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History 360: American Revolution Era
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Fall 2007
Dr. Sean Taylor

Date	Assigned Readings
29 August Week 1: Introduction Introduction of class and explanation of expectations. Readings: Cogliano, Revolutionary America, Introduction and Chapter 1.
5 September Week 2: Who are these People? A Quick Look at Colonial Americans. Readings: Allan Kulikoff, “The Progress of Inequality in Revolutionary Boston,” WMQ, 3rd ser., 28 (July 1971) 375-412; Billy G. Smith, “The Material Lives of Laboring Philadelphians, 1750 to 1800,” The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd ser., 38 (April 1981), 163-202; Steven C. Bullock, "A Mumper among the Gentle: Tom Bell, Colonial Confidence Man", Steven C. Bullock,WMQ, 3rd Ser., Vol. 55, No. 2. (Apr., 1998), pp. 231-258.19 January Readings: "From Slaves, Convicts, and Servants to Free Passengers: The Transformation of Immigration in the Era of the American Revolution", Aaron S. Fogleman, The Journal of American History, Vol. 85, No. 1. (Jun., 1998), pp. 43-76; “A Most Awkward, Ridiculous Appearance”: Benjamin Franklin Enters Philadelphia"; “We Unfortunate English People Suffer Here”: An English Servant Writes Home, by Elizabeth Sprigs; “"Packed Densely, Like Herrings"”: Gottlieb Mittelberger Warns His Countryman of the Perils of Emigration, 1750; “"Work and labor in this new and wild land are very hard"”: A German Migrant in Philadelphia, 1750 by Gottlieb Mittelberger; “"A Person Like Me, Oppress'd By Dame Fortune, Need Not Care Where He Goes"”: The “"Infortunate"”William Moraley Tries His Luck in America, 1729.
12 September Week 3: Two Pivotal Colonial Events: The Great Awakening & The Seven Years’ War Great Awakening Readings: "Religion and Authority: Problems of the Anglican Establishment in Virginia in the Era of the Great Awakening and the Parsons' Cause," Rhys Isaac, WMQ, 3rd Ser., Vol. 30, No. 4. (Oct., 1973), p. 691; & "I Saw the Book Talk": Slave Readings of the First Great Awakening, Frank Lambert, The Journal of African American History, Vol. 87, The Past before Us. (Winter, 2002), pp. 12-25; The Great Awakening Comes to Weathersfield, Connecticut: Nathan Cole's Spiritual Travels; Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," 1741; "Enthusiasts or Democrats? Separatism, Church Government, and the Great Awakening in Massachusetts", James F. Cooper, Jr., The New England Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 2. (Jun., 1992), pp. 265-283.31 Seven Years' War Readings: Fred Anderson, “"A People's Army: Provincial Military Service in Massachusetts During the Seven Years' War,” WMQ, 3rd ser., 40 (1983), 499-527; D. Peter Macleod, “Microbes and Muskets: Smallpox and the Participation of the Amerindian Allies of New France in the Seven Years' War,” Ethnohistory 39 (1992), 42-64.2; Albany Plan of Union, 1754 ; The Royal Proclamation - October 7, 1763, BY THE KlNG. A PROCLAMATION, GEORGE R.; “"Born Yet We Are Debarred Englishmen's Liberty"”: A Massachusetts Soldier Confronts British Society, 1759; “"Another Race of White Men Come Amongst Us"”: Native American Views as British Replace the French in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1765; Fighting for a Continent: Newspaper Coverage of the English and French War For Control of North America, 1754-1760.
Week 4: Pre-Revolutionary Crowds Readings: Pauline Maier, “"Popular Uprisings and Civil Authority in Eighteenth-Century America",” WMQ 27 (1970), 3-35; Gary B. Nash, The Unknown American Revolution, Chs. 1 & 2; Richard Beeman, “"Deference, Republicanism, and the Emergence of Popular Politics in Eighteenth-Century America",” WMQ 49 (July 1992), 401-430; Alfred Young, Liberty Tree, Ch.1, "The Mechanics of the Revolution..."; Primary Sources: Abigail Adams on a female crowd; read the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser on the Stamp Act; "The Colonies Reduced"; “"We Are All Equally Free"”: New York City Workingmen Demand A Voice in the Revolutionary Struggle.
