Violence in american politics panel, as i think you will see, its an incredibly timely panel, and a really good time to be putting these topics into the context of a broader American History, so i will start off by introducing our panel. And everyone will give their Opening Statement and then we will start the conversation, sitting right next to me is t. Cole jones, an assistant professor of history at purdue university. He held a ph. D. From Johns Hopkins and colonial history. Hes the author of captives of liberty prisoners of war and politics of vengeance and the American Revolution, but still be released this fall by the enormity of pennsylvania pressed. In addition to his book, he has published articles in the journal of the early republic, the journal of military history and the new england quarterly. Hes currently on the work that is provisionally titled, Patrick Henry war, the struggle for the revolutionary west. Kellie Carter Jackson is it, and the politics of violence, out fro
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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
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.