This course surveys North American history from the continent’s first peopling through the end of the U.S. Civil War. It pays special attention to: the relationships between Indigenous and European nations; the creation and growth of the United States; the interconnectedness between American slavery and American freedom; the defining structures of genders, races, ethnicities, and classes. It covers some of the major social, cultural, political, economic, intellectual, religious and environmental forces that shaped the early North American continent and the young United States.
Equivalent:
HIST 201 - Taken before Summer 2022