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This course will analyze the roots of the American Revolution, contrasting the perspectives of England with the colonies on the causes, comparing the positions of Loyalists and Patriots within the colonies, evaluating the role of diplomacy during the revolutionary years, assessing the war years, formulating the legacy of the revolutionary experience on the social, religious, economic and political fabric of the new nation, and the creation of the Constitution for the United States. The central question driving this study of the struggle for independence and the creation of a Constitution will be the intense effort to achieve an effective balance of “liberty” and “order,”---an eternal challenge for all governments in all ages.