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HISTORY OF VIRGINIA I

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Examines the cultural, political, and economic history of the Commonwealth from its beginning to the present. HIS 281 begins in Elizabethan England and concludes in the Revolutionary War period. Lecture 3 hours per week.

TOPICS COVERED:

•  1ST PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA

• JAMESTOWN

• THE CREATION OF TOBACCO CULTURE

• BACON'S REBELLION & THE ORIGINS OF SLAVERY

• THE TOBACCO ECONOMY & THE GREAT PLANTERS

• THE GREAT AWAKENING IN VIRGINIA

• THE OHIO COMPANY & THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR

• VIRGINIA & THE COMING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• THE REVOLUTION IN VIRGINIA

• VIRGINIA'S CONSTITUTION

• VIRGINIA & THE CREATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

• 3 ESSAY EXAMINATIONS 25%, 25%, 25%

• CLASS PARTICIPATION  10%

• HISTORIC SITE PAPER   15%

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

• RONALD HEINEMANN, ET. AL., OLD DOMINION, NEW COMMONWEALTH: A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA  paperback.

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