Week 5: Reforms & Resistance Primary Readings: "Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress," 2 October 1765--See "Documents" section. Benjamin Franklin, Testimony Against the Stamp Act (1766) The Declaratory Act; March 18, 1766 James Otis, "Of the Natural Rights of Colonists," James Otis, "In Opposition to Writs of Assistance," 1761 Secondary Readings: Gordon Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, pp. 11-145. Reacting to the Past "American Revolution" game booklet. (email handout) EXTRA STUFF Readings: Gordon S. Wood, “A Note on Mobs in the American Revolution,” 23 (1966), 635-642; Jesse Lemisch, “Jack Tar in the Streets: Merchant Seamen in the Politics of Revolutionary America,” WMQ 25 (July 1968), 371-407: Alfred Young, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party, part 1. 21 February Week 6: More Reforms & Resistance Readings: More on Alfred Young, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party, part 1. Note that you should start reading Common Sense available at this link via Bartleby.com. Note that you must click "next" several times until you get to the end of the readings. 23 February David Waldstreicher, "Rites of Rebellion, Rites of Assent: Celebrations, Print Culture, and the Origins of American Nationalism", The Journal of American History, Vol. 82, No. 1. (Jun., 1995), pp. 37-61; Dirk Hoerder, "Boston Leaders & Boston Crowds, 1765-1776," in The American Revolution, Alfred F. Young, ed. NOTE: To access "Boston Leaders" you must go to the "Link Sharing" section of nicenet. Week 6: The Game Begins Readings: On Deference: "George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742-1840): A Boston Shoemaker and the Memory of the American Revolution," Alfred F. Young, The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 38, No. 4. (Oct., 1981), pp. 561-623. PAGES 561-564 ONLY! On Women: Alfred Young, Liberty Tree, Chapter 2, "Persons of Consequence": The Women of Boston and the Making of the American Revolution, 1765-1776. On "the People": Gary B. Nash, The Unknown American Revolution, Chapter 3, "Building Momentum, 1766-1774 & Gordon Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, pp.145-168. Game Readings: Berlin on Northern Slaves Wood on the Revolution Schecter on the Revolution in NYC
28 February	Week 7: War, What is it good for? Readings: Cogliano, Revolutionary America, Ch. 3 & 4, pp. 53-93; Barbara Clark Smith, "Food Rioters and the American Revolution" The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 51, No. 1. (Jan., 1994), pp. 3-38.
2 March	Sung Bok Kim, “The Limits of Politicization in the American Revolution: The Experience of Westchester County, New York,” The Journal of American History 80 (1993), 868-889 & Michael McDonnell, “Popular Mobilization and Political Culture in Revolutionary Virginia: The Failure of the Minutemen and the Revolution from Below,” The Journal of American History 85 (1998), 946-981.
7 March	Week 8: Independence Readings: Common Sense (see link above); Responses to Common Sense (in class handout)
9 March	Readings: Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms & A Proclamation, by The King, for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition & The Olive Branch Petition & The True Interest of America Impartially Stated & The Virginia Declaration of Rights.
SPRING BREAK 3/11-3/19
21 March
23 March
28 March	Loyalists by Margaret Sankey (It's no longer an MSword file); Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress of Philadelphia (by Thomas Hutchinson, last royal governor of Massachusetts); Joseph Hawley urges Congress to Execute Loyalists; Patriots intimidate a New York Loyalist.
30 March	The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union; Annapolis Convention
4 April	Readings: "Natural and Inalienable Right to Freedom: Slaves' Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature, 1777" ; An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery-Pennsylvania, 1780" ; "Is It Not Enough That We Are Torn from Our Country and Friends?: Olaudah Equiano Describes the Horrors of the Middle Passage, 1780" ; "Having Tasted the Sweets of Freedom: Cato Petitions the Pennsylvania Legislature to Remain Free, 1781" ; "'Liberty is Sweet': African-American Freedom Struggles inthe Years before White Independence." (Handout)
6 April	Readings: "Whose Indian History?", Daniel K. Richter, The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 50, No. 2, (Apr., 1993), pp. 379-393 ; "Indians, the Colonial Order, and the Social Significance of the American Revolution", Edward Countryman, The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 53, No. 2 (Apr., 1996), pp. 342-362,
11 April	Readings: Linda Kerber, “The Republican Mother: Women and the Enlightenment-An American Perspective,” American Quarterly 28 (Summer 1976), 187-205; Cogliano, Chapter 10, "Women and the Revolution"; “I Wove To-day”: Elizabeth Fuller Grows Up in Rural Massachusetts; Carol Berkin, "There is No Sex in Soul, the legacy of the Revolution", Chapter 10 in Revolutionary Mothers: Women and the Struggle for American Independence. NOTE: YOU MUST PICK THIS UP IN THE HISTORY OFFICE.
13 April	Readings: Cogliano, Ch. 6, "Creating the Constitution"; Handout: "The Anti-Federalists" & The Anti-Federalist Papers: The Constitutional Convention Debates; Handout: "The Constitution Defended"; Federalist no. 10, (note: it may be worth your while to read the "context section immediately under "Federalist no. 10). The two handouts are currently available on the history office counter-4/10
18 April	Readings: "The Key of Libberty", pp. 1-86. Note that there is no writing for Tuesday, 4/18. Yippee!
20 April	Readings: "The Key of Liberty", 89-189. Note: Write a reaction to this material and post it on Nicenet BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY, 4/19. I would then like you to post a short critique of a colleague's writings by class time on Thursday.
25 April	Readings: The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 51, No. 4. (Oct., 1994) Forum: How Revolutionary Was the Revolution? A Discussion of Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution; "The Radical Recreation of the American Republic", Joyce Appleby; "The Adequate Revolution", Barbara Clark Smith; "Rhetoric, Reality, and the Revolution: The Genteel Radicalism of Gordon Wood", Michael Zuckerman; "Equality and Social Conflict in the American Revolution", Gordon S. Wood.
27 April	<strong>Readings: </strong> Alfred Young's <em>The Shoemaker and the Tea Party, </em>part 2, (finish the book).
2 May