The American Revolution and its Legacies

Harvard FAS

This course will explore the causes of the American Revolution, focusing on the constitutional, legal, economic, social, and political issues that prompted the imperial crisis and resulted in the American colonies’ decision to break with Great Britain. The Revolution affected people at all levels of society—the elite who occupied leadership roles, regular citizens who mobilized in favor of Revolution, African Americans (enslaved and free), Loyalists, women, and immigrants. We will consider…