Sumários

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25 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Mobility abroad: homage lecture, Prize Giovanni Pontiero (Institut Rámon Llul / Universitat Autónoma Barcelona)

Thomas Paine (cont.). The Declaration of Independence. Women of the Revolution.

22 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Thomas Paine (cont.). "How History is told"

Revising instructions for midterm paper.
The Declaration of Independence. 
http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/hw-for-october-22-declaration-of.html
Women of the Revolution. Presentation on "The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848).

Paul Revere, prototype of "Rebel." Thomas Paine: "Common Sense" (1776). Instructions for midterm paper.

18 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Paul Revere, prototype of "Rebel": 
http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/hw-for-october-15-paul-revere.html#comments 

Thomas Paine, "Common Sense", the pamphlet that ignited the political conscience (and emotions) of the America Revolution: oral presentation.The point(s) of view of history: instructions for midterm paper, October 29th:

Reason, sound instinct, and faith: Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards. The path to the American Revolution..

15 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Oral presentation on Benjamin Franklin, featuring his "Autobiography" and his influence in the 18th century and beyond: http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2019/10/blog-post.html
Oral presentation on Jonathan Edwards, featuring the sermon "Sinnners in the Hands of an Angry God" and the discussion he disseminated on free will.

Oral presentations: Salem Witch Trials (with Cotton Mather) and B. Franklin. The 18th C: Enlightenment and the Great Awakening.

11 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Oral presentation: Salem Witch Trials.Cotton Mather: Obscurantism and Scientificism.

Benjamin Franklin: focus-group works on the "virtues" enumerated in his Autobiography.
Oral presentation: Benjamin Franklin he 18th C: Enlightenment (science and reason) and the Great Awakening (Faith and God's design for America). 
Introducing the comparison between Franklin and Jonathan Edwards.