Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.
Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.
Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.
Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.
This presentation tells the story of the Newburgh Conspiracy, a mysterious event at the end of the American Revolution in which Continental Army officers, disgruntled by a lack of pay and pensions, may have collaborated with nationalist-minded politicians such as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Robert Morris to pressure Congress and the states to approve new taxes and strengthen the central government. Fearing what his men might do with their passions inflamed, Washington averted the crisis with an impassioned speech to a group of angry officers and an unexpected gesture: donning new glasses. Why the army and civilians were so suspicious of each other throughout the American Revolution will be explored, as will whether there was really a coup in motion to supplant Washington’s command. How Washington, a man of action, diffused the crisis with his words and his reputation for virtue and why demobilizing an army is so difficult even when a war ends in victory will also be examined.
This presentation tells the story of the Newburgh Conspiracy, a mysterious event at the end of the American Revolution in which Continental Army officers, disgruntled by a lack of pay and pensions, may have collaborated with nationalist-minded politicians such as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Robert Morris to pressure Congress and the states to approve new taxes and strengthen the central government. Fearing what his men might do with their passions inflamed, Washington averted the crisis with an impassioned speech to a group of angry officers and an unexpected gesture: donning new glasses. Why the army and civilians were so suspicious of each other throughout the American Revolution will be explored, as will whether there was really a coup in motion to supplant Washington’s command. How Washington, a man of action, diffused the crisis with his words and his reputation for virtue and why demobilizing an army is so difficult even when a war ends in victory will also be examined.
This presentation tells the story of the Newburgh Conspiracy, a mysterious event at the end of the American Revolution in which Continental Army officers, disgruntled by a lack of pay and pensions, may have collaborated with nationalist-minded politicians such as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Robert Morris to pressure Congress and the states to approve new taxes and strengthen the central government. Fearing what his men might do with their passions inflamed, Washington averted the crisis with an impassioned speech to a group of angry officers and an unexpected gesture: donning new glasses. Why the army and civilians were so suspicious of each other throughout the American Revolution will be explored, as will whether there was really a coup in motion to supplant Washington’s command. How Washington, a man of action, diffused the crisis with his words and his reputation for virtue and why demobilizing an army is so difficult even when a war ends in victory will also be examined.
This presentation tells the story of the Newburgh Conspiracy, a mysterious event at the end of the American Revolution in which Continental Army officers, disgruntled by a lack of pay and pensions, may have collaborated with nationalist-minded politicians such as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Robert Morris to pressure Congress and the states to approve new taxes and strengthen the central government. Fearing what his men might do with their passions inflamed, Washington averted the crisis with an impassioned speech to a group of angry officers and an unexpected gesture: donning new glasses. Why the army and civilians were so suspicious of each other throughout the American Revolution will be explored, as will whether there was really a coup in motion to supplant Washington’s command. How Washington, a man of action, diffused the crisis with his words and his reputation for virtue and why demobilizing an army is so difficult even when a war ends in victory will also be examined.
Which British colony was more important: Jamaica or Virginia? Barbados or New York? Antigua or Pennsylvania? In the eighteenth century, London officials would likely have chosen their Caribbean colonies over the North American ones. This presentation tells the often-overlooked story of how the American Revolution was fought far from American shores by the navies of the United States, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Britain.
Which British colony was more important: Jamaica or Virginia? Barbados or New York? Antigua or Pennsylvania? In the eighteenth century, London officials would likely have chosen their Caribbean colonies over the North American ones. This presentation tells the often-overlooked story of how the American Revolution was fought far from American shores by the navies of the United States, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Britain.
Which British colony was more important: Jamaica or Virginia? Barbados or New York? Antigua or Pennsylvania? In the eighteenth century, London officials would likely have chosen their Caribbean colonies over the North American ones. This presentation tells the often-overlooked story of how the American Revolution was fought far from American shores by the navies of the United States, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Britain.
Which British colony was more important: Jamaica or Virginia? Barbados or New York? Antigua or Pennsylvania? In the eighteenth century, London officials would likely have chosen their Caribbean colonies over the North American ones. This presentation tells the often-overlooked story of how the American Revolution was fought far from American shores by the navies of the United States, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Britain.
Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.
Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.
Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.
Don’t let the Founding Fathers’ powdered wigs and polished manners fool you: they were political brawlers at a time when the brand new nation’s survival was at stake. Alexander Hamilton was one of the fiercest political combatants of his day. In this session, Dr. David Head explains how early American politicians such as Hamilton battled each other in public, in private, and, sometimes, on the dueling ground.