HIS 101: History of Early America

This course surveys American development from early settlement through the Civil War. Tracing the origin and growth of political, economic, social and cultural institutions, special emphasis will be placed on key questions about the relevance and significance of American Colonial life, the American Revolution, Constitution making, Jeffersonian Republicanism, the War of 1812, Jacksonian Democracy, Manifest Destiny, slavery, and the Civil War.