“Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto.” Oil on canvas. 1853. (Architect of the Capitol).
Readings:
American Yawp Reader, chap. 2, “Colliding Cultures Reader” (click through to five Primary Source documents)
Secondary Source: Juliana Barr, “The Colonial Sunbelt: St. Augustine to Santa Fe,” in Kupperman, Major Problems in American Colonial History, 75–80.
Secondary Source: James Horn, “Tobacco and the Peopling of Virginia,” in Kupperman, Major Problems in American Colonial History, 80–87.
Skillbuilding: Patrick Rael, “Historical Arguments” in Rael, Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
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