Prospects and problems of a new republic
The economic consequences of independence
The impotence of the Confederacy
'A little rebellion' and its consequences
The Constitutional convention
The ratification of the Constitution
Organizing the new government
The Hamiltonian dispensation
Jefferson and Hamilton
Citizen Genet and the French alliance
John Jay saves the peace
The farewell address
The undeclared war with France
The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
The election of 1800
The Jeffersonian 'revolution'
Foreign affairs : the Barbary corsairs and the Louisiana purchase
The attack upon the federal judiciary and the Burr conspiracy
The Chesapeake incident
The embargo
Congressional diplomacy : the Nonintercourse Act
The coming of the war
The War of 1812 : by land and by sea
A famous victory
The peace of Christmas Eve
The United States : 1783-1815, the social scene
The franchise and equality
American nationalism and the arts.