Queen Victoria Always in the Making: Modern Britain, 1688 to the Present

Class Schedule

Week 4 (February 10-16)

Monday, February 11

Topic of Discussion:
The '45 (Student-led Discussion)
Readings:
Paris Manifesto of Prince Charles Stuart (1745)
Willcox and Arnstein, pp. 151-185

Wednesday, February 13

Topic of Discussion:
British Radicalism in the Age of the American Revolution
Readings:
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Excerpts from Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
John Wilkes' Motion for "A Just and Equal Representation of the People of England in Parliament" (1776)

Friday, February 15: Essay 1 due

Topic of Discussion:
Methodism and the Religious Complexion of Britain (Student-led Discussion)
Readings:
John Welsey, "A Plain Account of the People Called Methodists" (1748)
John Wesley, "The Character of a Methodist" (1742)
Edmund Gisbon (Bishop of London), "A Criticism of the Methodists" (ca. 1740)
Willcox and Arnstein, pp. 207-223

Food for Thought for Week 4

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