January 23

Introduction to Class; Exploration; Spanish and French Settlement; English Settlement; Mercantilism

January 30

Chesapeake Settlements; Puritans; English Civil War; Salem Witch Trials

February 6

Africans in the New World; Great Awakening; Seven Years War

February 13

TEST 1

February 20

Post Seven Years; Taxation & Tension

February 27

American Revolution: Articles of Confederation

March 6

Constitutional Convention; Washington Presidency; Adams Presidency

March 13

TEST 2

March 20

SPRING BREAK

March 27

Jefferson Presidency; Foreign Affairs; War of 1812; Monroe Doctrine

April 3

Jackson Presidency; Indian Policy; Social Reform    

April 10

Mexican-American War;  North & South in the Antebellum Era

April 17

TEST 3

April 24

Wedges of Separation; Civil War

May 1

Civil War

May 8

Reconstruction

May 15

TEST 4

Book Review is due by email no later than 11:59:59 PM Sunday April 19, 2009.

Monday April 27th, 2009 is the last day to withdraw from this course.