History 121 Assignments Fall 2005


SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS, HISTORY 279, Spring 2006
Additional Documents summaries and documents will be added this week. However, the general outline of the course will remain intact. Note that there are no “holidays” in distance courses: Schedule your own breaks consistent with this schedule.
Week	TOPICS	READINGS
PART 1: Background to Revolution, 1760-1775
Jan 9 Intro	INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE: Getting adjusted to distance learning. Background of American History	Read Blackboard Instructions & Syllabus See How to Succeed, Test Taking, Study Hints, Writing Tips, Grading policy & How to Avoid Plagiarism. Visit the ELI Orientation Page.
Jan 16-23	Colonial Background: Topic Summaries from History 121 Introduction to Colonial History The Protestant Reformation in Germany & England The Enlightenment in America Suggested: View “The Last of the Mohicans (1992).” Notice that the American Revolution has already begun in the hearts and minds of many colonists.	Read Middlekauff: Prologue, Chapters 1-3 Documents: Mayflower Compact John Winthrop William Bradford Maryland Act on Religion
Jan 30	The AMERICAN COLONIES & the BRITISH EMPIRE The Colonies and the British Empire—Mercantilism The Navigation Acts The Second Hundred Years' War	Read Middlekauff: Prologue, Chapters 4-7 Documents The Albany Plan of Union James Otis Blackboard Discussion Forums
Feb 6	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: From Protest to Rebellion to Victory at Yorktown American Revolution Overview Background Events , 1761-1775 Representation: Actual & Virtual	Read Middlekauff: Prologue, Chapters 8-10 Documents Stamp Act Resolutions Boston Port Act, 1774 Administration of Justice Act Continental Congress Resolutions Henry: “Liberty or Death!”
Feb 13	Review Text, Topic Summaries and Documents for Part 1 Take Exam #1 on Part 1 this week.	Exam 1 will be an essay exam which will be posted in Blackboard. Several questions will be posted and you will be asked to answer each question and respond to comments of others made in the forum.
PART 2: The American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
Feb 20	The War of Independence to 1778 First essay due this week	Middlekauff, Chapters 11-13 Documents Paine's Common Sense Declaration of Independence The Virginia Bill of Rights Blacks Petition on Taxation The Treaty of Paris, 1783
Feb 27	Saratoga	Middlekauff, Chapters 14-16
Mar 6	The Revolutionary War 1778-1781	Middlekauff, Chapters 17-18
Mar 13	Yorktown	Middlekauff, Chapters 19-20
Mar 20	The Treaty of Paris, 1783	Middlekauff, Chapters 21-22
Mar 27	Exam #2 should be completed this week.	Review all Assignments for Part 2 and Forum Discussions
PART 3: Aftermath of War and Creating a Republican Government. 1783-1800
Apr 3	THE NATIONAL PERIOD: THE NEW NATION BEGINS, 1783-1787 Government under the Articles of Confederation The Northwest Ordinance Second essay due this week	Middlekauff, Chapters 23-26 and Epilogue Documents: Virginia Religious Freedom Statute The Articles of Confederation The Northwest Ordinance
Apr 10	The Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, 1787 The Philadelphia Convention of 1787 THE CONSTITUTION Ratification & the Bill of Rights	Bowen: Miracle at Philadelphia, Chapters 1-5 Constitution & Bill of Rights Mason, Madison, Franklin & Henry on the Constitution Franklin: Constitution Madison: Federalist #10 P. Henry: Against Ratification
Apr 17	THE NEW REPUBLIC, 1789-1800 Repubican government Underway The 1790s Part 1: Washington Politics: Federalists and Republicans	Bowen: Miracle at Philadelphia, Ch. 6-8 Documents: Jefferson on the Bank Washington's Farewell Address The Sedition Act of 1798 Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions
Apr 24	The French Revolution and America Hamilton and Financial Reform The 1790s Part 2: Adams	Bowen: Miracle at Philadelphia, Ch. 9-11 Jefferson 's First Inaugural
May 1	Take Exam 3 This week Third essay due this week	Review all assignments for Part 3
Course officially ends May 8
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