This first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western Planting" (1584); "Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain" (undated; probably 1694); "The Third Virginia Charter" (1612); Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" (1776) and "The Declaration of independence" (July 4; 1776). Each has an explanatory headnote; and there are brief general introductions that set the selections in their historical context.In order to fit both Colonial and Early National courses; documents covering 1765-1776 appear at the end of this volume and again at the beginning of Volume II.Volume II From the Revolution to the Civil War; 1765-1865 Edited by Richard HofstadterVolume III From Reconstruction to the Present Day; 1864-1981Edited by Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter
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