
Moving from Colonies, to Confederation, to Nation: Revolution and the Development of a National Identity with Eric Boyer
Newbury Center Meeting HouseIn the first part of this talk, we saw how the "we" of Jefferson's Declaration was born from a fundamental tension between two competing visions of liberty; a tension temporarily set aside during the Revolution. Now, in the second part of this talk, we will trace how this philosophical conflict re-emerged after the war, threatening [...]