A government for the people, by the people is formed during the second Constitutional Convention.
Washington defines the role of the president and the Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the United States.
Lewis and Clark map and explore the wilderness west of the Mississippi in search of the Northwest Passage.
Tensions flare between America and Great Britain, and the War of 1812 begins.
Westward expansion begins as famed frontiersman Daniel Boone leads settlers into the great unknown.
Travel with mountain men into the American west and learn about everything from the Astor expedition to the rendezvous of Jim Bridger.
Take a giant leap forward with the new technology of the steam engine, and see how American traffic and trade change across the nation--from steamships in the south to mighty locomotives in the North.
From Harriet Tubman to Frederick Douglass--meet the people who tried to solve the paradox of slavery in America.
Learn about the growing pains and sectional tensions between the North and the South as the nation expands across the continent.
Explore the pioneering spirit of westward expansion by following the Oregon trail, discovering the California coast, and settling into the high mountains of Utah.
As the nation expands across the continent, find a way to keep in touch with the Pony Express, stage coach, and telegraph.
Explore the two early American visions which inevitably tried to tear the country apart in the split between industry and agriculture.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the actions of the violent abolitionist John Brown irreparably sever the union and send the nation toward Civil War.