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History 2010, 1st Unit

 General Topics 

• 1. The land, and its original inhabitants
• 2. Background to American discoveries
• 3. Early explorations and conquests of America
• 4. Patterns of settlement in the English colonies
• 5. Structure of colonial government and trade
• 6. Colonial economic, social, and intellectual life
• 7. The origins of the American Revolution
• 8. The war for independence
• 9. Development of the Constitution
• 10. Political parties: their origins, early philosophies
• 11. The War of 1812: origins, conduct, consequences

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