American Revolution: From British Colonies to Republican Empire

1 Unit · Graduate

The American Revolution: a war waged by high-minded gentlemen in wigs. Or was it? This course explores the conflict in all its messy (and surprisingly manure-smeared) reality, particularly its fraught relationship to democracy, settler colonialism, human bondage, and human freedom. We?ll also consider the Revolution as a touchstone in modern-day culture wars, from Supreme Court originalism to the 1619 Project.