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HIST210 European Expansion 1500 - 1800

10 cp
Prerequisites 10 cp from 100-level units in History
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent of lectures and tutorials.

This unit examines European expansion from 1500 to 1800 in the context of central developments in Europe in that period, including the various aspects of early Modern Europe which gave it the power to dominate much of the world at that time. It focuses on the impact of European colonisation and contact with societies in Asia and the Americas. The unit will conclude with an examination of the American War of Independence and its implications for the British Empire in particular and America’s relationship with Europe in general.

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