HIST 391: History of Virginia to 1800

HIST 391-001: History of Virginia to 1800
(Fall 2016)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW

East Building 122

Section Information for Fall 2016

The history of Virginia provides an ideal point of entry into the larger history of colonial and revolutionary America. Virginia was England’s first permanent settlement in the New World, and by the eighteenth century it was the largest, wealthiest, and most powerful British mainland colony. It produced both a powerful, educated elite who helped lead the nation towards independence and liberty and a brutal system of chattel slavery that denied human independence and liberty at their most fundamental levels. This class will trace that complex and often contradictory history from the first contact between Europeans and native peoples, through the American Revolution, and into the early decades of the nineteenth century.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Discovery and settlement of Virginia. Colonial period with emphasis on development of representative government and race relations, Golden Age of Virginia dynasty, and coming of Civil War. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: 6 hours of history or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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