HIST 131 - Colonial History of the United States

Upper Division

Prerequisites
Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in upper-division courses.

This course examines the collision of peoples in colonial North America from the first contacts between Europeans and Native Americans through the importation of African slaves to the establishment of enduring white colonial settlement. Emphasis is placed on the global context of European expansion, the changing nature of Indian-white relations, the diversity of colonial settlements, the rise of North American slavery, Britain’s ascendancy over its European rivals, and colonists’ connections to British imperial and mercantile systems.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding

Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.

Course credits: 1