LibGuides: HIST 301: Colonial America (Slater): Home

Course Description

Course Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Indigenous America and the colonial period of North America during early contact with a larger focus on British North America, 1607-1763. Students will be expected to read a range of academic sources, both primary and secondary, attend lectures, and engage in conversation. Topics include Native Americans, New France, New Spain, New England, Colonial Chesapeake, Mid Atlantic, and southern colonies, Africans and enslavement, religious diversity, economies/trade, gender and sexuality, and culminating with the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The objective is to understand the complex interconnectedness of British Colonial America up to the eve of the American Revolution. Students will complete a large research project for this course.

Background Resources

Colonial America: an Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History (Print)
No era in American history has been more fascinating to Americans, or more critical to the ultimate destiny of the United States, than the colonial era. This monumental five-volume set brings America's colonial heritage vibrantly to life for today's readers.
Women in Early America (Print)
This volume fills a gap in traditional women's history books by offering fascinating details of the lives of early American women and showing how these women adapted to the challenges of daily life in the colonies.
Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (eBook)
Comprehensive resource on colonial history from 900 to 1860. Topics covered include Native American worship, detribalized and manumitted Indians, interracial societies, gender relations, childhood and adolescence, and many others.
A companion to Colonial America (ebooks)
A Companion to Colonial America consists of twenty-three original essays by expert historians on the key issues and topics in American colonial history. Each essay surveys the scholarship and prevailing interpretations in these key areas, discussing the differing arguments and assessing their merits. Coverage includes politics, religion, migration, gender, ecology, and many others.

Head of Research and Instruction Services

Elena Rodriguez

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Subjects: Anthropology, History, Psychology, Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies

Spotlight: Exploring the Indigenous South

Exploring the Indigenous South LibGuide
This guide is intended for anyone interested in the experiences and cultural traditions of Indigenous people living in the region now known as the southeastern United States. Indigenous peoples, who have always been intertwined with the history of the U. S. South, continue to live in South Carolina and the surrounding region, though many outsiders know little about them and may assume they no longer live here. As a starting point for exploration of Indigenous people's experiences, we've curated this collection of introductory materials as well as more focused, in-depth resources to deepen your knowledge.

Nicholson, Francis. Map of the several nations of Indians to the Northwest of South Carolina. [S.l.: s.n, 1724] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005625337/.