Survey of the social, political, economic and cultural transformations that took place in colonial North America and the US from the 15th through the 19th centuries.
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History and toddlers don't mix well. This is another short lecture, interrupted periodically by the strange antics of my daughter. Best of luck making sense out of this one...
This lecture covers some of the major geopolitical events for the British colonies in the 18th century, including the wars of the 1730s-1760s and the colonists' growing discontent with Great Britain.
Lecture covers the sources of European "knowledge" about the Western hemispheric peoples; then addresses the particular features of French and English forays into North America.
The origins of European colonialism . Examination of the motives and processes that brought Spain into the western hemisphere. Plus, I waste ten minutes at the start of class discussing the particularities of National Waffle Week and National Biscuit Month.
Sep 07, 2007
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