• Native American societies before European contact
  • European exploration in the New World
  • The Columbian Exchange
  • Labor, slavery, and caste in the Spanish colonial system
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  • How different European colonies developed and expanded
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  • The Seven Years’ War
  • The American Revolution
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  • Developing an American identity
  • Immigration to and migration within America
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  • The rise of political parties
  • American foreign policy
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  • Manifest Destiny
  • The Mexican–American War
  • Attempts to resolve conflicts over the spread of slavery
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  • The Civil War
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  • The settlement of the West
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  • Reagan and conservatism
  • The end of the Cold War
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  • Challenges of the 21st century
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