HIST 3170 - [British French North America]

(crosslisted)
(also AMST 3170) (HB) (HA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits.

Next offered 2013–2014.

J. Parmenter.

Following exploratory voyages during the sixteenth century, both England and France established permanent colonies in North America during the first decade of the seventeenth century. For the next two hundred and forty years, these two European powers each strove to displace the other as master of northeastern North America. This course compares the political, economic, and social patterns in the development of British and French colonial America in order to better understand the divergent traditions, approaches, and experiences that have resulted in multiple nations inhabiting the North American continent. Emphasis will be placed on critical comparative analysis of documentary sources.