HIST237

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HIST237

Development from the First Settlement to 1815 HIST237 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       44      0         44

The European background to the discovery and colonization of the New World, the interaction between non-European and Europeans, the history of Britain's colonies in North America until independence, the Revolution, the Constitution, and the New Republic up through the War of 1812. The course will include an optional field trip to Deerfield, Massachusetts. (Note: Beginning in 1997, HIST237 will be an amalgamation of HIST237 and HIST238 up through 1815. Students who have taken HIST238 in the Spring of 1996 will not receive credit if they enroll in the new HIST237.)

MAJOR READINGS

Edmund Morgan, PURITAN DILEMMA,
Gary B. Nash, RED WHITE AND BLACK
Kenneth Loderidge, THE NEW ENGLAND TOWN
Buel and Buel, THE WAY OF DUTY
Charles Roystor, A REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE AT WAR
Bernard Bailyn, ORIGINS OF AMERICAN POLITICS
Robert Gross, THE MINUTE MEN AND THEIR WORLD

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Hour exam, a paper on primary or important secondary source, and a final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture Discussion.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Buel, R; Times: .T.T... 10:00AM;; Grading Mode: Mixed; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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Reference:

Time-Life Books, ed. WINDS OF REVOLUTION: TIME FRAME A.D. 1700 - 1800. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, Inc., 1990

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