HIST 301 - Revolutionary America

Credit Hours: 3

A study of the origins, events, and results of the American Revolution, 1760s to 1800. Topics will include the political, economic, religious, and ideological origins of the Revolution; the military history of the Revolution; the participation of “outsiders”-women, Indians, African Americans-in the Revolution; the debate over the Constitution; the American Revolution as part of the “Age of Revolution”; and the challenges and crises of the new United States government during the 1780s and 1790s.