This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the War of 1812, which started when England tried to restrict American shipping.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the delegation President Thomas Jefferson sent to France to purchase the city of New Orleans. Instead, the French government offered the entire Louisiana Territory.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the U.S. division about which side to support when Britain and France were at war after the French Revolution.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the situation in North American following the French and Indian War. The French no longer had holdings in the Americas; since Britain was the only remaining superpower left on the continent, the relationship between the colonists and the British grew increasingly strained.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the war that Indian chief Pontiac launched against the British and Americans to push them out of Indian lands, in response to Americans continued settlement in Native American territory west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the British enlistment of many American militiamen into its army during the French and Indian War. The differences between the two groups are pronounced, creating tensions that ultimately bring about further confrontation.

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Michael Ray narrates a basic introduction to indentured servitude and slavery in the North American colonies. The presentation looks at the transition from indentured servitude as the most common form of forced labor to the use of African slaves and the development of the slave trade. It includes excerpts from the oral history of a former slave.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the European powers continued fight for control of American territory and trade routes during King George's War. American colonists and Native Americans were drawn into the fight and helped gain territory from the French.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the first years of exploration of the New World, when Spain and Portugal emerged as the biggest colonizing powers. To avoid open war, the Pope Alexander VI drew a line of demarcation that divided the Americas in half.

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