HIST 130: Aztecs Incas and Conquistadors: Colonialism in the Americas

This course begins with the Aztec and Incan Empires and ends with the wave of independence movements that transformed the Americas into a continent of nations free from colonial rule. We will explore the developments; structures; and ideologies of European colonialism in the Americas; as well as the ways in which indigenous peoples and free and enslaved Africans navigated colonial rule. (Spring)