This course considers America's colonial past. It is a bloody but fascinating history, with plenty of twists and turns. We will investigate colonial American culture and ordinary life (including gender, family life, ecology, the material world, religion, and magical belief), as well as the struggles experienced by the earliest colonists and the imperial competition that characterized the colonial period. Between 1607 and 1763, a florid variety of cultures bloomed on the North American continent. We will explore these, with an eye toward understanding how the English colonies emerged from very uncertain beginnings to become-by the mid-eighteenth century-the prevailing power on the continent.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 25

Prerequisites: None

Instructor: Grandjean

Distribution Requirements: HS - Historical Studies

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Not Offered

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