#  Browse Fall 2026 courses related to the American Revolution 

 





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### Spring, 2027

  [### HIST 78/HLS 2163 American Legal History, 1776-1865

 ](/class/hist-78hls-2163-american-legal-history-1776-1865) 

 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2027 

 

 Taught by Annette Gordon-Reed This course will trace the development of the American legal and political system from 1776 to 1865. We will discuss the formation of state constitutions and the Federal Constitution, slavery and law, the development of American private law, the... 

 

  



### Spring, 2026

  [### HIST 1945 Slavery and Public History

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/165734) 

 

 Taught by Tiya Miles 

 

   [### HIST 161 Harvard and Native Lands

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/160174) 

 

 Taught by Phil Deloria and Alan Niles 

 

   [### HLS 3043 American Legal History: Law, Economy, and Society in the Era of the American Revolution

 ](/class/hls-3043-american-legal-history-law-economy-and-society-era-american-revolution) 

 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

 

 Taught by Bruce Mann 

 

  



### Fall, 2026

  [### HIST 1976 The American Revolution and its Legacies

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 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-233178/2026/fall/18809) 

 

 Taught by Annette Gordon-Reed This course will explore the causes of the American Revolution, focusing on the constitutional, legal, economic, social, and political issues that prompted the imperial crisis and resulted in the American colonies’ decision to break with Great... 

 

   [### FYSEMR 47U Declarations of Independence: The Political Philosophy of the American Revolution

 ](/class/fysemr-47u-declarations-independence-political-philosophy-american-revolution-0) 

 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-226320/2026/fall/14495) 

 

 Taught by David Armitage As the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence approaches in 2026, this seminar will examine that familiar document in some unfamiliar context. At the same time, it will provide a focused introduction to the development of modern... 

 

   [### RELIGION 1497 Evangelicalism in America

 ](/class/religion-1497-evangelicalism-america) 

 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-156250/2026/fall/17471) 

 

 Taught by Catherine Brekus This course focuses on the American evangelical movement from the 1740s to the present. Beginning with the rise of transatlantic evangelicalism in the eighteenth century, we will explore the role of evangelicals in the American Revolution, the... 

 

   [### HIST 58 The British Empire

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 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-125049/2026/fall/16912) 

 

 Taught by Maya Jasanoff Less than a century ago the British Empire ruled a quarter of the world. This course surveys the empire's extraordinary rise and fall from the American Revolution to World War II. Course presents a narrative of key events and personalities, introduces... 

 

   [### AFRAMER 249A Charles Warren Center Seminar: Commemorative Acts

 ](/class/aframer-249a-charles-warren-center-seminar-commemorative-acts) 

 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-233044/2026/fall/17325) 

 

 Taught by Tiya Miles and Robin Bernstein This Charles Warren Center Seminar combines a year-long graduate course with a cohort of visiting Faculty Fellows. In sustained conversation with the Faculty Fellows, graduate students will produce original research (ideally, a... 

 

  



### Fall, 2025

  [### FYSEMR 47U Declarations of Independence: The Political Philosophy of the American Revolution

 ](/class/fysemr-47u-declarations-independence-political-philosophy-american-revolution) 

 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2025 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/157122) 

 

 Taught by David Armitage 

 

   [### GOV 1074 Political Thought of the American Founding

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 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2025 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/157282) 

 

 Taught by Eric Nelson 

 

   [### HIST 87 Democracy: The Long View and the Bumpy History

 ](/class/hist-87-democracy-long-view-and-bumpy-history) 

 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2025 

 

 Taught by Alex Keyssar 

 

  



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

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