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Professors David Blight, Beverly Gage, and Joanne Freeman discuss Professor Freeman’s final lectures on Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and how America’s experiment with democracy was received by outsiders.
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Jeffersonian Republicans to the rise of Jackson populism. Professor Joanne Freeman discusses the impact of the election of 1800 and more.
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Professor Joanne Freeman continues with the 1790s, the “Reign of Witches” and how the Federalists tried to hold onto power.
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The 1790s was a pivotal time for the new America and Professor Joanne Freeman takes us on a tour.
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Professors David Blight, Beverly Gage, and Joanne Freeman discuss Professor Freeman’s Week 2 lectures on the Federalists (don’t call them papers) and whether anyone would actually like the real Alexander Hamilton.
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Professor Freeman describes the structure and process of the new Constitution.
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Professors David Blight, Beverly Gage, and Joanne Freeman discuss Professor Freeman’s first 3 lectures.
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Professor Joanne Freeman continues her exploration of the American Experiment with an inside view of the deliberations leading to the Declaration of Independence.
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Introduction to the course with all three professors setting the stage, recorded live from Battell Chapel at Yale University.