Ideas In Action: The Virginians and the Founding of America
Date:
Jun 27, 1993
Expanding on bis Williamsburg lecture of 1992, Prof. Ridpath will discuss the role of ideas in:
- the beginnings of the Virginia colony, contrasted with Puritan New England;
- the building of prosperous 18th century Virginia;
- the unifying and defense of the North American colonies in the Revolutionary War;
- the birth of the new nation. In focusing on the impact of ideas on human action,
these lectures will present a dramatic historical example of the heroic potential of human life.
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3
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