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The American Revolution ... an introduction to the course.
Professor Freeman
Professor Freeman offers an introduction to the course, summarizing the readings and discussing the course's main goals. She also offers five tips for
studying the Revolution: 1) Avoid thinking about the Revolution as a story about facts and dates; 2) Remember that words we take for granted today, like
"democracy," had very different meanings; 3) Think of the "Founders" as real people rather than mythic historic figures; 4) Remember that the "Founders"
aren't the only people who count in the Revolution; 5) Remember the importance of historical contingency: that anything could have happened during the
Revolution.
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00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction: Is the War Part of the American Revolution?
08:24 - Chapter 2. Reading Materials for the Course
13:45 - Chapter 3. Freeman's Tips One and Two: Facts and Meanings
22:13 - Chapter 4. Freeman's Tip Three: The Founders Were Human, Too
31:33 - Chapter 5. Freeman's Tip Four: The Other Revolutionaries
37:48 - Chapter 6. Freeman's Tip Five and Conclusion
The American Revolution (HIST 116 - Open Yale Course)
2. Being a British Colonist
3. Being a British American
4. "Ever at Variance and Foolishly Jealous": Intercolonial Relations
5. Outraged Colonials: The Stamp Act Crisis
6. Resistance or Rebellion? (Or, What the Heck is Happening in Boston?)
7. Being a Revolutionary
8. The Logic of Resistance
9. Who Were the Loyalists?
10. Common Sense
11. Independence
12. Civil War
13. Organizing a War
14. Heroes and Villains
15. Citizens and Choices: Experiencing the Revolution in New Haven
16. The Importance of George Washington
17. The Logic of a Campaign (or, How in the World Did We Win?)
18. Fighting the Revolution: The Big Picture
19. War and Society
20. Confederation
21. A Union Without Power
23. Creating a Constitution
24. Creating a Nation
25. Being an American: The Legacy of the Revolution
"Bread and circuses" ... America today?
Historian Gordon S. Wood speaking on two of his books ...
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
and Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
Gordon Wood is one of the premiere historians of early America.
His impact on the study of history in this country has been profound. It will be an honor to have a scholar of his stature come spend time with Utah Valley University faculty and students. We also welcome community members to attend his public lecture. It promises to be a most engaging event. I could not be more delighted that Professor Wood will be providing the inaugural lecture of the Presidential Lecture Series I am instituting.
Wood is a professor of history emeritus at Brown University and an Alva O. Way University professor. He is the author of Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 which won the Bancroft Prize and the John H. Dunning Prize in 1970; and The Radicalism of the American Revolution, which won the Pulitzer Prize for history and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize in 1993. Wood has received numerous other awards and accolades for his academic contributions.
Time to remember this example of leadership in USA history
--
Appropriately the first Harvard graduate to be a president.
David McCollough spoke about his book on John Adams, one of the most influential and most misunderstood Founding Fathers, according to the historian.
Mr. McCullough gives a detailed look into the life of the second president of the United States through diary entries and letters John Adams wrote to his
wife, Abigail.
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Above photos are from my December 2011 visit to The Adams' House. Click the above Adam's portraits to then listen to historian David McCullough speak of their life
here in Quincy, their deep love of each other, their family, and their deep love of their newly formed country. Also pictured is a visit to their resting place at the
United First Parish Church a short distance away where John & Abigail rest along side their son & 6th US President John Quincy Adams and his wife Louisa.
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Awards event at Boston's Faneuil Hall
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