The Story of Liberty, America's Heritage through the Civil War links the ancient and medieval worlds with the United States of America, then explores America's crucial role in the history of liberty.Do you know the answers to the following questions? Read to find out!How did Judaism, Christianity, Greece, and Rome influence the American Founding Fathers?How were the founding principles of America introduced in the ancient and medieval worlds?How did England play a crucial role in the development of representative democracy?How did Columbus' great discovery change the history of the world?What was the Enlightenment and how did it influence the founding of the U.S.A?What is American Exceptionalism? What makes America unique?How did the colonial experiences prepare American men and women to establish the modern world's first republic?How do the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution reflect Jewish and Christian principles?What made the American Founding Fathers great men and leaders?Why did the American Founding Fathers establish a limited government?How did free market capitalism allow for the world's most dynamic economy of the 19th century?Which Presidential policies went against the Constitution and state laws?How did America's expansion spread individual rights?How did immigration shape the U.S.A?Why were leaders of the Women's Rights Movement of the 19th century against abortion rights?How did the presidencies of Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln affect the size and scope of the American government?How were the ideals of the United States of America more fully realized with the freeing of the slaves in 1865?Historian: In The Story of Liberty, written for ages 11 to young adults, America's foundations are traced from the Hebrews and the Christian religious traditions to the Greek and Roman political traditions to the establishment of government in the English colonies in America. The Story of Liberty highlights---often with primary source documents such as the "Mayflower Compact" the first Thanksgiving Declaration, a section from the account of Paul Revere's ride---fleshes out the narration with easily-readable charts on such things as the differences between Republicans and Federalists or the size of early American cities.The book ends with Lincoln's assassination, and a second volume from 1865 to the present is planned. Loosely based on A Patriot's History of the United States by myself and Michael Allen (who did the foreword), The Story of