HIS 412 - The Atlantic World in Transition: 1400-1850.

HIS 220 or consent of instructor. (3) GS.

History of the interaction of Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans between approximately 1400 and 1800. European exploration and colonization in the New World, Caribbean, and Africa; the origins and development of the Atlantic Slave Trade; the complex cultural connections that tied these regions together; movements for colonial independence.