Government . Why should we think of the American Revolution as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . So we talked about, weve talked about this in various frame works. Weve talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution, and on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery. We saw that, in that case, the legacy was quite mixed, right . The revolution set the institution of slavery on the path to destruction in the northern states, but was instrumental and kind of deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today i want to talk about two topics that are closely interrelated, and that are really two sides of the same coin. I want to talk today about how the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a new system for thinking about making western lands widely available to ordinary
Richard johnson was the man that took out tecumseh. They came up with a slogan for him. It was the First Official president ial Campaign Slogan of the day, and it went empty. Dempsey, ramsey dempsey, colonel johnson killed to come see. You have to realize that at that time, tecumseh was the fiercest warrior of the day. He had a lot of notoriety. So for someone to take him out in the midst of a battle in handtohand combat, no less, when he was considered so adept. It was it was a feat. Tecumseh was actually born in ohio. They believe around chillicothe, ohio. He was part of two very significant events that transpired here in northwest ohio area. Was here in 1794 in a battle cahe battle of Fallen Timbers, as a result of that battle. The greenville treaty was signed a year later and they ended up giving away to the americans about three quarters of what today is ohio, except for, ironically, this northwest corner of the state. It was called the great swamp at that time with the signing of
Transpired. The history books all say that Richard Johnson was the man that took out tecumseh. They came up with a slogan for him. It was the First Official president ial Campaign Slogan of the day, and it went empty. Dempsey, ramsey dempsey, colonel johnson killed to come see. You have to realize that at that time, tecumseh was the fiercest warrior of the day. He had a lot of notoriety. So for someone to take him out in the midst of a battle in handtohand combat, no less, when he was considered so adept. It was it was a feat. Tecumseh was actually born in ohio. They believe around chillicothe, ohio. He was part of two very significant events that transpired here in northwest ohio area. Heas here in 1794 in a battle called the battle of Fallen Timbers, as a result of that battle. The greenville treaty was signed a year later and they ended up giving away to the americans about three quarters of what today is ohio, except for, ironically, this northwest corner of the state. It was calle
To the video saying the promise of jamesville is the promise of america and that line gave me goosebumps because i heard that Youtube Video after the a simile plant closed. So there was an iron he to what is president ial candidate became president was saying. Jamesville was part of the sitdown strike in the 1930s, and the domestic war effort in world war ii, they stopped making vehicles and started turning out artillery shells. A big moment in the 20th century, i just like that history. Before i knew anything about this community or met anybody here i had the sense i might find some interesting politics. I just thought there might be Something Interesting about a youth and represented by paul ryan. The gaithersburg book festival live on booktv wrapping up with a discussion on the United States expansion into the west. A couple routine announcements to begin here. We are being broadcast live on cspan. If you have a problem with that, let me know. I have a couple minutes, right . Okay.
Stage devoted to the 1820s and 1860s. Among many of his accomplishments, too many that i could go to tonight. High seeked and difference and desires of americans. Hes working with cureuating new exhibits and portraying americas workers 1750, 2015. Speaking directly to his talk tonight, david has his fourth scene on view now, it is calling dark field of the republican. Alexander garner photograph 1857 to 1872. Which in multitude severals lincoln paragraph. This i mage was the you my remember last year walt wittman was a theme of our lincoln event. I may mention that along the way, with his work of the National Gallery of david ward is a poet and an editor and a literally critic. His poetries was published in 2011 called internal difference. David earned his bachelors degree from the university of rochester and Yale University and england. Please join me in welcoming david ward. [ applause ] thank you, brian, thank you all, i am delighted to be here. We ai want to congratsulatioe portrai