# François Furstenberg

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017 When the United States Spoke French

Parlez-vous Français?  Do you speak French? Believe it or not in the 1790s many Americans spoke French. They may not have spoken the French language, but they understood and embraced French culture, art, and culinary traditions.  Early Americans experimented with and adopted many forms of French…

France and the Declaration of Independence

with Andrew Sola and Prof. François Furstenberg (Johns Hopkins U.) "We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America…solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States…and that as Free and Independent States, they ha…

France and the Declaration of Independence

with Andrew Sola and Prof. François Furstenberg (Johns Hopkins U.) "We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America…solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States…and that as Free and Independent States, they ha…

Sarah M. S. Pearsall — Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution -with François Furstenberg

In a groundbreaking global exploration of the ideas that drove the American Revolution, a prize-winning historian shines a light on the defiance of marginalized peoples all over the world.In her powerful new history of the American Revolution, Sarah M. S. Pearsall argues that the American Founding …

295 Whitney Plantation Museum

What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortable aspect of their nation’s past? Ibrahima Seck, a member of the History Department at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, author of the book, Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave…

188 The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

The Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of four laws enacted by the United States government in 1798. The United States passed these laws during a time of great uncertainty, a time when many Americans feared for the very survival for their nation. But why did Americans fear for the United States’ ex…

167 The Early History of New Orleans

The French established New Orleans and the greater colony of Louisiana in 1717. By 1840, New Orleans had become the 3rd largest city in the United States. How did that happen? How did New Orleans transform from a sleepy, minor French outpost into a large and important early American city with a th…

164 The American Revolution in the Age of Revolutions

The American Revolution took place within a larger period known today as the “Age of Revolutions.” What does the Revolution look like when we place it within this larger context? Did it really help foment the many other failed and successful revolutions that took place during the period? Over the…

124 Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America

What did the American Revolution mean and achieve? What sort of liberty and freedom did independence grant Americans and which Americans should receive them? Americans grappled with these questions soon after the American Revolution. They debated these issues during the Constitutional Convention o…

017 When the United States Spoke French

Parlez-vous Français?  Do you speak French? Believe it or not in the 1790s many Americans spoke French. They may not have spoken the French language, but they understood and embraced French culture, art, and culinary traditions.  Early Americans experimented with and adopted many forms of French…