History 231 Fall 2013: COMPARING TWO COLONIES

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

COMPARING TWO COLONIES

MASSACHUSETTS (NEW ENGLAND, NORTH)

Economic Life:

Religious Life:

Political Structures:

OVERALL:

VIRGINIA (CHESAPEAKE, SOUTH)

Economic Life:

Religious Life:

Political Structures:

OVERALL:

WHAT DO THE TWO COLONIES SHARE?

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COURSE SCHEDULE

Week One:
Sept 16 Intro/Pre-Columbian Americas
Sept 18 Syllabus sign-in sheet
due/“Discovery” and Exploration

Week Two: 
Sept 23 Early English and Other
Colonies: Labor Troubles
Sept 25 Early English and Other
Colonies: Labor Troubles

Week Three: 
Sept 30 The Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin Due /Mid-Century Challenges
Oct 2 Mid-Century Challenges

Week Four:  
Oct 7 Road to War/Common Sense Reading
Due/ MIDTERM REVIEW
Oct 9 Revolutionary War/Declaration of
Independence Reading Due

Week Five: 
Oct 14 Early National Period/
Oct 16 MIDTERM EXAMINATION/Essay Assignment
Handout

Week Six: 
Oct 21
Early Industrialism
Oct 23 The 1820s and The World of
Andrew Jackson/Cherokee Removal Debate Prep

Week Seven:
Oct 28 Cherokee Removal Debate/War
with Mexico
Oct 30 “Secret Life” Reading/Prep for
Slavery Essay

Week Eight:
Nov 4 Sectionalism/Frederick Douglass
Reading Due
Nov 6 Sectionalism/ Slavery Essay
Written In Class

Week Nine:  
Nov 11 HOLIDAY…NO CLASS
Nov 13 “Cycles of
Distrust”—Sectionalism

Week Ten:  
Nov 18 “Cycles of
Distrust”—Sectionalism/Tony Horwitz Book Due 
Nov 20 Civil War: From Bull Run to the
Gettysburg Address/Last Day of Class

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

COMPARING TWO COLONIES

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