Course Description:
The political, social, economic and ideological roots of the American Revolution; the Constitution and early government; the creation of an American national culture; and the contested meanings of freedom in the early republic.
Major Takeaways:
I took this class half-expecting it to be a rehashing of the standard American public school curriculum, but my expectations not have been farther from reality. This course helped me to completely reimagine the intentions of the Founding Fathers and understand the way that our ever-evolving national identity was created long before the republic was created in law. It challenged myths and assumptions about the institution of slavery and introduced me to the reality of a multi-racial, multi-faith abolitionist movement at the end of the 18th century.
Read:
The Violent Expansionism of the American Revolution: Indigenous Responses to the “Contest for Indian Land”
