Fred Anderson has taught early American history at the University of Colorado, Boulder, since 1983. He is the author of A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War (1984) and Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 (2000); and coauthor, with Andrew Cayton, of The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 (2005). His most recent book, The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War (2005), was the companion volume for the 2006 PBS television series of the same name, for which he also served as a historical advisor. His current project, again with Andrew Cayton, is a general history of North America in the period 1672-1764.

Lecture topics:

• The Seven Years' War and the Making of George Washington
• Empire and Liberty in North American History
• The Significance of the Seven Years' War
• The Peace of Paris, 1763
• War and Peace in American History

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