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good morning, everybody. we ve been talking for the last couple of weeks in this class about the effects of the american revolution and framing that discussion about how revolutionary was the american revolution? what kind 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, we ve talked about this in various frame works. we ve talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution, and on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on african-americans 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 and kind of deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern stat
government? why should we think of the american revolution as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence? so we talked about, we ve talked about this in various frame works. we ve talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution, and on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on african-americans 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 and kind of deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. today i want to talk about two topics that are 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 new system for thinking about making western lands widely available to
and gratitude that god and the voters have permitted me to be a member of this body, the house of representatives for the last 30 years. at least for me, my time here has permitted me the opportunity to earn a living by advocating policies and programs that i believe would improve the well-being of the american people and be consistent with the ideals of our country, the united states of america. i came here after spending seven years as a senior speech writer for president reagan as well as two years of that in the reagan white house as a special assistant to the president. my experiences in the reagan white house gave me valuable understandings of many issues of the day as well as contacts that over the years i put to good use. the longer i have been here in washington, the more appreciative i am for the leadership and policies of president ronald reagan. when he left office 30 years ago, our economy was strong, the cold war was ending as the soviet union diss integrated an
30 years. at least for me, my time here has permitted me the opportunity to earn a living by advocating policies and programs that i believe would improve the well-being of the american people and be consistent with the ideals of our country, the united states of america. i came here after spending seven years as a senior speech writer for president reagan as well as two years of that in the reagan white house as a special assistant to the president. my experiences in the reagan white house gave me valuable understandings of many issues of the day as well as contacts that over the years i put to good use. the longer i have been here in washington, the more appreciative i am for the leadership and policies of president ronald reagan. when he left office 30 years ago, our economy was strong, the cold war was ending as the soviet union diss integrated and ronald reagan handed over a new generation of americans, a country with an upward trajectory and tremendous potential and res