Making New Worlds: Encounters in Early North America
HIST 237
Spring 2020
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 284, RL&L 237 |
| Certificates: Civic Engagement, Civic Engagement Minor |
From the arrival of the earliest fishing ships off the coast of Newfoundland to the fall of New France at the close of the Seven Years' War, North America was the site of entangled encounters. Overlapping imperial claims and the construction of new societies took place on a continent long inhabited by powerful Indigenous groups. This course will examine North America as a contested and negotiated territory in which imperial plans were subjected to local contexts and contingencies. Using primary and secondary sources, we will examine major events (explorations, encounters, and wars), the rise and fall of imperial powers (French, British, Dutch, and Spanish), and the daily realities that shaped experiences in North America (trade, religion, sex, forced migrations, and disease). |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(CIVI-MN)(HIST-MN)(HIST)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
| Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
| Examinations and Assignments:
Active participation, attendance; mid-term and final exams, plus a research paper of eight to ten pages. |
| Instructor(s): Lennox,Jeffers Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: PAC421; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 1 | FR: 2 |
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