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US History
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Published by OpenStax · CC BY 4.0
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What US History covers

Complete US history from pre-Columbian societies through the modern era.

Topics covered
The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492-1650Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500-1700Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660-1763Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774America's War for Independence, 1775-1783Creating Republican Governments, 1776-1790Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790-1820
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Table of contents

All 32 chapters — free to read

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Further reading

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Is this the same as the official OpenStax textbook?

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