Colonial America

Colonial History presents a survey of the chief cultural, environmental, religious, intellectual, and political developments in the Americas between 1300 and 1763. The course covers four primary topics: 1) the meeting of European, Amerindian, and African cultures during the Age of Exploration; 2) the settlement of the Spanish and French colonial systems in the Americas; 3) the settlement of the British colonial system in North America; and, 4) the maturation of the British colonies during the Great War for the Empire.