Part 1, Lecture 1. |t Achieving independence -- |g Lecture 2. |t Confederation and the constitution -- |g Lecture 3. |t The Great debate-Jefferson versus Hamilton -- |g Lecture 4. |t From the farewell address to the Quasi War -- |g Lecture 5. |t Jefferson and the "Empire of Liberty" -- |g Lecture 6. |t The "second war for independence" -- |g Lecture 7. |t John Quincy Adams & American continentalism -- |g Lecture 8. |t Manifest destiny and war with Mexico -- |g Lecture 9. |t Causes and diplomacy of the Civil War -- |g Lecture 10. |t The new empire of overseas imperialism -- |g Lecture 11. |t Informal empire-Roosevelt to Wilson -- |g Lecture 12. |t The war to end all wars.