Founding Ideologies: Why American Colonists Protested and Declared Independence

In recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Coos Bay Public Library is presenting a series of related programming. Join us for the first one featuring Paul Otto, PhD.

Founding Ideologies: Why American Colonists Protested and Declared Independence

It is said that “the past is a foreign country,” and that is no less true of our own history. As familiar as the story of American Independence may seem to the nation’s citizens today, the intellectual world of the Founders was very different than ours. This lecture looks at three distinct revolutionary-era ideologies and demonstrates how they inspired colonists to resist Parliamentary rule and eventually declare their independence from Crown and country.

Paul Otto, PhD, is an independent scholar and Emeritus Professor of History at George Fox University. 

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