The textbook is devoted to the history of Europe and America in the XVI-XIX centuries . It examines the most important events and problems of the history of modern times, analyzes the main trends of socio-economic and state-legal development of Western society in this period, the evolution of social thought and culture. The original structure of the textbook allows it to be used both as part of the educational process and for independent training of students and graduate students . The book is published in three parts .. The first part examines the main trends in the social development of Europe and America in modern times. The textbook is part of the training kit "New and recent history of foreign countries" .