Colonial North America 1492-1776 ((3))

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This course examines approximately 300 years of European and American history. During these years, European explorers, exploiters, and settlers invaded the coastline and interior of the Americas. European nation-states established empires throughout the Americas and this settlement marked momentous changes in world history. The history of the thirteen British colonies, in particular, has generally been viewed as the origin of United States history, and the history of colonial America is the story of the clash of three distinct cultures: European, African, and American Indian. The course will examine the interactions of these groups as part of the broader history of colonial North America. (Americas/Empires/pre-1700)