McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary Gregg and Dr. Thomas Mackey, Professor of History at the University of Louisville, explore the history of colonial America and provide context for Kirk's chapter on the period.   Corresponding Reading 

Chapter 9, pp. 301-345 of Russell Kirk, The Roots of American Order

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Additional Resources

• Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
• Gordon Wood, The Creation of the American Republic
• Jack Greene, The Quest for Power: The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776.
• Jack Rakove
• Pauline Maier
• Mary Beth Norton, Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800.
• Richard B. Bernstein
• Peter C. Hoffer
• Alan S. Taylor
• John P. Demos
• Timothy H. Breen
• Fred Anderson

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Contributors 

• Host: Dr. Gary L. Gregg II, McConnell Center Director
• Guest: Dr. Thomas Mackey, University of Louisville
• Producer and Editor: Will Randolph, McConnell Scholar