HIST 4470 - The Founders’ Constitution

4 Credit Hours

Description
The Founders’ world was one vastly different from our own, but they produced a Constitution revered as timeless and immutable. This course examines the political and social world of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and other Founders. We will also critically examine the intellectual, political, and cultural origins of the Constitution, the Founders’ intentions, and the process of Ratification. The Course will examine the Founders’ Constitution in its operation up through the constitutional crisis precipitated by secession and the Civil War.