The American Revolution, a 4-part lecture series with Professor Stanley Carpenter

Part I - The American Revolution: Causes and Context, 1763-1775--February 22, 2024 at 6:30pm. The first lecture in the series covers the precipitants to the outbreak of rebellion, including the various parliamentary revenue acts, the rise of political and economic opposition to Crown rule, and the role of early revolutionaries such as Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. Professor Carpenter also addresses the nature of the British forces as well as the nascent Continental Army and the armed colonial militia, particularly the Massachusetts Minutemen. Part II - The Great Riot, 1775-1776—February 29, 2024 at 6:30pm. The second lecture in the series covers the outbreak of armed insurrection in Boston with the events at Lexington Green, Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Patriot siege of Boston that culminated in the British evacuation of Boston. The lecture addresses the role of George Washington and the creation of the Continental Army. Professor Carpenter looks at the role of politics and constitutionalism with the debate, crafting, and signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 that in effect transformed the British North American colonies into the United States of America. Stanley D.M. Carpenter, retired US Navy captain, is Professor Emeritus from the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Litt. in British Military History. As a Professor of Strategy and Policy at the Naval War College from 1998-2020, he served as the Head of the Strategy and Policy Department in the College of Distance Education and Naval War College Command Historian before retiring in March, 2020. His historical specialties cover the War of American Independence, the 20th-century world wars, and British and American naval and military history.

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