Introduction & Principles of Historical methodology & historiography
The Western Tradition
History
Historiography
Approaches and Methods of History
Readings:
Unfinished Nation; Chapter 1: Europe Looks Westward, Arrival of the English; History Defined ; Rough Notes
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu HyperText Online: First Americans, Exploration & Discovery
Optional Reading:
The Portable Greek Historians by M.I. Finley; Review Preface and Introduction
Prehistoric North America: Topography, Geography, Origins of Humans, Beringia & Solutria
Agricultural Revolution: The Prince and the Social Contract
From Olmecs to Aztecs
Iberia, Spain and the Conquest of Mexico
Readings:
The Unfinished Nation: Chapter 1
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu (Hypertext Online History) First Americans, Exploration and Discovery
Website(s) New World Classification Humans Origins in America "Precolumbian Readings"
Exploration & Transplanting the European empires, a comparative review
Politics, Religion, Economy
Readings
The Unfished Nation:: Chapter 2: Transplantation and Borderlands
HyperText: Spanish Colonization
Website Spanish Legacy
English Legacy
The Western Tradition in Review
Common Law & the Regionalist Tradition: Politics, Religion, Economy
Founding of Colonies: Origins, Government, and Society
The Glorious Revolution
Readings
The Unfinished Nation: Chapter 2 , In Chapter 3 read onlly "Awakenings & Enlightenments"
Websites:
The English Legacy
Three Settlement Patterns
English Civil Wars, the Glorious Revolution, a case for "Common Sense" and a nation is born
Readings
Unfinished Nation: Chapter 3 read onlly "Awakenings & Enlightenments"
Chapter 4: The Empire in Transition, Declaration of Independence, US Constitution
Website(s)
Road Towards Independence
Two Revolutions: The Articles of Confederation & the United States Constitution of 1787
Declaration of Independence U.S. Constitution
SWC Library Reserves (required reading)
From The Idea of a Party System, chapter two, "A Constitution Against Parties," by Richard Hofstadter
The peculiar institution: Defending Slavery,by Finklemen
The Constitution and the New Republic, 1787-1812
Framing a New Government
Federalist & Republicans: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition
Jeffersonians vs. Hamiltonians: The Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, and State Rights
Readings:
The Unfinished Nation: :Chapter 6
James K. Polk (all)
Nationalism and Jacksonian America, 1800-1850
Jacksonian Democracy, 1800-1840
Expanding America: From Maine to California
The Market Revolution
Readings:
The Unfinished Nation: :Chapter 7,8,9
James K. Polk (all)
Website(s) The "American Mind" at Mid-Century
Optional and Extra Credit (10 points)
From Richard Hofstadter"s "The Idea of a Party System" student may provide a two-page typewritten critique (MLA format) on any chapter (except 2) in this book. The book is available in your local public library
Impending Crisis and the Civil War, 1840s-1860s
Civil War Time table
Constitutional Polarization
Readings
The Unfinished Nation: Chapter 13, 14: Impending Crisis, Civil War, 1850-1865
Defending Slavery (all)
Reconstruction & the New South, 1865-1877?
Executive Reconstruction
Congressional Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
End of Reconstruction: Tilden vs. Hayes 1877
Readings
The Unfinished Nation: Reconstructiion and the New South, 1865-1877 chapter 15.
US Constitution: 13, 14, 15 amendments
Website(s) Stresses and Strains of Reunion, 1865-1880s
HyperText Online: Political, Presidential, Congressional Reconstruction
Impeachment of Johnson
The End of Reconstruction
America and the Industrial Revolution, 1830s to 1880s
Readings
The Unfinished Nation: chapter 10
US Constitution: 16th Amendment