21H.101 | Fall 2010 | Undergraduate

American History to 1865

Course Description

This course provides a basic history of American social, economic, and political development from the colonial period through the Civil War. It examines the colonial heritages of Spanish and British America; the American Revolution and its impact; the establishment and growth of the new nation; and the Civil War, its …
This course provides a basic history of American social, economic, and political development from the colonial period through the Civil War. It examines the colonial heritages of Spanish and British America; the American Revolution and its impact; the establishment and growth of the new nation; and the Civil War, its background, character, and impact. Readings include writings of the period by J. Winthrop, T. Paine, T. Jefferson, J. Madison, W. H. Garrison, G. Fitzhugh, H. B. Stowe, and A. Lincoln.

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Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments
Oil painting of a middle-aged man with dark brown hair and beard, dressed in black with fine lace at the wrists and neck.
Portrait of John Winthrop, a 17th-century governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (Artist unknown, c. 1630-1691.)