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HIST 490C: The American Revolution (Fall 2025)

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  • Late 18th-Century Women's Fashion and History
    • Fashion AND women AND 18th
    • Fashion AND women AND (rights OR oppression OR autonomy OR feminism) AND (revolution OR 18th) AND "united states"
    • Women AND clothing AND "united states" AND history
  • Early Republic & Politics;  Competing Visions for government, Challenges to those Competing Visions, Reactions in the form of Rebellion
    • "early Republic" AND (politics OR governance)
    • "Early republic" AND (rebellion* OR protest*)
  • The War and how geography and knowledge of/existing cartography shaped it ;  war, military strategy, geography, cartography, environment
  • The Virginia Frontier during the Revolution ;How the war was impacted by the Shenandoah Valley, and how the social and cultural makeup of the valley changed because of the conflict
    • virginia* AND (frontier OR "shenandoah Valley") AND revolution AND (1775 OR "united states")
  • Identity in the American Revolution and its Revolutionary Impact; Influence on other revolutions, nationalism, liberty, propaganda, ideals, identities
    • "American revolution" AND Identity AND influence*
      • books
      • articles
      • "American revolution" AND influence*
        • books (broader, but more international options. Would skim and narrow)
    • Note: suggest skimming broad results, then narrowing (Ex which other revolutions, or focus specifically on nationalism, etc)
  • Enslaved Individuals during the Revolution; How conditions changed on plantations, how enslaved people negotiated, and how they formed identity/agency
    • ("united states" OR american) AND revolution AND (enslaved OR plantation*)
    • "united states"  AND history AND plantation*
  • Legal History of the Revolution; Founding of the JAG Corps, the trial of Colonel Henley, LTG John Burgoyne, William Tudor, Diplomatic relations between the US and England during the war
    • revolution AND ("united states" OR american) AND ((trail AND henley) OR "john burgoyne" OR "william tudor")
    • ("Judge Advocate General's Corps" OR "Judge Advocate Generals Corps" OR "JAG Corps") AND history
    • "Foreign relations" AND "united states" AND "Great britain" AND (Revolution OR 18th)
    • "Great Britain" AND "United States" AND "diplomatic relations"
  • Religion and Politics of Early America; Separation of church and state, intersection of religion and politics, religious freedom, religious unity/division
    • ("colonial america" OR "early america" OR ("united states" AND history AND (17th OR 18t))) AND ((religion AND politics) OR "religious freedom" OR (church AND state))
  • Political Cartoons and Art; Beginning of political cartoons, predominant themes or visual elements, how people of color are portrayed and represented
    • ("political cartoons" OR "political art") AND History AND "united states"
    • (​​​​​​​"political cartoons" OR "political art") AND History AND "united states"
      • books 
      • worldcat
        • skim down, see American political cartoons : the evolution of a national identity, 1754-2010
    • (​​​​​​​"political cartoons" OR "political art") AND History AND "united states" AND race
    • (​​​​​​​"political cartoons" OR "political art") AND (race OR enslaved OR slaves OR african*)
    • See also, Caricatures and cartoons -- United States -- History
  • The Revolution's effects on runaway unfree people, how did prevention of running away and punishment change; Convict labor, slavery, newspapers, methods of escape, demographic changes?
    • ​​​​​​​revolution AND ("united states" OR america* OR 1775) AND (runaway* OR "run away" OR "run aways") 
    • ​​​​​​​revolution AND ("united states" OR america* OR 1775) AND escape* AND (slave* OR enslaved)

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  • Religion and Rhetoric; Dissent against Anglicanism, Religion and democracy
    • "United States" AND (dissent* OR critic*) AND Anglican* AND (revolution OR history)
    • revolution AND ("united states" OR 1775) AND relig* AND rhetoric*