President s it established and the legacies that left. There is a strong case to be made that november 11, the day that a battered square rigor called the mayflower made safe harbor in a place near what is today in massachusetts. That day should be one of the greatest moments in our national theory, comparable to fourth of july, independence day, and september 17, constitution day. But let me qualify that statement a little bit. As ourk of the pilgrims forebears and we are right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new puritans that were selling new england at the time did not imagine they were settling establishing the United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The early settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations they wanted, what the spaniards wanted from the
We think of the pilgrims as our forbearers and we have a right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new englanders settling at the time did not imagine they were settling United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations, gold, wealth, material wealth. The settlers of new england were driven by religious zeal. Most of them were puritans, men and women of a company spent who believed the church of england had not gone far enough to purge itself of its corrupt aspects and would despair of a cleansing renewal ever coming in their lifetimes, and hence their decision to emigrate to the new beginning. In particular were not only calvinists but separatists, meaning they had separated themselves from the aurch of england as they
Harvard lunar city where he studied under bernard bail and. He taught at harvard and university of michigan before joining the faculty at brown in 1969, a prolific author, professor would has won numerous awards. In 1970, his book the creation of the american republic, 1776 to 1787 won the bancroft prize and in 1993, his radical a station of the american resolution on the Pulitzer Prize for history. The american is a shove that german franklin was awarded that how it prized by the Boston Office club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty, the history of the early republic, 1789 to 1815 was given the association of American Public are shores award for history and biography in 2009. The American History book prize by the New York Historical society and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, professor would, be heard from your former student jack warren, executive director of the society last week. That same, y
Anything that Stephen Berry writes, ive got to read. Stephen berry always brings to his research incredible, beautiful writing, with rich insights and what i think, many of us, we like him so much and thats a good thing. His work is so good that you want us to come to the jealousy but you cant, stephen is such a wonderful guy. He is a fantastic teacher as well. Many of my students have gone to work with him over the years. At the university of georgia he has not only he is not only a prolific scholar, but he has written or edited six books. My favorite is all that makes a man, love and ambition in the civil war south. That was his him his dissertation done sometime ago at the university of North Carolina. William barney is his advisor who is still there. Another book i would highly recommend, which he edited, a fantastic book called were doing the war. War, storieshe from the civil war possible ragged edge. The other thing, hes engaged in a lot of Digital Projects and has many of his s
Began, he was raised in that commonwealth and graduated summa cum laude from tufts university. He then earned an ma and phd from harvard university, where he studied under bernard bailyn. He taught at harvard and the university of michigan before joining the faculty at brown in 1969. A prolific author, professor wood has won numerous awards. In 1970, his book creation of the american republic, 17761787 won the bancroft prize. In 1993, his radicalism of the American Revolution won the Pulitzer Prize for history. The americanization of Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Julia Ward Howe prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty a history of the early republic, 17891815 was given the association of american publishers award for history and biography in 2009, the American History book prize by the New York Historical society, and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, professor wood,