This course is a survey of America history through the Civil War, with emphasis on the role of the state of Georgia in relation to American history. Major topics include colonial life and society, the impact of European contact upon American Indians, American religion from the Puritans to the evangelical reform movements of the nineteenth century, the causes and results of the American Revolution, the role of women, the development of sectional rivalries, slavery in America and the causes and course of the Civil War.