The American Revolution and Birth of the American Republic (Enhanced) – Section A
Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 1/8/2025 9:00 AM EST
These sessions build on the themes and issues presented during the first sessions. We will focus on the key events and personalities as the American colonies struggled to fight a war of independence from British rule and attempted to forge a Republic. Included in the course will be an analysis of Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, the trials and tribulations of George Washington’s Continental Army, Benjamin Franklin’s diplomatic mission to France, Abigail Adams and influential women of the American Revolution, and the voices heard in Philadelphia as the American founders established a constitutional republic. Engaging visual support for course content and historical narrative will be offered through power point presentations and the PBS video series: Liberty: The American Revolution.
Richard Grimes
Dr. Richard S. Grimes has taught Native American history and early American history for 25 years at West Virginia University and Lifelong Learning Program for West Virginia University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Duquesne University, and LaRoche University. He currently teaches at Penn State University-Beaver. An active researcher and writer, his book The Western Delaware Indian Nation, 1730–1795: Warriors and Diplomats was published by Lehigh University Press, Studies in the Eighteenth Century and the Atlantic World (October 2017).