Module 2, which covers American Yawp chapters 3 and 4, focuses almost exclusively on British North America. Why is this? The Americas were colonized by Europeans of many different nationalities – Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Swedes, and more – so why all this attention on the British and eastern North America? What are the key events or developments (or “Defining Moments”) that most impacted colonial settlement, and what are the defining characteristics of British North America?

Module 2, which covers American Yawp chapters 3 and 4, focuses almost exclusively on British North America. Why is this? The Americas were colonized by Europeans of many different nationalities – Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Swedes, and more – so why all this attention on the British and eastern North America? What are the key events or developments (or “Defining Moments”) that most impacted colonial settlement, and what are the defining characteristics of British North America?

Discussion #1: British North America

Module 2, which covers American Yawp chapters 3 and 4, focuses almost exclusively on British North America. Why is this? The Americas were colonized by Europeans of many different nationalities – Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Swedes, and more – so why all this attention on the British and eastern North America? What are the key events or developments (or “Defining Moments”) that most impacted colonial settlement, and what are the defining characteristics of British North America?

Discussion #2: A Diverse Continent

Europeans, of course, were not only the peoples to settle the Americas. Diverse Africans, along with the continent’s vast and similarly diverse Native American population, encountered a “new world” in North America. What are their experiences? How do Africans and American Indians shape colonial society? And how does gender fit into these discussions?

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