CCA IV: 1776 – “The Story of Our Declaration of Independence”

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which its author Thomas Jefferson characterized as “an expression of the American mind.” As part of Hillsdale’s yearlong commemoration of America’s founding document, this CCA will consider the central ideas and arguments that led America to declare independence, economic and military aspects of the American Revolution, and recent controversies over the meaning and importance of 1776.

March 1
4:00 p.m.
“The Story of Our Declaration of Independence”
Matthew Spalding
Author, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of Our Declaration of Independence

March 1
8:00 p.m.
“Lexington and Concord: The First Battles of the Revolution”
Walter R. Borneman
Author, American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution

March 2
4:00 p.m.
“The Economics of the Revolution”
John Steele Gordon
Author, An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power

March 2
8:00 p.m.
“Keys to Victory in the Revolution”
Mark Edward Lender
Co-Author, Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle

March 3
4:00 p.m.
“Sermons of the Revolutionary Era”
Kevin Slack
Author, Benjamin Franklin, Natural Right, and the Art of Virtue

March 3
8:00 p.m.
“1619 and 1776”
Gordon S. Wood
Author, Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution

*All times listed are in EST