Contributor Pauline Maier

Update
01-01-2006
Content Type
Courseware
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, Undergraduate
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This course is concerned primarily with the revolutionary origins of American government. Topics covered include: English and American backgrounds of the Revolution, issues and arguments in the Anglo-American conflict, colonial resistance and the beginnings of republicanism, the Revolutionary War, constitution writing for the states and nation, and effects of the American Revolution. Readings emphasize documents from the period–pamphlets, correspondence, the minutes or resolutions of resistance organizations, constitutional documents and debates.