Lecture Series — The Uncertain Road to Independence: An American Revolution Retrospective
Topic -- No Taxation without Representation: The Townshend Duties
Topic -- No Taxation without Representation: The Townshend Duties
This short lecture will survey the dominant ideologies found among [...]
Topic -- The Final Straw? The Tea Act
Topic -- From Protest to Armed Resistance: The Intolerable Acts
How English constitutional rights, Lockean liberalism, and classical republicanism related to the founding of the United States.
Topic -- British No More: Declaring Independence
American Indian Removal: Why it was implemented, how, and what the Cherokee people did about it.
American Indian Removal: Why it was implemented, how, and what the Cherokee people did about it.
Participants take on historical roles and engage with the ideological foundations of revolution and government through close readings of Locke, Paine, and other contemporary arguments.