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Dr. Oshaughnessy is a Vice President of monticello, the saunders director of the robert h. Smith International Center for jefferson studies, and Thomas Jefferson foundation, which supports Ongoing International study of Thomas Jefferson and his world. The professor of history at the university of virginia. He is a dual citizen of britain and the United States and after completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at oxford university, he taught at eton college before becoming a visiting professor at southern mestas University Methodist university. He is the author of an empire divided, the American Revolution and the british caribbean, which is what our topic is tonight and his most recent book is the man who lost america. The british leadership and the American Revolution and the fate of the empire. It has received five National Book awards, including the New York Historical societys American History book prize, and the George Washington book rise. Prize. He is an editor of the
President of monticello, the saunders director of the robert h. Smith International Center for jefferson studies, and Thomas Jefferson foundation, which supports Ongoing International study of Thomas Jefferson and his world. Use the professor of history at the university of virginia. He is a dual citizen of britain and the United States and after completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at Oxford University he taught at eton college before becoming a visiting professor at southern mestas University Methodist university. He is the author of an empire divided, the American Revolution and the british caribbean, which is what our topic is tonight and his most recent book is the man who lost america. The british leadership and the American Revolution and the fate of the empire. It has received five National Book awards, including the New York Historical societys American History book prize, and the George Washington book rise. He is an editor of the jeffersonianamerican series of
He delves into why these 13 island colonies did not join the 13 american colonies and rebellion. He touches on how the location and sugar business that dominated the caribbean islands ultimately played a decisive factor in the battle of yorktown. Hosted by the society of the cincinnati, it is a little under an hour. I am pleased to introduce dr. Shaughnessy, the founding director of the robert h. Smith center at the Thomas Jefferson foundation which promotes ongoing study of Thomas Jefferson and his world. In addition he is the professor of history at the university of virginia. He is a dual citizen of britain and the united states. After completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at oxford, he headed to eton college before becoming a visiting professor at Southern Methodist university in dallas and professor of American History at the university of wisconsin at our scotch, which is where he was chair of the history department. He is the author of an empire divided, which is wh