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Dr. Frances M. Clarke
Lecturer
Department of History
frances.clarke@arts.usyd.edu.au
(02) 9351 2880
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UNIT OF STUDY OUTLINE
Week 1 |
March 10 |
Introduction |
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March 11 |
The Age Of Exploration And The 'Columbian Exchange' |
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Tutorial |
No Tutorial |
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Week 2 |
March 17 |
Spanish Exploration in the New World |
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March 18 |
Comparative Empires in North America: French, Dutch and Swedish |
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Tutorial |
Initial Encounters |
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Week 3 |
March 24 |
Settling the Colonial South |
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March 25 |
Settling New England |
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Tutorial |
The Salem Witchcraft Trials |
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Week 4 |
March 31 |
Consolidating the English Empire in North America |
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April 1 |
Transatlantic Culture and Politics in the 18th Century |
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Tutorial |
The Origins Of Slavery |
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Week 5 |
April 7 |
Revivalism |
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April 8 |
From Resistance to Revolution |
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Tutorial |
The Boston Massacre |
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Week 6 |
April 21 |
The Colonies Revolt |
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April 22 |
From Confederation to Constitution |
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Tutorial |
Debating the Constitution |
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Week 7 |
April 28 |
Politics in the Early Republic |
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April 29 |
Jeffersonian America |
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Tutorial |
The Whiskey Rebellion |
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Week 8 |
May 5 |
The Sweep of Economic Change, 1800-1860 |
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May 6 |
The Growth of Democracy |
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Tutorial |
Life in the Lowell Mills |
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Week 9 |
May 12 |
The Jacksonian Era |
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May 13 |
Egalitarianism, Racism and Separate Spheres |
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Tutorial |
The Trail of Tears |
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Week 10 |
May 19 |
The New Middle Class |
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May 20 |
The Spirit of Reform |
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Tutorial |
Radicals & Reformers |
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Week 11 |
May 26 |
The Internal Slave Trade and Life Under Slavery |
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May 27 |
Slave Revolts and the White Majority |
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Tutorial |
Slave Narratives |
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Week 12 |
June 2 |
Territorial Expansion, 1830s-1850s |
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June 3 |
The Impending Crisis |
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Tutorial |
Secession Debates |
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Week 13 |
June 9 |
The Civil War: Issues |
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June 10 |
The Civil War: Consequences |
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Tutorial |
Review for Final Exam |
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