Good morning, weve been talking about the effects of the American Revolution and framing that around the question of how revolutionary was the American Revolution . What kind of changes could it negotiate in american society, american law . Why should we think of the American Revolution as a revolution rather than a war for independence . And we talked about this in various frameworks. We talk about whether the revolution altered the social structure, and the last time we met were talking about the impact of the revolutionary on African Americans and on the institution of slavery. We saw in that case, the legacy was quite mixed. The revolution said the institution of slavery on the path of destruction in the northern states but was instrumental and trying to deepening and strengthening institutions in the southern states. Today, i would like to talk about two topics that are closely interrelated. And that our two sides of the same coin, i want to talk today about how the revolution aff
Revolution . What kinds of changes did it initiate in american society, american law, American 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 frameworks. We talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in revolution. 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 in kind of deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today i want to talk about two topics that were 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
Now, a conversation on the history of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the centuries. We will hear from a historian, and a law professor in this discussion from the National History center. Good morning and welcome. It is a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karen wolf, the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary, and also a professor of history at william and mary. I will be introducing todays speakers and moderating the cuban afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards. They are on your chairs. The purpose is to facilitate the q a. Jeff is standing by. There is. Jeff he will collect those cards for any questions that you have and then i will managed to collate the cards and facilitate the discussion with the speakers. We are looking forward to be very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. This briefing is part of an ongoing seri
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 thats why they pay us the remarkably modest bucks at the end of the day. But that is, in essence, one of the major problems okay. Just continuing on this question of contextualizing, i want to ask you a very specific question about infringed and abridged and how those two words differ if their implication and whether there is a Historical Context to that or whether we only need concern ourselves with our contemporary conception of the distinction between those two words . Well, i mean it depends on whether you think were doing a linguistic exercise where the meaning interchangeable. You know, you could say infringed means just the same thing as to violate. Its one of the definitions. It could be a binary. Either its on or off. You infringed or you vichavent a spectrum, a diminution, an infringement and theres not a good linguistic account i have seen so far about which way to interpret that. As between infringed and abridged i
History of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the citys. Good morning, and welcome. Its a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karin wulf, im the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary and ill be introducing todays speakers and moderating the q a afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards, theyre on your chairs. And the purpose of those cards is to facilitate the q a. Jeff is standing outside. Hes waving. Jeff will collect those cards for any questions that you have and ill facilitate the discussion the speakers. Were looking forward to a very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. This briefing is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issue confronting congress and the nation. The center is strictly nonpartisan and as such the purpose of the briefing is not to advoca