Prepare for your history exams or learn more about key events in American history with BarCharts' updated and expanded American History 1 QuickStudy® guide. Detailing the discovery and settlement of the New World up through the Civil War and Reconstruction, this guide features timelines grouped by historical theme to give you a concise outline of major events in American history through multiple perspectives. The following topics are covered: New Worlds, 1492-1680 The Growth of British North America, 1630-1763 Origins of the American Revolution, 1761-1776 Fighting for Independence, 1775-1783 Forming New Governments, 1776-1788 Federalists in Power, 1789-1800 Republicans Ascendant, 1801-1823 The Revolutionary Generation, 1772-1829 The Age of Jackson, 1824-1848 Awakenings of Perfection, 1801-1855 Breaking the Union, 1850-1860 The Civil War, 1861-1865 Reconstruction, 1863-1877