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(This program looks at the characteristics of Puritan thinking and its contribution to the American intellectual and political heritage. Features: Charles O'Donnell, UM-Engl.; Howard Peckham, UM-Hist.)

(Early American growth and expansion in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Examines works of Benjamin Franklin and the Declaration of Independence. Features: Charles O'Donnell, UM-Engl.; Howard Peckham, UM-Hist.)

(Looks at the events that contributed to the emergence of distinct American mind and outlook, and how the war for independence was a ramification of this. Features: Charles O'Donnell, UM-Engl.; Howard Peckham, UM-Hist.)

(The compromise that framed the United States Constitution and created a single nation of 13 sovereign states. Features: Charles O'Donnell, UM-Engl.; Howard Peckham, UM-Hist.; Oscar Handlin, Harvard)