New world economies : the growth of the thirteen colonies and early Canada / Marc Egnal. by Egnal, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: A Brief March through the Thickets of Economic Theory; PART I: THE THIRTEEN COLONIES; PART II: CANADA UNDER THE FRENCH REGIME; APPENDICES; Notes; Index.…”
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French, Spanish, and English Settlements to 1776 -- North America, United States, Canada, French Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, New Mexico, California, Florida, Original Thirteen Colonies Map /...

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Growth of the United States to 1853 -- North America, United States, Original Thirteen Colonies, Florida Cession, United States Treaty of Paris, Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, Gadsden Purchase, Mexican Cession, Oregon Country, Ceded by Great Britai /...

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Betsy Ross Flag / Makematic.

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Untold. Life in the colonies. African enslavement / produced by Makematic.

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Untold. Who was Benjamin Franklin? / produced by Makematic.

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Untold. Betsy Ross flag : the flag that made and divided America / [produced by Makematic].

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Untold. Life in the colonies. Women / produced by Makematic.

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Untold. Life in the colonies. Work / produced by Makematic.

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DK timelines. Season 1, episode 20, The birth of the United States / produced by Makematic in partnership with ClickView.

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Village journey : the report of the Alaska Native Review Commission / by Thomas R. Berger. by Berger, Thomas R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- One / The promise of the Claims Act -- The promise -- The settlement -- The problems of the settlement -- Village corporations -- Regional corporations -- Economic effects -- ANCSA and the idea of development -- Two / Subsistence: more than survival, a way of life -- The meaning of subsistence -- The economy of subsistence -- Subsistence and the law -- The future of subsistence -- Three / Land: focus of cultural conflict -- Taking the land -- The conflict in Alaska -- Four / 1991: the unravelling of ANCSA -- Risks to native land -- Some conventional solutions -- The dilemma of stock sale -- Excluded natives -- Doing nothing -- Alternative institutions -- Five / A new direction: the uses of history -- The thirteen colonies and the new republic -- The courts -- The Indian Reorganization Act and self-determination -- The resurgence of tribal government -- Six / Native sovereignty in Alaska -- What is native sovereignty? …”

10 things you don't know about. Season 3, Episode 5, The American Revolution / produced by Asylum Entertainment.

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A short history of the American Revolutionary War / Stephen Conway. by Conway, Stephen, 1957-

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Lord North : the Prime Minister Who Lost America. by Whiteley, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Background and Upbringing; 2 Coming of Age; 3 Political Apprenticeship; 4 A Man with a Future; 5 Arrival; 6 The King's First Minister; 7 A Confident Start; 8 The East India Company; 9 The Good Years; 10 The Thirteen Colonies; 11 The Gathering Storm; 12 Wartime Prime Minister; 13 After Saratoga; 14 The Road to Yorktown; 15 The End of an Era; 16 The Coalition and the Last Decade; 17 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; 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.…”
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American boundaries : the nation, the states, the rectangular survey / Bill Hubbard, Jr. by Hubbard, Bill, Jr., 1947-

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Haiku history : the American saga three lines at a time / H.W. Brands. by Brands, H. W.

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George III : America's last king / Jeremy Black. by Black, Jeremy, 1955-

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Caribbean visionary : A.R.F. Webber and the making of the Guyanese nation / Selwyn R. Cudjoe. by Cudjoe, Selwyn R. (Selwyn Reginald)

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER NINE: The Sugar Crisis, Constitutional Reform, and the White Man's BurdenCHAPTER TEN: Exploring New Worlds; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Patriot and Businessman; CHAPTER TWELVE: Webber: A Keynesian; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Colonies in Search of a Nation; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Going Down with His Colors Flying; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Ideology, Race, Celebrity; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: A Devoted West Indian Son; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”
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The settlers' empire : colonialism and state formation in America's Old Northwest / Bethel Saler. by Saler, Bethel

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Search out the land : the Jews and the growth of equality in British colonial America, 1740-1867 / Sheldon J. Godfrey & Judith C. Godfrey. by Godfrey, Sheldon, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The Plantation Act, 1740: An Invitation to the Thirteen Colonies and the West Indies. 4. The Characters Take Their Places, 1747 -- Act One: British North America, 1749-1790. 5. …”
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