HS 460 - American Revolution in Global Context

(3.00 cr.)

For most American students, the American Revolution involved thirteen colonies fighting for their independence from Great Britain on battlefields ranging from Lexington to Yorktown. Few realize that the American Revolutionary War stretched from Lexington to Jamaica to Senegal and to India. This course explores the American Revolution in its global context. Students look at some familiar events (the Boston Massacre), but from new perspectives (those of the Irish soldiers stationed in Boston in 1770) as well Revolutionary events in some less familiar places (North American borderlands, the Caribbean, England, and India). Students explore some of the outcomes of the war for diverse groups, including runaway African American slaves who ultimately found themselves in Canada, London, Sierra Leone, and Australia. Throughout the course, students explore how and why events in places like Massachusetts produced a conflict that played out across the globe. Written or electronic permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies

Interdisciplinary Studies: GT