This course will involve studying American history from the events leading up to the Revolutionary War through Reconstruction. The time period covered is from 1750 to 1877. The course is designed to give students an appreciation for the founding of the United States and its republican form of government.
Key Units Covered in Depth:
- The French and Indian War
- The American Revolution
- Articles of Confederation
- Constitution and a new form of government
- Age of Jefferson
- War of 1812
- Age of Jackson
- Western movement
- Civil War
- Reconstruction
