European Imperialism and the American Revolution

This lecture about the history of freedom was delivered by a former professor of mine, the late, great J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma. Besides the influence of my dear departed mother, he is the reason I became a history teacher. From the PBS series "The War that Made America," this clip focuses and the later stages of what the colonists called the French and Indian War. A nice break . . . from Schoolhouse Rock . . . From "America the Story of Us." This usefully simplistic "Articles of Confederation for Dummies" covers the basics. Keep in mind, the Articles was the form of governmental that grows out of colonialism and the Revolution.