HIST 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: George Madison, Smallpox, Continental Army
14 Feb 2018
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History to 1877: february 14, 2018- starting the war. Review: battle of lexington and concord, battle of bunker hill, lord dunmore"s. Proclamation (enslaved people in military), lack of understanding on the british side. The declaration of independence: the right to pursue our happiness george. Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness is a much broader idea. All men created equal - most basic, moral level all humans are created equally. This doesn"t mean a social or political equals. African americans, women, indians: no voting no office holding. Historian gordon wood- jefferson is rejecting rules of the old world: The radicalness of revolution (social change vs violence of france: the declaration does include the social contract theory and a list of grievances against king george iii. (tells why they left and gave reasoning, important! Necessitates victory (american colonists winning- often not a guarantee) Receive foreign aid from france (france and england are not friend).
