The Road from Colony to Country: A History of the American Revolution (ONLINE)

This 6-lecture set examines the origins of the American Revolution from political unrest in the 1760s to its beginnings at the Battle of Bunker Hill through critical contests at New York City, Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Brandywine, including southern battles such as Cowpens and Yorktown.  We will also explore the diplomatic breakthroughs that proved essential for American victory.  Figures such as George Washington, Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis de Lafayette will all figure prominently. 

Jared Day received his Ph.D. in Social History at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1994 and taught in CMU’s History Department for 17 years.  He taught classes on US, European, and World History topics as well as on a range of public policy issues, including environmental, public works, and education policy.  He is the author of Urban Castles: Tenement Housing and Landlord Activism in New York City, 1890-1943, published in 1999.  He is also co-author (with Joe Trotter) of Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh Since World War II, published in 2010.  In addition, he has authored numerous articles on urban, environmental, and public policy history issues. He currently lives and lectures on Zoom in Windham, CT. 

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