COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will provide an overview of American history from the colonial period to the realization of the American independence. As students explore the specific details of American history, a broad theme should be kept in mind: What does it mean to be an American? This seemingly simple question. In fact, it is quite complicated when it is placed in historical perspective. The students’ task for this course is to consider how, historically, have Americans decided who is or isn’t “an American”? How has the definition of an “American” changed over time? The course is divided into three chapters:
1. The Thirteen British Colonies
2. The British Influence on the American Government
3. The Road to the American Revolution
Target Public: Second Year Undergruduate StudentsLearning Objectives:
1. Have an account about the successful British settlements
2. Understand how these settlements would turn to be colonies, first, and secondly, open the age for the British colonization and the establishment of the First British Empire in America
3. Be acquainted with the application of philosophical theories of economy and politics for analyzing historical facts, events, and decision-making
4. Understand the first traits of the American Culture
5. Learn how to analyze, and write paragraphs and essays on historical and cultural studies
- Teacher: zohra ghani