Week 6, 13 October Student presentations this week. on Ben Franklin, Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry. War of Independence, as a war against Britain, as a civil war, and as a war between France and Britain
home work get ready for a test Toward American revolution
home work get ready for a test Toward American revolution
week five:
see syllabus for specific topics. Read on intolerable acts, Zenger case, and the path to revolution
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Week four
Monday 22: watch a documentary on witch trials Tuesday 23: A test in Class on Colonial America to be distributed by instructor Wednesday 24: Django Movie. Watch and takes notes and then write an essay about it. Thursday 25: Django Movie. Watch and take notes and then write an essay about it. What is the main message of the film? Friday 26: Write an essay in class on the following topic: To what extent were the colonies replicas of the patterns in the old world and to what extent a response to the physical reality they faced? To what extent fear and superstition affect their action?. You may discuss the differences between North and South, the relations with Indians, the attitudes to England or any other aspects you chose. Monday 29: Watch a documentary Tuesday 30: Watch a documentary |
Week three:
Read on the history of creation of New York, Pennsylvania and Carolinas,
The Bacon Rebellion, King Phillips war, i.e. the crisis of relations with the Indians. Turbulence in the colonies: Leister rebellion, Witch trials, and establishment of royal domination in New England.
Read on the history of creation of New York, Pennsylvania and Carolinas,
The Bacon Rebellion, King Phillips war, i.e. the crisis of relations with the Indians. Turbulence in the colonies: Leister rebellion, Witch trials, and establishment of royal domination in New England.
Week two
Spanish French and British patterns of colonization
Jamestown colony,
Spanish French and British patterns of colonization
Jamestown colony,