History 121 Assignments Fall 2006

SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS, HISTORY 121, Summer 2007 Updated July 29, 2007 Note: This class is set up to end during the week when fall classes start.
Week	Topic summaries linked below are required reading.	Documents listed below are required reading. Writing Projects
Students can purchase printed copies of all reading assignments from www.lulu.com at my Storefront. Delivery takes about 7 days from when you order, as Lulu is a “print on demand” service. The free version is linked below in sections. Class begins: May 21; Last Date for Refund: June 6 Inactive Students Dropped: June 22; Last Withdrawal Date: July 27 Class Ends: Sept 10; Fall Classes Begin August 22
Part 1: Colonial History, 1607-1763
May 21 Intro	INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE AND AMERICAN HISTORY Background of American History Personal History Essay (Optional) due	Read Syllabus, Course Policy Read Blackboard Instructions & Course Description and Objectives See How to Succeed, Test Taking, Study Hints, Writing Tips, Grading policy & How to Avoid Plagiarism. Visit the ELI Orientation Page.
May 28 1	Part 1: Discovery & Settlement of America, 1607-1760 Introduction to Colonial History Native American Cultures Virginia: The Jamestown Disaster The Protestant Reformation in Germany & England LIFE IN COLONIAL AMERICA Massachusetts Bay & the Puritans Slavery in the Colonies Religion in Colonial America The Great Awakening The Enlightenment in America Women in Colonial America	Documents: John Smith: Jamestown Indentured Servant Letter Mayflower Compact John Winthrop William Bradford Mary Jemison Poems by Anne Bradstreet Maryland Act on Religion Gottlieb Mittelberger The Middle Passage Jonathan Edwards
Jun 4 2	The AMERICAN COLONIES & the BRITISH EMPIRE Colonies & the Empire—Mercantilism The Navigation Acts The Second Hundred Years' War Take Quiz 1 this week. Includes text and documents.	Documents: The Albany Plan of Union James Otis Against Writs Blackboard Discussion Forums for Part 1
Part 2: Era of the American Revolution
Jun11 3	Part 2: Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1800 American Revolution Overview Background Events , 1761-1775 Representation: Actual & Virtual The War of Independence to 1778 Saratoga Essay 1 Due this week	Documents Stamp Act Resolutions Boston Port Act, 1774 Continental Congress Resolutions Henry: “Liberty or Death!” Paine's Common Sense Declaration of Independence
Jun 18 4	American Revolution: Victory at Yorktown The Revolutionary War 1778-1781 Yorktown The Treaty of Paris, 1783 THE NATIONAL PERIOD: THE NEW NATION BEGINS, 1783-1787 Government under the Articles of Confederation The Northwest Ordinance	Documents The Virginia Bill of Rights Blacks Petition on Taxation The Treaty of Paris, 1783 Discussion Forums for Part 2
Jun 25 5	The CONSTITUTION The Philadelphia Convention of 1787 Ratification & the Bill of Rights	Documents: Virginia Religious Freedom The Northwest Ordinance Constitution & Bill of Rights Mason, Madison, Franklin & Henry on the Constitution Franklin: Constitution Madison: Federalist #10 P. Henry: Against Ratification
Jul 2 6	THE NEW REPUBLIC, 1789-1800 Repubican government Underway The 1790s Part 1: Washington Politics: Federalists and Republicans The French Revolution and America Hamilton and Financial Reform The 1790s Part 2: Adams Midterm exam should be completed this week. Exam pass.	Documents: The Sedition Act of 1798 Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions Discussion Forums for Part 2
Part 3: Jeffersonian & Jacksonian Democracy, 1800-1840
Jul 9 7	Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1828 The Political Ideas of Thomas Jefferson America and Europe Madison Takes Over: The Drift Toward War 1812: 2nd War for Independence Essay 2 Due this week	Documents Jefferson 's First Inaugural Madison 's War Message Chronology of War of 1812 Hartford Convention Resolutions
Jul 16 8	THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS American Economic Growth James Monroe's Administration The Second Generation Issues that Divide the Nation The Missouri Compromise The Monroe Doctrine John Marshall and the Court Evolution of American Political Parties	Documents: John Marshall & the Supreme Court: Marbury v. Madison Dartmouth College v. Woodward McCullough v. Maryland Gibbons v. Ogden Discussion Forums for Part 3
Jul 23 9	Jacksonian Democracy 1828-1850 Andrew Jackson & the Rise of the Common Man The Strange Affair of Peggy Eaton Jackson & The Bank The Nullification Crisis Sectional Tensions & States' Rights The Cherokee Indian Removal An Age of Reform Tocqueville's America Religion, Reform & The Second Great Awakening Women's Rights Take Quiz 2 This Week	Documents: Webster's Union Address Marshall: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia South Carolina Nullification Jackson: Reply to S. Carolina Jackson's Bank Veto Tocqueville on America: Introduction Seneca Falls Declaration Discussion Forums for Part 3
Part 4: Expansion, Slavery and Civil War, 1840-1865
Jul 30 10	Part 4: Expansion, Slavery and Civil War, 1840-1865 The Tyler Administration Texas & The Mexican-American War Manifest Destiny & Oregon Fever The Industrial Revolution in America AMERICAN SLAVERY African-Americans on the Plantation The Abolitionist Movement Essay 3 Due this week	Documents: Texas Independence President Polk's War Message William Lloyd Garrison Views of Slavery Discussion Forums for Part 4
Aug 6 11	THE SECTIONAL CRISIS Stephen Douglas and the Compromise of 1850 The Fugitive Slave Act & Uncle Tom's Cabin Kansas-Nebraska & the Emergence of Lincoln Secession: A Constitutional Dilemma	Documents: 1850 Compromise Debates: Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Seward Dred Scott v Sandford Republican Platform, 1860 Discussion Forums for Part 4
Aug 13 12	THE CIVIL WAR: THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION Civil War Background Opposing Strategies and Resources Civil War Summary The Civil War 1860-1862 Lincoln's Search for a General Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy Lincoln and Emancipation War in the West: Shiloh to Vicksburg Turning Points: Antietam & Gettysburg Essay 4 (modified research paper) Due this Week	Documents: South Carolina Ordinance of Secession Virginia Ordinance of Secession Lincoln 's 1st Inaugural Address The Confederate Constitution Alexander Stephens's Cornerstone Speech Emancipation Proclamation Discussion Forums for Part 4
Aug 20 13	CIVIL WAR: TO APPOMATTOX The Civil War 1863-1865 Vicksburg: The Great Turning Point Sherman in Georgia and Carolina Appomattox: The End of the Civil War Final Exam should be completed by August 27. Exam Pass	Documents: Lincoln 's 2nd Inaugural Address Sherman to the People of Atlanta Discussion Forums for Part 4
Aug 27 14	NOTE: Fall Classes Commence August 22. You make take these two extra weeks if you need them, but you are encourged to finish earlier, especially if you are taking classes in the fall.
Sep 3 15	Course Officially Ends September 10
All Extensions End September 17, 2007
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