From Colony To Superpower Summary

George C. Herring’s book From Colony To Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776 describes how the American colonies originated from Europe and our journey westward in to California. Herring does a good job making his way through our nation’s history. Depicting all the major events that took present. Describing major contributor, the present-day nation that we live in.
Herring starts the book off by introducing the early forms of government that The American colonies started. He goes on to talk about our early form of governments was regulated by The Articles of Confederation. He discusses the motivation for the French to help us along are journey to separate from England. He tells us about the treaties that the U.S. starts making post
Europe responded to the Monroe Doctrine with hostility and disbelief. Then he explains the annexation of Texas and how it gained his statehood. It goes into detail about the war with Mexico. Herring does a very good job keeping events in chronological order, very descriptive, though not so much as it seems that I am reading a textbook. Then Herring shifts to the American Civil War. He describes some of the new technologies that are starting to emerge in this era. He starts describing all the battles that took place, and what the outcome and effects these battles had. He explains why Lincoln tries so hard to keep peace and why he chooses the plan of action that he did. He talks about what the actions of the Emancipation Proclamation had on the American Public. For the last couple chapters he the content start to come to more modern day events. He starts to get in the history of the 19th century. He talks about America’s dispute with Chile. He ends chapter 7 with the discussion of American and Native American relationships, and about the conflict that started to emerge. He gives a strong recollection of how the Americans treated the Indians and all the hardships they had to