3 Year Liberty Fellowship™ Content

YEAR ONE
17th & 18th centuries: Empire vs. Colonies
From a set of small colonial outposts to Novus Ordo Seclorum

2 day colloquium 

“The Roots of the American Nation”

Colonial life in the American colonies, English precedents, the governments, the religions, ethnicities, classes, slavery. We will also have discussions on Natural Law and Common Law traditions. Discussions will contrast the English American colonies with the French and Spanish colonies in the New World .

“The American Revolution & the Declaration of Independence ”

The French and Indian War, along with the causes, politics, plans, diplomacy of the American Revolution. We examine the various levels of support for Revolution or for the English government in America . This will include a detailed examination of the Declaration of Independence. We also discuss the legacy of the Declaration and the effects it has had on subsequent American history. We will explore the war from Concord until Yorktown .

“18th Century site ”

Field trip to local sites such as, Philadelphia , Boston , Charleston , Ft. Toulouse , New Orleans

“The Constitutional -Federalist Years”

Study of the Constitution, the compromises, slavery, the Federalist/Anti-federalist debate, the people involved, the institutions, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist years, Republican opposition and the people‘s reaction.

YEAR TWO:
19th Century: Agrarian Culture vs. Industrialization and the Market Economy
From Yeoman farmers and servants to industrial giants, and a new urban working-class.

“The Old South and the Changing North”

The American Industrial Revolution, expanding cities, immigration, tariffs, new transportation, expanding slavery, landed economy vs. market economy.

“The Civil War”

The causes, comparisons of leadership, investigation into the soldiers backgrounds: ethnicities, religion, race, etc., the aftermath, and consequences.

“Nineteen –Century, i.e. Civil War sites”

Two day tour of nineteenth-century site, e.g. Gettysburg , Vicksburg , Ellis Island , etc.

“American Becomes a Modern Power”

The “Reconstructed” South, the Industrial North, a Flood of Immigrants, the development of the modern industrial city, and a world power.

YEAR THREE
20th & 21st Centuries: International Liberalism vs. The Totalitarians
A free society, based on the individuals, in battle with command societies based on the primacy of the state.

“The Great War and Wilsonian Internationalism”

The fall of the Empires, the rise of International Socialism, the League of Nations, the deterioration in colonialism, Wilson’s International Liberalism. We will also explore Progressivism and women’s suffrage.

“The Fascists, the Communists, and the Free”

America ’s reaction to European Fascism, to the expanse of Communism, and to militarism. The immediate post war. The termination of European colonialism.

“20th Century Field Trip ”

Local tour of sites that deal with 20 th century issues (WWI, WWII, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, etc.

“The Cold War to Terror”

The Kennan Document, Symmetrical containment—Asymmetrical containment McCarthy, the VENONA files, espionage, the Gulag, Reagan rejects containment. The fall of the wall. Islamofascists, Al- Qaeda, Revolutionary Iran, and Baath socialists. We will also explore the Feminist Movement, Student Protests and the New Left, the Civil Rights Movement, the Conservative Movement the Religious Right, etc.