HIST 331 - Frontiers in the Early American Republic

3 credits.
The course explores the interactions among individuals, societies, and civilizations that shaped the history of the trans-Appalachian frontier and borderlands in the early American republic from 1783 to 1850. The course examines themes such as sources of Indian resistance, the contested boundaries of race and slavery, the meanings of liberty, the composition and purposes of families and communities, and the forces of disunion that threatened the nation.

Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.

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