Course Description

HI208 The United States, 1607-1865 0.5

A survey of the American experience from its colonial beginnings to the end of the Civil War. The course will concentrate on the initial encounter with the North American environment, the nature of colonial society, the American Revolution, 19th-century westward expansion and the institution of slavery.

Official electronic version updated on February 4, 2002

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