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 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 deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today, i want to talk about two topics that are two sides of the same coin. How the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a new system for thinking about making western lands widely available to ordinary people. Those are two sides same coin. On the one hands, the revolution initiated a new kind of commitment to pretty rapid westward territorial Expansion N a widely democratic system of Land Holding, Land Ownership, which was, you know, a really powerful engine of economic Opportunity And Democrac
Conflicts and relationships between the new federal government, settlers, and native americans. We have been talking about the revolution, what changes did it initiate in american society, american government, why should we think of it as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . We have talked about this in various frameworks. We 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 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 deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today, i want to talk about two topics that are two sides of the same coin. How the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a new s
And it was illustrated. [inaudible]. The animal, thats actually my favorite because i believe that we need to do more to protect animals in our world. So i created that book. To help children understand and you learn a lot about numbers in that particular book. If that was created by some students who were available i think there were only like 14 and 16 and their father wanted them to have a Summer Job so i had a couple of them. So one of the things in this animal book, you have each state listed in the back in the state of indiana innd the Population D some of the stats about the state. But then at the bottom, his zoo locations. And the Childrens Zoo is listed there at the top. Can anyone contribute to Dictionary Project. Yes. How do they do so. You can call our office or go online and anyway that you want to. You can participate, we have thousands of people who volunteer their time and give dictionaries to children rated we are so proud to be part of this and they are in their commu
Facilitate the discussion with the speakers. We are looking forward to a 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 issues confronting congress and the nation. The center is nonpartisan and as such the purpose of the briefing is not to advocate for any particular policies or public positions, but to provide historical content to inform policymakers and the public. As ever, we are grateful to the Mellon Foundation for funding this and the office of congressman connolly for booking the room. Todays subject is the history of gun rights and regulations in america. The Depth And Complexity of the politics of these or any subjects should not make us shy from the historical record. History is whether we are aware of it or not the context for every discussion we take, whether individual daily ones, such as assumptions that the trains will run on time or not, based on our
Welcome. Please note that we have distributed cards. Ill be moderating the Q A. The cards are on your chairs. The purpose of those cards is to facilitate the Q A. Jeff is standing outside. There you go. Theres jeff who will collect those questions. I will collate the cards and facilitate the discussion with the speakers. We are looking forward to a 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 issues confronting congress and the nation. The center is nonpartisan and as such the purpose of the briefing is not to advocate for any particular policies or public positions, but to provide historical content to inform policymakers and the public. As ever, we are grateful to the Mellon Foundation for funding this and the office of congressman connolly for booking the room. Todays subject is the history of gun rights and regulations in america. The Depth And Complexity of th