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Last updated: August 19, 2021
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Thu., Sept. 2 | Introduction to the Course |
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Unit 1: Contacts and Colonies
Date | Topic | Read to Prepare for Class | Do to Prepare for Class |
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Tue., Sep. 7 | The Indigenous Americas | American Yawp, ch. 1
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Thu., Sept. 9 | Colliding Cultures | American Yawp, ch. 2 |
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Tue., Sep. 14 | Cultural Encounters |
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Thu., Sep. 16 | Becoming British America | American Yawp, ch. 3 |
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Tue., Sep. 21 | Imperial Growing Pains |
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Thu., Sep. 23 | The Maturing Colonies | American Yawp, ch. 4
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Tue., Sep. 28 | Society and Culture in Colonial America |
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Unit 2: American Revolutions
Date | Topic | Read to Prepare for Class | Do to Prepare for Class |
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Thu., Sep. 30 | The Imperial Crisis and Independence | American Yawp, ch. 5 |
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Tue., Oct. 5 | A War for Independence |
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Thu., Oct. 7 | New Politics for a New Nation |
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Tue., Oct. 12 | Creating a Republic |
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Thu., Oct. 14 | An Empire for Liberty? |
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Tue., Oct. 19 | The Meaning of Independence |
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Thu., Oct. 21 | Revolutions: Markets, Transportation, Communication |
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Tue., Oct. 26 | Uncovering Marginalized Voices |
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Thu., Oct. 28 | Democracy for Some |
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Unit 3: A Growing and Divided Nation
Date | Topic | Read to Prepare for Class | Do to Prepare for Class |
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Tue., Nov. 2 | Revivals and Reform |
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Thu., Nov. 4 | Reform Movements in the Antebellum North |
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Tue., Nov. 9 | Cotton and Slavery |
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Thu., Nov. 11 | Veterans’ Day | No class meeting | |
Tue., Nov. 16 | Manifest Destiny |
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Thu., Nov. 18 | Sections Dividing | American Yawp, ch. 13 |
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Tue., Nov. 23 | The Final Crisis |
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Thu., Nov. 25 | Thanksgiving Recess | No class meeting | |
Tue., Nov. 30 | The Civil War | American Yawp, ch. 14
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Thu., Dec. 2 | Reconstruction in America | American Yawp, ch. 15 |
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Tue., Dec. 7 | A New Birth of Freedom? |
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Thu., Dec. 9 | America in 1877 | Final exam review |
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