The American Revolution & The British Empire (OOL)

The American Revolution & The British Empire (OOL)

Osher Online | Available (Membership Required)

U of A Fayetteville, AR 72701 United States
Online Through Zoom
Open to OLLI Members Only
Tuesday, January 19, 2027-Tuesday, February 23, 2027
10:00 AM-11:30 AM on Tue
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$55.00
12/31/2026

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The American Revolution & The British Empire (OOL)

Osher Online | Available (Membership Required)

This course examines the American Revolution through the lens of the British. While Americans remember July 4, 1776, as the birth of a new nation, British observers saw rebellion, war, and imperial crisis. We will explore the Boston Tea Party, British views of the war, Benedict Arnold, Irish participation on both sides, the fate of empire on Britain’s Caribbean islands, and the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which shrank the Britain’s empire and confirmed the independence of the United States.

Class schedule: Live lectures will take place at 10:00 am on Tuesdays, 1/19/2027 through 2/23/2027, via ZOOM.

Each live session is 90 minutes

Tuesday, January 19

Tuesday, January 26

Tuesday, February 2
Tuesday, February 9

Tuesday, February 16

Tuesday, February 23

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Bell, Richard
Richard Bell

Richard Bell, PhD, is professor of history at the University of Maryland and the author of Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home, a finalist for both the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held research fellowships at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and the Library of Congress. A recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award and the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, Bell specializes in early American history and public scholarship.