Introduction xi
Chapter 1 A World of Empires
The Holy Roman Empire 1
The Riches of Spain 6
Chapter 2 Protestant Rebellions
The Dutch Revolt 13
The Queen Without a Country 17
Chapter 3 James, King of Two Countries
James and His Enemies 25
King James's Town 30
Chapter 4 Searching for the Northwest Passage
The French in the New World 37
Henry Hudson's Quest 41
Chapter 5 Warlords of Japan
Hideyoshi, Japan's Great Leader 49
The First Tokugawa Ruler 53
Chapter 6 New Colonies in the New World
Strangers and Saints in Plymouth 59
The Dutch in the New World 63
Chapter 7 The Spread of Slavery
Tobacco-and Unwilling Colonists 71
Queen Nzinga of Angola 76
Chapter 8 The Middle of the East
The Persian Puzzle 83
The Ottoman Turks 87
Chapter 9 The Western War
The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 95
Chapter 10 Far Fast of Europe
Japan's Isolation: Closed Doors in the East 105
The "Foreign Conquest" of China: The Rise of the Manchu 108
Chapter 11 The Moghul Emperors of India
World Seizer, King of the World, and Conqueror of the World 115
Aurangzeb's Three Decisions 120
Chapter 12 Battle, Fire, and Plague in England
Charles Loses His Head 125
Cromwell's Protectorate 131
Plague and Fire 135
Chapter 13 The Sun King
The Sun King of France 143
Chapter 14 The Rise of Prussia
Frederick, the First Prussian King 151
Chapter 15 A New World in Conflict
War Against the Colonies: King Philip's War 157
War Against the Colonies: Louis XIV Saves New France 161
William Penn's Holy Experiment 167
Chapter 16 The West
The Universal Laws of Newton and Locke 175
Scientific Farming 180
Chapter 17 Russia Looks West
Peter the Great 187
Peter's Port to the West 192
Chapter 18 East and West Collide
The Ottomans Look West-Twice 199
Chapter 19 The English in India
The Indian Empire Falls Apart 207
The Shopkeepers' Invasion 212
Chapter 20 The Imperial East
Emperor Chi'en-lung's Library 219
The Land of the Dragon 223
Chapter 21 Fighting Over North America
Three Pointless Wars 229
The Seven-Year War 233
Chapter 22 Revolution!
Discontent in the British Colonies 241
The American Revolution 246
Chapter 23 The New Country
The American Constitution 253
The First American President (1789-1797) 258
Chapter 24 Sailing South
Captain Cook Reaches Botany Bay 265
The Convict Settlement 271
Chapter 25 Revolution Gone Sour
The Storming of the Bastille 277
The Reign of Terror 283
Chapter 26 Catherine the Great
Princess Catherine Comes to Russia 289
Catherine the Great 294
Chapter 27 A Changing World
Steam and Coal in Britain 301
Cotton and Guns in America 305
Chapter 28 China and the Rest of the World
The Kingdom at the Center of the World 311
The Rise of the Opium Trade 315
Chapter 29 The Rise of Bonaparte
Napoleon Comes to Power 319
The Emperor Napoleon 323
Chapter 30 Freedom in the Caribbean
The Haitian Revolt 329
Chapter 31 A Different Kind of Rebellion
The World of the Factories 337
The Luddites 342
Chapter 32 The Opened West
Lewis and Clark Map the West 347
Tecumseh's Resistance 353
Chapter 33 The End of Napoleon
Napoleon's Wars (And 1812, Too) 361
Waterloo! 366
Chapter 34 Freedom for South America
Simón Bolívar: The Liberator 375
Freedom, But Not Unity 380
Chapter 35 Mexican Independence
The Cry of Dolores 387
The Republic of Mexico 392
Chapter 36 The Slave Trade Ends
The Work of the Abolitionists 397
Chapter 37 Troubled Africa
The Zulu Kingdom 405
The Boers and the British 410
Chapter 38 American Tragedies
The Trail of Tears 415
Nat Turner's Revolt 420
Chapter 39 China Adrift
The First Opium War 427
Chapter 40 Mexico and Her Neighbor
Remember the Alamo 433
The Mexican-American War 438
Chapter 41 New Zealand and Her Rulers
The Treaty of Waitangi 443
The New Zealand Wars 447
Chapter 42 The World of Forty-Nine
The Gold Rush 451
A World of Unrest 456
Appendix 1 Chronology of Early Modern Times
Dates in Volume 3 459
Appendix 2 A Geography of Early Modern Times
A List of Maps in Volume 3 467
Appendix 3 Pronouncing the Names of Early Modern Times
A Pronunciation Guide for Reading Aloud 469
Index 479