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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIS 3434 - Revolutionary America, 1760-1800

Credits: 4
This course examines United States history from roughly 1760 to 1800 and focuses on the following questions: First, why did the American Revolution occur? Second, what made it possible for diverse colonists to unite and to win their independence? Third, what impact did the war have on the different peoples who lived in North America at the time? (Or to put it another way, how revolutionary was the Revolution?).
Fulfills: H in LS Core
Note: This course is usually not appropriate for freshmen.