HIST 1403 — American History to 1865 3 Credit Hours
The topics of particular focus of this course include the Age of Discovery and European expansion, the temper of European-Indigenous American “first contact”, early Colonial wars and culture, the growth of the Anglo- American rift, and the American Revolution. The course examines the failures of the early Confederation, America’s struggle to establish a constitutional republic, the challenges of our first four Executive admin- istrations, Jacksonian Democracy and the transformation of America’s 19th century socio-political landscape, and an analysis of America’s bloody Civil War. Fulfills: Arts and Humanities