history240lecturepagesdir

Directory for
The History of the Americas
and
The History of Latin America

Instructor: Michael Ward

history240@worldnet.att.net

Home voice mail: 655-5759

History 4B

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History 245

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History 240

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History 4A

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This page is the jumping off point for summaries of our class lecture topics, to aid you with the course content and prepare for assignments and exams. Please note that the four courses listed above will not use every lecture topic listed in the table below. Be sure to follow the topics and discussions in class and identify the corresponding lectures on this page for further examination as a supplement to the lectures. While your specific course may not relate to every topic listed in the table below, you may find this additional information useful nevertheless, so don't hesitate to peruse it.

This page will be regularly updated, and in addition to the lecture summaries, you will find links related to these topics listed below.

Click here to go to an introductory discussion about the History of the Americas	Click here to go to a discussion about the origins of European exploration and colonization in the Americas
Click here to go to a discussion about Native Americans and their influences on the early history and culture of Latin America before colonization	Click here to go to a discussion about the Puebloans, Popé, and the Pueblo Revolt
Click here to go to a discussion about The Conquest of the Mexica-Azteca People	Click here to go to a discussion about the Legacy of Spain and Portugal in Latin America
Click here to go to a discussion about the End of Adelantado, and the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese colonial system in the Americas	Click here to go to a discussion about Cultural transitions and the establishment of colonial instititions and authority in Latin America
Click here to go to a discussion about the maturing of the Spanish colonies, the cultural stagnation of the Baroque Period, the Bourbon Reforms, and the emergence of the Enlightenment in Latin America that led to independence movements throughout the Americas	Click here to go to a discussion about the Events leading to Latin American Independence
Click here to go to a discussion about Independent Latin American Nations, Caudillismo, Inter-Colonial Wars, the emergence of Neo-Colonialism, and the problem of Texas	Click here to go to the discussion: From the Mexican War to the War of Reform and the Revolution of Ayutla
Click here to go to a discussion about the French occupation of Mexico, the Juárista Reforms, the political rise of Porfirio Diáz, setting the stage for the 1910 Revolution	Click here to go to a discussion about the Mexican Revolution of 1910
Click here to go to a discussion about Argentina	Click here to go to a discussion about BRAZIL
Click here to go to a discussion about Cuba	Click here to go to a discussion about El Salvador
Click here to go to a discussion about Guatemala	Click here to go to a discussion about Panama
Click here to go to a discussion about PERU
* CLICK HERE TO GO TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK PRECIS READING/ WRITING ASSIGNMENT	* For an interesting comparison with the Spanish colonial systems described in several sections above, click here to go to an article on aspects of the English Puritan colonies as they pertain to women in the 17th century. This essay is by Michael Ward, and was published in the Fall 1999 issue of the New England Journal of History
* Click here to go to a directory of lecture/ discussion handouts	* Supplemental reading for those classmembers who are interested; this material relates to Section # 3: Click here to go to "Timoloqinash," a discussion of California Indian world views and history by Michael Ward, as published in the OCB Tracker (Glendora, CA: 1998-1999)

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This page was updated on Saturday, October 12, 2002