History 141 - Colonial North America
Spring
2013
01
4.00
Kevin Sweeney
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Amherst College
HIST-141-01-1213S
CHAP 203
kmsweeney@amherst.edu
[USP] A survey of early American history from the late 1500s to the mid-1700s. The course begins by looking at Native American peoples and their initial contacts with European explorers and settlers. It examines comparatively the establishment of selected colonies and their settlement by diverse European peoples and enslaved Africans. The last half of the course focuses on the social, economic, political, and cultural conditions influencing the rise of the British colonies. Three class meetings per week.
Spring semester. Professor K. Sweeney.