So for the last six weeks in this class, we have been examining the critical fire of the imperial crisis we have been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials an american wig patriots. And that debates has really in many ways come down to one issue which is broadly speaking, what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies. And more specifically, the real question is, what is the political constitutional relationship between the power on authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislators . And over the course of about 12 years, between 1764 and 1776, the British Parliament passed a series of laws. It 1764, it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and at 1767, the townsend act and then tea act and the prohibit tory act in 1775. But standing behind all of these acts of british legislation is one overarching piece of legislation, which i think is the driving force behind
About the preamble of the declaration of independence. He views each line and explores what the Founding Fathers may have intended by their word choices. Good afternoon, everybody. So for the last six weeks in this class weve been examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. That is weve been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american wig patriots and that debate has in many ways come down to one issue which is broadly speaking, what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies. And more specifically even, the real question is what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislatures. And over the course of about 12 years, between 1764 and 1776, the Britain Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764 it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and then in 176768, the townsend act a
Examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. That is, weve been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american wig patriots. That debate has really in many ways come down to one issue, which is, broadly speaking, what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies . More specifically even, the real question is, what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislators . Over the course of about 12 years, between 1764 and 1776, the British Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764, it began with the sugar act. A year later, the stamp act. Then in 1767, the towns and acts. Then the tea act and then the coercive act. In 1775, the prohibit tory act. But standing behind all of these acts of british legislation was one overarching piece of legislation, which i think was the driving force behind all of these part
Founding fathers and what they may have intended by their word choices. Good afternoon, everybody. So, for the last six weeks in this class, we have been examining the political thought of the imperrial crisis. That is, we have been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american waeched patriots. And that debate has in many ways come down to one issue,y is, broadly speaking, what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies . And more specifically, even, the real question is, what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas Colonial Legislatures . And over the course of about 12 years, between 1764 and 1776, the British Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764, it began with the sugar act and then a year later, the stamp act and then in 1767 68 the townsend act and the tea act and the coercive acts and in 1775, the prohibitor
Next, on lectures in history, Clemson University professor Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the declaration of independence. Examining it line by line, he talks about the selfevident truths enumerated by the Founding Fathers and explores what they may have intended by their word choices. Good afternoon, everybody. So for the last six weeks in this class, weve been examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. That is, weve been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american wig patriots. And that debate has really in many ways come down to one issue which is broadly speaking what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies . And more specifically even the real question is, what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislators . And over the course of about 12 years between 1764 an