Contents -- Preface -- PART I. WORLDS IN MOTION -- Chapter One. The First Americans -- Chapter Two. Europe in the Age of Discovery, 1400-1500 -- Chapter Three. The Spanish Century, 1492-1588 -- Chapter Four. Rivals for the Northland: England and France in America -- Chapter Five. The Planter Colonies -- Chapter Six. A New England -- Chapter Seven. The Middle Colonies -- Chapter Eight. The Critical Years, 1675-1700 -- PART II. FROM PROVINCES OF EMPIRE TO A NEW NATION -- Chapter Nine. The Empires Reinvented, 1660-1763 -- Chapter Ten. Provincial People and Places in the Eighteenth Century -- Chapter Eleven. Common Pastimes and Elite Pursuits -- Chapter Twelve. Mercantilism and Markets -- Chapter Thirteen. The Last War and the Lost Peace, 1754-1763 -- Chapter Fourteen. A Nation in the Womb of Time, 1764-1775 -- Chapter Fifteen. Independence, War, and Republicanism, 1776-1783 -- Epilogue: The Way Ahead -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.