Virtual - Freedom Round the Globe: A New History of the American Revolution

Virtual - Freedom Round the Globe: A New History of the American Revolution

A new global history of the American Revolution—encompassing places as distant as Kolkata, St. Kitts, Ghana, and Guangzhou—offers a new view of this epoch-defining set of events. In 1776, all kinds of people around the world, not just the men who declared independence, sought the end of oppression, asserting rights to life, liberty, and happiness. This Revolution was more contested, protracted, and diverse, with a wider cast of characters than is usually assumed. The engines of change for what happened in the classic thirteen colonies frequently lay outside those colonies. Piecing together a number of unexpected locations and unheralded “founders,” this book tells the story of the American Revolution in a surprising and novel way. This history, from 1763 to 1788, clarifies the Revolution’s origins, trajectory, ideas, and action. It reveals a rich past we the people really need in our current disunited states of America. It also restores the shock and drama of a dazzling era.

History Forum 250: Revisiting the Revolution

Join celebrated authors and award-winning historians for a thought-provoking series on the history and legacy of the American Revolution during our nation’s 250th anniversary.

This program is part of MN250, commemorating the 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial) of the American Revolution.

Since 2004, the Minnesota Historical Society’s History Forum has brought the nation’s leading historians and scholars to St. Paul to enrich our understanding of American history. Each year’s line-up features speakers who demonstrate excellence in historical scholarship and showcase the diversity, power, and complexity of our shared American story.

All events have live-captioning.

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Virtual