The Making of the American Republic, 1754-1820

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Examines the formation of a novus ordo saeclorum by assessing the experiences after 1763 as the colonizers in the thirteen British colonies rebelled against the authority of the British Crown and created a new republic. The seminar will investigate the political and ideological foundations of the rupture from Britain, the military and social course of the War of Independence, the postwar strain to attain a constitutional order that would sustain republican liberties, the creation of the Constitution to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, emphasizing economic growth, territorial expansion and social change. The seminar shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. Note: Offered as required. Fulfills: Writing Intensive,