Credits: 1

The basic purpose of this course is to analyze the social, political, and economic problems of the United States . How early European exploration and colonization resulted in cultural and ecological interactions among previously unconnected peoplesWhy the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North America and the Caribbean . U. S. History I will also review our nation's history from early colonization of Roanoke (1585) to the second wave of immigration (1890).

Objectives

Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)  

  •   Understands why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies and how Europeans struggled for control of North America and the Caribbean
  •  Understands how political, religious, and social institutions emerged in the English colonies  
  •  Understands how the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas

    • - Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)   

  •  Understands the causes of the American Revolution, the ideas and interests involved in shaping the revolutionary movement, and reasons for the American victory   
  •  Understands the impact of the American Revolution on politics, economy, and society 
  • Understands the institutions and practices of government created during the Revolution and how these elements were revised between 1787 and 1815 to create the foundation of the American political system based on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights

    • Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)  

  •  Understands the United States territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861, and how it affected relations with external powers and Native Americans 
  •  Understands how the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed American lives and led to regional tensions  
  •  Understands the extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800  
  •  Understands the sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period

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