The American Revolution : a history / Gordon S. Wood.
Material type: TextSeries: Modern Library chronicles ; 9.Publisher: New York, NY : Modern Library, 2003Copyright date: ©2002Edition: Modern Library pbk. editionDescription: xxv, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0812970411
- 9780812970418
- 973.3 3
- E208 .W85 2003
- E208 .W663 2003
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Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Origins. The growth and movement of population ; Economic expansion ; Reform of the British Empire. -- II. American resistance. British reaction ; Deepening the crisis ; The imperial debate. -- III. Revolution. The approach to independence ; The declaration of independence ; An asylum for liberty. -- IV. Constitution-making and war. The state constitutions ; The Articles of Confederation ; The War for Independence. -- V. Republicanism. The need for virtue ; The rising glory of America ; Equality ; A new world order. -- VI. Republican society. Effects of the war ; Effects of the revolution ; Republican reforms ; Antislavery ; Republican religion. -- VII. The Federal Constitution. The critical period ; The Philadelphia Convention ; The Federalist -- anti-Federalist debate.
Chronicles and examines the American Revolution, discussing its character and its consequences, covering such topics as republicanism, the Philadelphia Convention, and the debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
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