FOUNDING OF AMERICA
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Vestavia Hills Civic Center 1975 Merryvale Rd, City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216
OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents Founding of America with instructor: Fred Moss, physician by vocation, history student by avocation
What America went through to become a nation: the struggles, wars, and eventual conciliation – a continuation of the Birth of the American Nation course taught during the summer of 2017.
Jan 22: Review from 1295 through founding of first colonies. Die is cast for division and revolution.
Jan 29: Founding of last two colonies. Growth of regional differences. American Revolution and slavery.
Feb 5: Articles of Confederation: Development, strengths, weaknesses. “House” cracks worsen.
Feb 12: Articles through the Constitution. Compromises to bridge the growing gap plus judicial review.
Feb 19: Tariffs, Nullification, State’s Rights, a new theory of origin of country. Marxist overflow.
Feb 26: An unnecessary war, regional impoverishment and the new “equality.” Legacy of political Puritans.