HIST 2300: History of the U.S. to 1877

Course materials

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   1.2Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 2: Contact Zones (1450–1600) · pp. 43–832026-08-11

   Contact Zones

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   1.3Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 3: Settler Colonies and Imperial Rivalries (1565–1681) · pp. 85–1252026-08-18

   Settler Colonies and Imperial Rivalries

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   1.4Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 4: Colonial Convulsions and Rebellions (1640–1700) · pp. 127–1592026-08-25

   Colonial Convulsions and Rebellions

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   1.5Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 5: Colonial Societies and Contentious Empires (1625–1786)

   Colonial Societies and Contentious Empires

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   Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 5 · pp. 170–178

   Chapter 5 reading checkpoint — Part 2 of 5

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   Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 5 · pp. 179–187

   Chapter 5 reading checkpoint — Part 3 of 5

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   Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 5 · pp. 188–195

   Chapter 5 reading, pages 188–195

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   Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 5 · pp. 196–203

   Chapter 5 reading checkpoint — Part 5 of 5

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   1.6Unit One: American Origins · Chapter 6: Global War and American Independence (1730–1776)

   Global War and American Independence

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    2.1Unit Two: From Colonies to Nation · Chapter 6

    Borderlands and Empires

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    2.2Unit Two: From Colonies to Nation · Chapter 7

    Revolts and Revolutions

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    2.3Unit Two: From Colonies to Nation · Chapter 8

    Consolidation, Constitution, and an Imperial Inheritance

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    2.4Unit Two: From Colonies to Nation · Chapter 9

    The Early Republic

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    2.5Unit Two: From Colonies to Nation · Chapter 10

    Culture and Society in the New Nation

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    3.1Unit Three: The Unfinished Work of Liberty · Chapter 11

    Warring for the Pacific

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    3.2Unit Three: The Unfinished Work of Liberty · Chapter 12

    Coming Apart

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    3.3Unit Three: The Unfinished Work of Liberty · Chapter 13

    Crises in the Union: A Slaveholder’s Rebellion

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    3.4Unit Three: The Unfinished Work of Liberty · Chapter 14

    “A Great Civil War”: The War of the Rebellion

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    3.5Unit Three: The Unfinished Work of Liberty · Chapter 15

    Reconstruction: ending the rebellion

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    Unit Three: The Unfinished Work of Liberty · Chapter 16

    The promise and limits of Reconstruction

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    All three units · Chapters 1–16

    Cumulative final review

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    Unit One Exam — Subunits 1.1–1.5due September 4, 2026

    Unit One exam review