3. Conquest and Revolt: Seventeenth- Century Wars on Two Frontiers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. 1. A Vast Native World 1
6. 2. First Encounters: Expectation and Cultural Difference 17
7. 3. Conquest and Revolt: Seventeenth- Century Wars on Two Frontiers 41
8. 4. New Worlds for All: Conquest and Accommodation in the Eighteenth Century 61
9. 5. From Middle Ground to Settler Frontier: Trade, Warfare, and Diplomacy 83
10. 6. An Era of Revolution: Many Peoples Demanding Change 105
11. 7. Creating the United States: Incorporating the First West 127
12. 8. Taking Indian Land: Removal and War in the Age of Jackson 155
13. 9. Early Republics: New Nations Test their Borders 173
14. 10. Slavery, Bondage, and Labor in the West 191
15. 11. The US-Mexico War 211
16. 12. Westward Migration: Gold, Land, and Ambition 227
17. 13. The 1850s: A Crisis of Authority 253
18. 14. Civil Wars Spread Over the West 285
19. 15. War and Reconstruction: Limiting the Empire for Liberty 305
20. Index 333