Table of Contents 1. The Lay of the Land 2. The Indians at the Time of Contact, 1600-1850 3. The French Lead the Way: c. 1500-1763 4. The British Take and Lose Control, 1763-1812 5. The Northwest and the Ordinances, 1783-1858 6. The Yankee Empire, 1820-1890 7. The Pineries (1820-1900) and the Mines (1850-) 8. American But More So by Clarence Mondale, Emeritus Professor of American Civilization, The George Washington University, Summer, 1998