Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. There are other aspects of the war, financing the war, womens participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. I wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the American Revolution called the men who lost america. He argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst accomplished professionals, and the reason why they failed was not due to a character flaw, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles fighting a war in america. I will lay out some of those obstacles. The first thing is diplomacy. In the seven years war britain had allies. During the war for american independence they found themselves relatively alone, fighting france in 1778. S
Sits in a lecture with one of the Nations College professors. You can watch it next, Brooklyn College professor benjamin carp talks about the advantages and disadvantages for british and American Forces during the revolution. He describes how individual personalities, supplies, and timing influenced the outcomes. This class is one hour and 15 minutes. Benjamin hi, everybody. Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker, she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. There are other aspects of the war, financing the war, womens participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. I wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the American Revolution called the men who lost america. He argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst of accom
Agora university in spokane, washington. It was founded by jesuit priests. A look at thetake James Osullivan papers and learn about his role in the development of the Grand Coulee Dam. Can rememberllivan where it all began in an old tires blew out like firecrackers and the radiator steamed up with the regularity of a geyser. James stepped out and said someday this is going to be the garden of eden. Water will flow onto the soil and the desert will bloom. Countless people will come here. Busy settlements will rise out of the sagebrush. James osullivan was born in 1876 in michigan. He went to the university of michigan and studied law and graduated in 1902. Afterword, he started a law practice but found out there was not much there. He left to go to Washington State and go to seattle. In 1905 and they came out to Seattle Washington to start a law practice. He cannot have enough work there, seattle was not booming at that time. There was no need for lawyers. He went back to working with h
Washington. It was founded in 1887 by jesuit priests. Join us as we take a look at the James Osullivan papers and learn about his role in the development of the Grand Coulee Dam. James osullivan can remember where it all began in an old jalopy tires blew out like firecrackers and the radiator steamed up with the regularity of a geyser. James stepped out and said someday this is going to be the garden of eden. Water will flow onto the soil and the desert will bloom. Cap was people will, here and our great migration and rich farms and busy settlements will rise out of the sagebrush. James osullivan was born in 1876 in michigan. He went to the university of michigan and studied law and graduated in 1902. Afterword, he started a law practice but found out there was not much there. He left to go to Washington State and go to seattle. He had married in 1905 and they came out to seattle, washington, to start a law practice. He did not have enough work there, seattle was not booming at that ti
Water will flow onto the soil and the desert will bloom. Countless people will come here. Rich farms and busy settlements will rise out of the sagebrush. James osullivan was born in 1876 in michigan. He went to the university of michigan and studied law and graduated in 1902. Afterword, he started a law practice but found out there was not much there. He left to go to Washington State and go to seattle. He had married in 1905 and they came out to Seattle Washington to start a law practice. He cannot have enough work there, seattle was not booming at that time. There was no need for lawyers. He went back to working with his dads business, that was construction. He went to teach on a faculty in bellingham, washington which we now know as western Washington State university. In 1910 he left for a small town in the central state of washington where he got his law bar acceptance. Here is a picture of him in his law office where he did cases dealing with land claims and land fraud cases. Wat