The American Revolution. Professor Joanne Freeman, Professor of History Description The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations--converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause--but it was far more complex and enduring than the fighting of a war.
As John Adams put it, "The Revolution was in the Minds of the people... before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington"--and it continued long past America's victory at Yorktown. This course will examine the Revolution from this broad perspective, tracing the participants' shifting sense of themselves as British subjects, colonial settlers, revolutionaries, and Americans. Texts Bailyn, Bernard. Brown, Richard D., ed. Cray, Robert E. Gross, Robert A. Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay. Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts.
Professor Keith E.
Wrightson, Randolph W. Townsend Jr. Professor of History Description This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries. Texts. The Gate of Calais. The Gate of Calais or O, the Roast Beef of Old England is a 1748 painting by William Hogarth, reproduced as a print from an engraving the next year.
Hogarth produced the painting directly after his return from France, where he had been arrested as a spy while sketching in Calais. The scene depicts a side of beef being transported from the harbour to an English tavern in the port, while a group of undernourished, ragged French soldiers and a fat friar look on hungrily. Hogarth painted himself in the left corner with a "soldier's hand upon my shoulder. "[1] Background[edit] While waiting in Calais, Hogarth decided to sketch the gate of the port and drawbridge which were still adorned with the English arms[1] (Calais had been an English enclave until 1558 and still retained many English architectural features). Painting[edit] Hogarth's antipathy to the French had been apparent in his art since Noon in his Four Times of the Day series, painted in 1736. Print[edit] Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Does Obama really have the authority to carry out strikes against Islamic militants? 114150113877113877Watch Obama address the nation on the Islamic State groupPresident Barack Obama will address the nation Wednesday night to outline plans for an expanded U.S. effort to confront the violent Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria.2014-09-10 21:00:00disabled23653230177130A1kva7Itrue In a prime-time address Wednesday night, President Barack Obama laid out a four-point plan to fight the Islamic State militant group operating out of Iraq and Syria.
WASHINGTON — It’s not as clear as President Barack Obama made it sound Wednesday night that he has the authority to go after Islamic State militants in the manner he plans, with sustained airstrikes and associated military actions designed to neutralize the foe. What is clear, though, is that he’s going ahead with it anyway. In his speech to the nation, Obama also said his strategy against militants operating in Iraq and Syria calls for no U.S. troops in the fight, but it’s not that simple. Why Democrats Can’t Win the House.
Photo WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats are struggling for control of the Senate in this November’s midterm elections.
But there is no real fight for control of the House of Representatives. The Republicans are all but assured of retaining control of the House, despite last fall’s unpopular government shutdown and the party’s dismal ratings. “The Republican hold on the House is the graveyard of the hopes of Democratic policy change,” says Neera Tanden, president of the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress. It has stifled not just President Obama’s agenda, but also the aspirations of his coalition of young, secular and nonwhite voters, who have represented a majority in presidential elections.