Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

8. When were the seeds of national greatness planted in America?

9. Who were the first really tenacious settlers on the Atlantic seaboard?

10. Outline the growth of the English colonies.

11. Upon what does our chief claim to national greatness depend?

REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, Readings in American Democracy, chapter i.

Or all of the following:

2. Bogart, Economic History of the United States, chapter ii.

3. Coman, Industrial History of the United States, chapter i.

4. Huntington and Gushing, Principles of Human Geography, chapters i and xii.