Spring 2027

The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-1789

Covers the Age of the American Revolution (1763-1789), including colonial society, the movement for independence, the war, and resulting social, political, and constitutional changes.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Francis Russo4.0/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2009: 3.15 GPA, 40.7% A/AB (n=140 letter grades); Spring 2016: 2.92 GPA, 42.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Revolution and grasp important concepts related to its history.

  • Discuss the Revolution’s wide-ranging participants and their diverse aims and actions, as well as the divergent ways in which the Revolution affected different peoples in North America and the broader Atlantic World.

  • Analyze key scholarly interpretations of the American Revolution and its legacies.

  • Assess their own relationship to the historical memory of the American Revolution in the contemporary United States.

  • Interpret and evaluate key scholarly debates in the historiography of the American Revolution.

Source: UW Guide

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HISTORY 344

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FRANCIS RUSSO is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2009: 3.15 GPA, 40.7% A/AB (n=140 letter grades); Spring 2016: 2.92 GPA, 42.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Structure of American society, Britain, and the Colonies
  • The revolutionary movement for independence
  • The war for independence
  • Social, political, and constitutional change
  • Impact on diverse peoples in North America and the Atlantic World

Skills

  • Explain causes, course, and consequences of the Revolution
  • Discuss diverse participants and impacts across North America and the Atlantic World
  • Analyze scholarly interpretations and legacies
  • Interpret and evaluate historiographical debates

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HISTORY 344 · Spring 2027

The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-1789

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