Liberty and Loyalism: Reconfiguring North America in the Age of Revolution, 1774-1848
HIST 238
Fall 2018
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At the end of the Seven Years' War, Britain found itself in possession of a huge swath of North America peopled by French Catholics, Indigenous nations, and British American subjects. In the years that followed, British North America was torn apart by revolution (which created the United States) and rebuilt by loyalists (who challenged the government at every turn).
This course will examine the revolution that fractured North America, the entangled development of the New Republic and the loyal British colonies, and the experiences of British subjects, American citizens, French inhabitants, and Indigenous peoples, all of whom worked to shape their environment as best they could. From political leaders to slaves, wealthy merchants to poor farmers, British monarchs to Indigenous sachems, this course will explore North America as it was understood by those who lived during a period of intense social and political upheaval. |
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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)(FRST-MN)(FRST)(HIST-MN)(HIST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Tocqueville, DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
Cornell, THE OTHER FOUNDERS
Dennis, SENECA POSSESSED
Greer, THE PATRIOTS AND THE PEOPLE
More TBA
Primary and secondary sources available online and via ERes
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two written papers; participation; final exam |
| Instructor(s): Lennox,Jeffers Times: ..T.R.. 10:20AM-11:40AM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 29 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 8 | FR: 5 |
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