Cullman Center Institute for Teachers: A New Perspective on the Declaration of Independence with Steven Pincus

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A New Perspective on the Declaration of Independence with Steven Pincus

Why was it that the outbreak of the American Revolution and the creation of British India were simultaneous events involving many of the same people? What happens if we think about American independence not as the pivotal moment in American history but as part of a global imperial struggle involving not just the British Empire but the Spanish and French Empires as well? This seminar considers the Declaration of Independence and other key historical documents from this imperial perspective.

Steven Pincus is Bradford Durfee professor of History and of Area and International Studies at Yale. He specializes in early modern British, European, and Atlantic History, and is the author of 1688: The First Modern Revolution, which The Economist named one of the best books on history published in 2009.  At the Cullman Center he is researching and writing a book about the origins of the British Empire.

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  • Audience: Adults