HIST 3702 - Early America
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 42527,
Credit hours: 3
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Martha Pallante
Email: mipallante@ysu.edu
Course Description
3702. Early America. From the first English interactions with the Native Americans and Africans, to the rebellion for Independence, to the struggles over the creation of the Constitution. 3 s.h.
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | The Elizabethan's America | Louis B. Wright | NA |
| Required | America:Early Maps of the New world | Hans Wolff | 3-7913-1232-4 |
| Required | His Opinion Of This Intended Voyage (1583 | John Hawkins | NA |
| Required | Reasons for Colonization (1583) | Richard Hakluyt | NA |
| Required | Pursuits of Happiness, "Two Models of English Colonization, 1600-1660" | Jack Greene | 0-8078-4227-3 |
| Required | Southern Colonies in the 17th Century, " Maryland"" | W. Frank Craven | NA |
| Required | A Map of Virginia. With a description of the Countrey, the Commodities, People, Government and Religion, (1607) | John Smith | NA |
| Required | The New Life of Virginea: Declaring the former successe and present estate of that plantation Being the Second part of Nova Britannia, (1612) | R.I. (Anonymous) | NA |
| Required | Passengers on the Mayflower: Ages & Occupations, Origins & Connections | NA | NA |
| Required | Maryland Toleration Act (1649) | Cecil Calvert | NA |
| Required | Colonial America 4th ed. "African Americans in the British Colonies" | Jerome Reich | 0-13-749573-0 |
| Required | American Colonies, "Natives * 13,000 B.C- A.D. 1492" | Alan Taylor | 978-0-14-2002-10-0 |
| Required | Index of White Watercolors and DeBry Engravings | Virtual Jamestown | NA |
| Required | The Statutes At Large Of Virginia | WW Hening ed. | NA |
| Required | American Colonies: The Settling of North America | Alan Taylor | 978-0-14-2002-10-0 |
| Required | A Minute Against Slavery, Addressed to the Germantown Monthly Meeting, 1688 | Germantown Meeting | NA |
| Required | Runaway Slave Advertisements | National Humanities Center | NA |
| Required | Brave New World | Peter Hoffer | 0-669-399476-9 |
| Required | English Bill of Rights 1689 | Avalon Law | NA |
| Required | Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | Jonathan Edwards | NA |
| Required | A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to Higher Power | Jonathan Mayhew | NA |
| Required | The American Revolution:1763-1783, "Origins" | Herbert Aptheker | 0-7178-0005-9 |
| Required | In the Course of Human Events | James Kirby Martin | 978-0882957951 |
| Required | The Curious Zebra (1777) | Library of Congress | NA |
| Required | BY THE KlNG. A PROCLAMATION (1763) | George III | NA |
| Required | The Currency Act; April 19, 1764 | Avalon Law | NA |
| Required | The Stamp Act, March 22, 1765 | Avalon Law | NA |
| Required | New York Merchants Non-importation Agreement; October 31, 1765 | Avalon Law | NA |
| Required | The Declaratory Act; March 18, 1766 | Avalon Law | NA |
| Required | he Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, "Transformations", | Bernard Bailyn | 0-674-44301-2 |
| Required | The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth Century America, "The Unfinished Revolution in American Political Culture" | Richard Beeman | 0-8122-1977-5 |
| Required | Alien and Sedition Acts | Avalon Law | NA |
| Required | US Constitution | National Archives | NA |
All reading amaterial will be available in BlackBoard. No Purchases are required.
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Schedule of Topics and Assignments
| Week of | Reading(s) | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/24 | Wright America: Early Maps |
ELIZABETHAN AMERICA | Reading Quiz –25 August Discussion – Munster Map - 27 August |
| 8/31 | Hawkins & Hakluyt | Document Analysis – Hawkins & Hakluyt - 1 September Module Essay 4 September |
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| 9/7 | Greene & Craven Map of Virginia & New Life |
THREE MODELS OF COLONIZATION –Virginia, New England and Maryland | Reading Quiz – 8 September Document 1 Analysis – Jamestown – 11 September |
| 9/14 | Passengers on Mayflower Maryland Toleration Act |
Discussion – Plymouth – 15 September Document 2 Analysis –Maryland -- 21 September |
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| 9/21 | Module Essay – 25 September | ||
| 9/28 | Reich & Taylor Natives |
NATIVES AND OTHER STRANGERS – Indians and Africans | Reading Quiz – 29 September Discussion – Native American -- 2 October |
| 10/5 | Virginia Statues | Document Analysis – Virginia Statutes-- 6 October Module Essay -- 9 October |
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| 10/12 | Taylor Minute Against Slavery |
INTERREGNUM & LATE COMERS | Reading Quiz – 13 October Discussion – Minute Against Slavery --16 October |
| 10/19 | Runaway Advertisements | 6 October Document Analysis – Slave Advertisements– 20 October Module Essay -- 23 October |
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| 10/26 | Hoffer Cultural Values-English Bill of Rights |
CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE: GLORIOUS REVOLUTIONS, ENLIGHTENMENTS & GREAT AWAKENINGS | Reading Quiz – 27 October Discussion – Cultural Values --30 October |
| 11/2 | Old And New Lights (Mayhew & Edwards) | Document Analysis – Old And New Lights --3 November Module Essay -- 6 November |
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| 11/9 | Aptheker & Martin Curious Zebra |
REVOLTS REBELLIONS AND REVOLUTIONS | Reading Quiz – 10 November Discussion – Curious Zebra -- 13 November |
| 11/16 | British Actions-Parliament | Document Analysis – British Actions --17 November Module Essay -- 20 November |
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| 11/23 | Bailyn and Beeman | REMAKING AMERICA | Reading Quiz – 24 November |
| 11/30 | Alien ANd Sedition US Constitution |
Discussion – Finishing the Revolution --1 December Document Analysis – US Constitution--4 December |
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| 12/7 | Finals/Module 7 Essay | Due 9 December |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.