HIS 352 The Revolutionary Era in America

This course examines the period in American History between the mid-eighteenth century and 1815. The course begins with an examination of the various tensions that culminated in American independence in 1776. The course also investigates the difficulties involved in securing independence, creating an American government and the struggles the new nation faced during the early national period. The course concludes with an assessment of the War of 1812 as the final phase of the American Revolution. This course is one of the Proseminar courses that can be taken as a prerequisite for History Seminar.

3 credit hours