The American Republic, Fall 2003

History 102 is a survey course that covers the chief environmental, cultural, intellectual, and political developments in America between 1492 and 1877.

The class focuses on four primary topics: 1) the meeting of European, Amerindian, and African cultures during the Age of Exploration; 2) the establishment of the British colonial system in North America; 3) the development of the American Revolution and early Republic; and, 4) the expansion, fracturing, and reconstruction of the American Union in the mid-nineteenth century.