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Turn any cell phones or other electronics you may have with you. We have some nice, wright lights this evening because our friends at cspan are fill be ming tonights program, so i can when we go to the q a portion of the event, instead of raising your hand and asking and a question, that we make a line in the front because of the filming from cspan. Be. He teaches history and engineering at George Mason University here in virginia. And at the Stevens Institute of technology in new jersey. He served for over 35 years in the u. S. Navy, u. S. Coast guard and department of defense and was an exchange engineer in the french navy. Larrie is the author of three books, the birth of naval architecture in the scientific revolution, measure of the earth, enlightenment expedition that we shape our world, and is known book brothers at arms american independence and the men of france and spain who saved it. So following his talk this evening if you didnt already pick up a copy of his book they are
In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Companies and is brought to you today by your local cable or satellite provider. Good evening, can everybody hear me okay . My name is elizabeth with smithsonian associates. It is my pleasure to welcome you to brothers at arms. Let me ask you to silence and turn off cell phones or other Electron Electronics you might have with you. We have bright lights in here because our friends at cspan are filming tonights program. I ask when we go to the q and a part of the event we make a line here in the front because of the filming from cspan. To our valued members who make tonight and each night possible, our thanks for a warm welcome. For those who might be joining for the first time an equally warm welcome and i encourage you to check out all of the programming offered by smithsonian associations. We are welcome to introduce Larrie Ferreiro who received his degree from imperil college in london and teaches history and engineeri
So we call it the seven years war. But really, it is the nine year war, and it is part of an almost century long war for various colonial locations throughout the globe, in this case, particularly north america. Instead of telling the story of the seven years war as it is always told, which typically in north america is something along the lines of this is the war that set up the american revolution. This is the war that kicked the french out of north america, led the colonists to be more unified, and led to all of the crises that would culminate in the american revolution. There is a documentary that pbs put out not long ago and they call it the war that made america. This kind of storyline is an important one. And it is one we could sell, but because this is a course on a french Atlantic World, i wanted to focus on the war as it was experienced by the people we have been talking about all semester. The war in the french atlantic. Much less focus on north america. Much less focus on f