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Brotherhood of the Revolution: How America's Founders Forged a New Nation (Drive & Learn)
Brotherhood of the Revolution How America's Founders Forged a New Nation - Drive & Learn Author:Joseph J. Ellis Brotherhood of the American Revolution — Perhaps the most politically explosive time in American history occurred during the nation's founding, when an extraordinary generation wrested control of the American colonies from England and gave birth to a new, democratic nation. Now award-winning author and professor Joseph J. Ellis (American Creation... more ») invokes the spirit of the revolutionary period by examining the personalities of the remarkable men who fought for-as well as crafted the blueprint for-the creation of the United States.
Course Lectures
1. The Revolution and the Generation
2. Anglo-America in 1763 and Benjamin Franklin
3. The Constitutional Crisis, 1763-74, and John Adams
4. The Imperial Crisis, 1763-75, and George Washington
5. The Spirit of '76 and Thomas Jefferson
6. What the Declaration Declared
7. The Long War, 1775-83, and Joseph Plumb Martin
8. Confederation to Constitution and Alexander Hamilton