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The American Revolution

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.112
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2006English
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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.

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