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    VERITAS UNIVERSITY, ABUJA

    COURSE OUTLINE

    Course Code: HIR 332


    Course Title: Themes in U.S. and Canadian History
    Semester: Second Semester, 2023/2024

    Lecturer: Professor (Mrs.) Chinyere S. Ecoma


    Phone: 08023465268
    Email: ecomachinyere@yahoo.com

    Course Description and Purpose/Objectives


    The course begins with a survey of the colonisation of North America, Europeans and their
    attempts to eliminate indigenous Americans. The history of the colonies, the American Revolution
    and her independence from Britain, and the American Civil War are discussed. An overview of the
    U.S.A. since 1877, including its emergence and influence as a world power; America in world
    affairs; the internal and external factors of development; and the position of the U.S.A. after World
    War II are among the series of issues to be examined.

    Student’s Learning Outcomes


    At the end of this Course, students are expected to:
    i. Learn how scholars study the historical past
    ii. Analyse the conditions under which the colonists fought and successfully attained
    independence
    iii. Record the sequence of important events in the struggle for North America and, events
    that led to the American Revolution
    iv. Understand why Europeans competed for power in North America and how their struggle
    affected Native Americans
    v. Show a clear and thorough understanding of the history of developing nations using clearly
    appropriate examples from the situation of the United States and Canada

    1
    Weekly Breakdown of Contents
    1 – 2 Europeans in the New World: Exploration and Settlement to 1763
    3. Struggle for North America
    4. History of the colonies and British Mercantilist Policies
    5. Colonies in the Eighteenth Century
    6 – 8 Birth of the American Republic: Background of Revolution
    9. Expanding Democracy in the 1800s
    10. Slavery and the states
    11. The drift towards war
    12. Economic Growth and Social Reform, 1877 – 1919
    14. Revision
    15. Examination

    Suggested Reading
     Bailyn, B., 1988. The Peopling of British North America: An Introduction. Random House.
     Bailyn, B., 1992. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Boston: Harvard
    University Press.
     Brinkley, A., 2008. American History: A Survey. 13th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
     Jensen, M., 1981. The New Nation: A History of the United States during the Confederation,
    1781-1789. New Hampshire: New England University Press.
     McPherson, J. M., 1988. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Oxford: Oxford University
    Press.
     Sauer, C. O., 1977. Seventeenth-Century North Amercia: French and Spanish Accounts.
    Berkeley: Turtle Island Foundation.
     Any other useful guide(s).

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