Moving from the colonial era which weve been talking about into talking about the praeli in any way to the revolution, the tensions that come out of the colonial wars more than the colonial wars. And so this is a sort of transition class period. Were going be spending the next several weeks talking about the revolution, the. Justifications for it, the actual fighting in the wake of it. What do we do having all this freedom and not knowing how to set up a democracy . So well be going that direction. Weve just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. And last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. Colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right . This is where weve come from. Where we
Several weeks talking about the revolution, the. Justifications for it, the actual fighting in the wake of it. What do we do having all this freedom and not knowing how to set up a democracy . So well be going that direction. Weve just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. And last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. Colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right . This is where weve come from. Where were going is the revolution. Were talking about wars and were talking about tensions. The theme of today is the colonists were whining freeloaders getting all the benefits of british citizenship. Yep. Without footing any of the cost. Thats the motherland fought to protect them.
Moving from the colonial era which weve been talking about into talking about the praeli in any way to the revolution, the tensions that come out of the colonial wars more than the colonial wars. And so this is a sort of transition class period. Were going be spending the next several weeks talking about the revolution, the. Justifications for it, the actual fighting in the wake of it. What do we do having all this freedom and not knowing how to set up a democracy . So well be going that direction. Weve just covered the founding of jamestown in massachusetts in the middle colonies. And last time we were talking about how diverse the colonies were getting not just british, but different people, how much more population, how much were growing, how the economy was booming, and how the great awakening was both dividing. Colonies one from another, or rather people within, the colonies one from the another, but also providing a common experience right . This is where weve come from. Where we
Series known as the peters rushton seminars, a series that goes back to 1950. Its a series that included speakers such as keith brookes, randall general auden and seamus heaney. Today, were happy to welcome fred kaplan to the west oval room of the rotunda to speak on his designer Thomas Jefferson. Fred kaplan is distinguished Professor Emeritus of english at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of new york. A scholar in century literature, kaplan has become best known as one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. He is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln gore vidal, and now Thomas Jefferson in his masterly pen. Kaplan offers us a biography of Thomas Jefferson by giving an english professors kind attention to jeffersons written words. Jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. But, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a
Todays lecture is part of English Department lecture series known as the peters rushton seminars, a series that goes back to 1950. Its a series that included speakers such as keith brookes, randall general auden and seamus heaney. Today, were happy to welcome fred kaplan to the west oval room of the rotunda to speak on his designer Thomas Jefferson. Fred kaplan is distinguished Professor Emeritus of english at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of new york. A scholar in century literature, kaplan has become best known as one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. He is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln gore vidal, and now Thomas Jefferson in his masterly pen. Kaplan offers us a biography of Thomas Jefferson by giving an english professors kind attention to jeffersons written words. Jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. But