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First Peoples to the Early Republic: Born in Colonialism (Canvas.net)

Offered by Seattle Central Community College,
First Peoples to the Early Republic: Born in Colonialism (Canvas.net)

This course will explore Native American cultures and the impacts of colonial and U.S. government policies on them; European colonization with particular focus on the British in North America; the War for Independence against Britain and the framing of the U.S. Constitution; as well as the formation of political parties in the early republic.

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