changes to immigration laws, and the Voting Rights Act of...