An "Empire for Liberty," sort of.

Foreign policy of the 1790s; Alien and Sedition Acts; the fall of the Federalist Party.

Back again after a long layoff. Lecture deals with the domestic politics of the Federalist Era during the 1790s.

This lecture deals with the Articles of Confederation period.

The war continues.

Origins of the revolutionary war.

This lecture covers some of the major geopolitical events for the British colonies in the 18th century, including the wars of the 1730s-1760s and the colonists' growing discontent with Great Britain.

You wouldn't have wanted to live there.

Lecture covers the sources of European "knowledge" about the Western hemispheric peoples; then addresses the particular features of French and English forays into North America.

The origins of European colonialism. Examination of the motives and processes that brought Spain into the western hemisphere.

Plus, I waste ten minutes at the start of class discussing the particularities of National Waffle Week and National Biscuit Month.