As the 18th century dawned on the North American continent, four powers - the French, the Spanish, the British and the Native Americans were competing to see who would control this remarkable land. However, after half a century of almost continuous wars, a new entity emerged: The Americans. It would be the Americans, and not the other four powers, who would control what would become the United States. By the end of the 18th century the Americans had created the greatest experiment in self-government the world has ever seen.
Disc 3:
1767-1776
Daniel Boone views Kentucky; Indiana Co. buys 1,800,000 acres from the Iroquois;Father Juniper Serra founds the San Diego Mission; The Liberty Pole Riot and the Boston Massacre; The Boston Tea Party; The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia; Battle of Lexington and Concord; George Washington commands Continental Army; Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense"; The Declaration of Independence.
1776-1783
Washington crosses the Delaware; Congress mandates the American Flag; Second Battle of Saratoga; John Paul Jones sets sail; The winter at Valley Forge; George Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia; The Siege of Yorktown; The Treaty of Paris and the end of the Revolutionary War.
Documents (can be viewed as Mac Text files, Mac Word files, PC text files, PC word files, or as an HTML web page):
U.S. Constitution; Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence; Treat of Utrecht, Molasses Act, Iron Act; Stamp Act; Treaty of Paris; Land Ordinance Acts; Fugitive Slave Law; Jay and Pinckney Treaties; Alien and Sedition Acts; Washington's Farewell Address; Excerpt form Common Sense; Excerpt from Federalist Papers.
Maps (All maps are in JPEG format.):
North America British Territory circa 1700; Original 13 British Colonies; North American Spanish, French and British Territories circa 1700; Triangular Trade Routes between Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and North America; French and Spanish Forts and Settlements in North America during the first half of the 18th Century; British Territory won in the War of Jenkins Ear 1739; The Ohio River Basin; Louisiana Territory and Purchase; Land ceded to Britain as a result of the French and Indian War; Old Northwest Territory; Wilderness Road; Major Revolutionary War Battle sites; Territory gained by the United States in the Revolutionary War; United States and its Territories circa 1799.