| Week 1 |
T(Sep. 6): Introduction to Course W(Sep. 7): Indians of North America |
| Week 2 |
T(Sep 13): African Societies and European Exploration W(Sep 14): European Arrival I |
| Week 3 |
T(Sep 20): European Arrival II W(Sep 21): British and Spanish Settlement |
| Week 4 |
T (Sep. 27 ): The Founding of the Middle Colonies W (Sept.28): New France: The French in North America |
| Week 5 |
T (Oct. 4): Indentured Labour W(Oct. 5): African enslaved Labour |
| Week 6 |
T (Oct. 11): Social life in the Eighteenth Century W(Oct. 12): Women in North America |
| Week 7 |
T (Oct. 18): Trade and Imperial Rivalry W(Oct. 19): The Seven Years War |
| Week 8 |
T(Oct. 25): The Coming of the American Revolution W (Oct. 26): The “American Revolution” I |
| Week 9 |
T (Nov. 1): The “American Revolution” II W (Nov. 2): The New Republic |
| Week 10 |
T (Nov. 8): Political Debates and the Constitution W(Nov. 9): British North America after 1783 |
| Week 11 |
T (Nov. 15): Jeffersonian Republicanism W (Nov. 16): International Tensions |
| Week 12 |
T (Nov. 22): The War of 1812 W (Nov. 23): Expansionism and Consolidation of the U.S. |
| Week 13 |
T (Nov. 29): Summing Up: North America by 1830 W (Nov. 30): Revision |