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Understanding the American Revolution
Greene (humanities, Johns Hopkins U.) queries why the American Revolution was so tame and what its impact as an example has been on other large-scale revolutions. Approaching it as an event in British imperial history rather than the creation of the US, he shows how it was shaped by, the nature of colonial politics, particularly in Virginia, and by the backgrounds and roles of individual players. Paper edition (unseen), $24.50. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
American Revolution For Dummies
Become an expert on the Revolutionary War American Revolution For Dummies capitalizes on the recent resurgence of interest in the Revolutionary War period—one of the most important in the history of the United States. From the founding fathers to the Declaration of Independence, and everything that encapsulates this extraordinary period in American history, American Revolution For Dummies is your one-stop guide to the birth of the United States of America. Understanding the critical issues of this era is essential to the study of subsequent periods in American history ... and this book makes it more accessible than ever before. Covers events leading up to the war, including the Sugar Act, ...
Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution
Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution
The Will of the People
T. H. Breen introduces us to the ordinary men and women who took responsibility for the course of the American revolution. Far from the actions of the Continental Congress and the Continental Army, they took the reins of power and preserved a political culture based on the rule of law, creating America’s political identity in the process.
The debate on the American Revolution
This book is the first in-depth study of the way in which historians have dealt with the coming of the American Revolution and the formation of the US Constitution. The approach is thematic, examining how historians in different periods interpreted these events and their causes and, more contentiously, their meaning. Making accessible to modern readers the work of often-neglected early historians, this book examines how the emergence of history as a professional discipline led to new and competing versions of the history of the Revolution. It spans the entire period from the first generation of writers, whose ideas about history were shaped by the Enlightenment, to those of the twenty-first century who drew on the rich legacy provided by black studies, gender and women’s studies, cultural studies and ethnohistory. This book will be an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of the American Revolution.
The Causes of the American Revolution
Independence from Great Britain was not the plan of Americans in April of 1775. But the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies had become strained over a series of events: the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. It seemed war was the only way to solve their differences. Virginian Patrick Henry's declaration summed up the feelings of many Americans: "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death." Having fended for themselves for nearly two generations, many citizens in America's 13 colonies resented having to pay taxes to Great Britain-a country far away across the ocean. Protest against the British government grew into rebellion; rebellion quickly turned into war. Understanding the American Revolution describes the events that led up to the fight for an independent United States of America, the battles between British and Patriot forces, and what life was like during the conflict. Book jacket.
The Counter-Revolution of 1776
Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. But the Africans then living in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with the British. In this trailblazing book, Gerald Horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders, and sparking the colonial revolt. Prior to 1776, anti-slavery sentiments were deepening throughout Britain and in the Caribbean, rebellious Africans were in revolt. For European colonists in...
St. Andrew's American Revolution
St. Andrew's American Revolution reveals the Founding Fathers' vision of the U.S. Constitution and returns Constitutional scholarship to the Scottish Whig philosophy that fueled the fire of revolution in the early American colonies.Americans often confuse and co-mingle the terms British and English, which has today given a complete misinterpretation of the American founding. "The Rights of Englishmen" did not exist until 1689 and only then existed because the Glorious Revolution of 1688 brought a bill of rights to Britain - not merely England.The British Bill of Rights continued a centuries long Scottish tradition of the rights that had only been experimented with in England in the 1640s bef...
