Goucher College 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Dec 26, 2024  
Goucher College 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

HIS 235 - American Revolution (4 Cr.)

(GCR- WEC) (GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
This course surveys the major developments in American society from the end of the Seven Years’ War to the inauguration of American constitutional government. Topics to be discussed include: internal disputes over the meaning of liberty and equality, the nature and consequences of the military conflict, the impact of the American Revolution on slaves and Native Americans, the significance of the American rebellion within the Atlantic world, and the struggle over and ratification of the Constitution. Recommended but not required: 12 college credits or permission of the instructor. Variable semesters. Hale.