HIST 405 - Early America, 1000-1775

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0
This course is a history of the settlement, expansion, and development of the American colonies, from the time of the first European settlements to the eve of the American Revolution in the middle of the eighteenth century. The central theme of the course is the expansion of European society across the Atlantic. We will examine the historiography of this important field, and explore the interaction of European men and women with their environment, with native peoples, and with Africans and African-Americans. We will examine the relations between these peoples, and through their conflicts, their cooperation, and their incomplete assimilation into American creole societies, arrive at a fuller understanding of American colonial development. Events in the American colonies, furthermore, will be viewed in their transatlantic, imperial context.

Prerequisite(s): HIST 302 (HIST 301 also recommended).
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Program Attribute: HEUR, HAMR