"Lec 24 - Creating a Nation"The American Revolution (HIST 116) Professor Freeman discusses the national debate over the proposed Constitution, arguing that in many ways, when Americans debated its ratification, they were debating the consequences and meaning of the Revolution. Some feared that a stronger, more centralized government would trample on the rights and liberties that had been won through warfare, pushing the new nation back into tyranny, monarchy, or aristocracy. The Federalist essays represented one particularly ambitious attempt to quash Anti-Federalist criticism of the Constitution. In the end, the Anti-Federalists did have one significant victory, securing a Bill of Rights to be added after the new Constitution had been ratified by the states. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction: Creating a Nation 02:53 - Chapter 2. Difficulties in Ratifying the Constitution: Exchanges between Jefferson and Madison, and Ezra Stiles's Diary 14:20 - Chapter 3. Debates on Balance of Power between Anti-Federalists and Federalists 22:32 - Chapter 4. In Defense of the Constitution: The Federalist Essays 28:54 - Chapter 5. The Anti-Federalists' Push for Bill of Rights 36:04 - Chapter 6. General Consensus on Experimenting with Republican Government and Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2010.
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Lec 1 - Introduction: Freeman's Top Five Tips for Studying the Revolution
Lec 2 - Being a British Colonist
Lec 3 -Being a British American
Lec 4 - Ever at Variance and Foolishly Jealous
Lec 5 - Outraged Colonials: The Stamp Act Crisis
Lec 6 - Resistance or Rebellion? (Or, What the Heck is Happening in Boston?)
Lec 8 - The Logic of Resistance
Lec 9 - Who Were the Loyalists?
Lec 15 - Citizens and Choices: Experiencing the Revolution in New Haven
Lec 16- The Importance of George Washington
Lec 17 - The Logic of a Campaign (or, How in the World Did We Win?)
Lec 18- Fighting the Revolution: The Big Picture
Lec 22 -The Road to a Constitutional Convention