The American Revolution: Loyalists-British-Hessians: A Broader View of the Revolution and how it ties into Maine History -PVSC hybrid course

Photo courtesy of Anette R. Rodrigues

It's not too late to register for: Anette Ruppel Rodrigues' course.

Thursdays 1:30 – 3:30; September 25, October 5, 9, 16, 23

Hybrid Course – with recordings

5 sessions $35.00

In Person at UMA-Bangor, Eastport Hall Room 135

ZOOM online--link will be emailed after you register 

(Membership is $25.00 -good for one year from date of registration, or no fee if you are a member of another MSCN senior college.)

Questions: Call 207-659-1359 and leave your name and phone number, or email admin@pvscmaine.org

Offered as a Penobscot Valley Senior College hybrid 5-week course. Please register for one of the two course registrations: https://pvscmaine.org

In-Person The American Revolution: Loyalists-British-Hessians: A Broader View of the Revolution and how it ties into Maine History (In-Person registration) -Anette Ruppel Rodrigues - PVSC Maine

or Zoom. The American Revolution: Loyalists-British-Hessians: A Broader View of the Revolution and how it ties into Maine History (ZOOM Registration) - Anette Ruppel Rodrigues - PVSC Maine

Description

This course is looking at the American Revolution from a point of view that usually receives less attention. We will look at some of the well-known and lesser-known events and people to get a better picture of “the other side of the Revolution.” The Maine Province of Massachusetts was sometimes far away from Revolutionary events, but life in our area was still affected by world events in the late 18th Century. Using authentic historical course materials, Anette will help participants understand the “other side.” 

General Topics for each week’s session:

1)Loyal British citizens in New England

2) Recruiting German allies to fight in North America

3) Saratoga Surrender – Convention Troops

4) The American Revolution in German letters, diaries, and plays

5) Fort George, Penobscot

Instructor – Anette Ruppel Rodrigues

Anette Rodrigues, who taught German at the University of Maine and Maine Maritime Academy, was interested in the American Revolution even before she moved from her native Germany to Bangor, Maine. Anette found the idea of a “noble colonial people united in its quest to rise up against an evil emperor” quite intriguing. Only after American friends told her that their ancestors had been Loyalists, did Anette start reading up on “the other side” of the American Revolution. Once she looked at the British side, it was a small step to focus on the Crown’s German allies –the so-called Hessians. With Anette’s studies at UMaine for her Master of Arts in Teaching German she began her research into “Hessians in Maine”. A reading grant of Women in the Curriculum from UMaine gave her the incentive to delve deeper into research and her interest never left her.