3840 - (OSHEROnline) The American Revolution and the British Empire (Rick Bell)
Course Description
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(OSHEROnline) The American Revolution and the British Empire
Instructor: Rick (Richard) Bell
Seen through American eyes, July 4, 1776, marks a triumphant moment: the birth of a bold new nation committed to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Through British eyes, the American Revolution looked quite different. This course will examine America’s through the lens of Britain’s Empire. Topics will include the imperial dimensions of the Boston Tea Party, British views of the America war, the treachery of Benedict Arnold, Irish participation on both sides of the war, the fate of empire on Britain’s Caribbean islands. We will also discuss the terms of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the peace pact that dramatically shrank the boundaries of the British Empire and confirmed the independence of the newly United States.
Your instructor: Rick (Richard) Bell
Richard Bell, PhD, is professor of history at the University of Maryland and the author of Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home, a finalist for both the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held research fellowships at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and the Library of Congress. A recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award and the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, Bell specializes in early American history and public scholarship.
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