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The American Revolution and...
Struggling against unjust taxation and British intervention in colonial affairs, the colonies that would come to be part of the United States of America were ripe for revolution in the late eighteenth century. Led by impassioned individuals, Americans waged a series of protests against the British that eventually led to the Revolutionary War and effectively culminated with the War of 1812. In this compelling volume, readers are introduced to the architects of American independence and their most ardent arguments against British rule, the events of the American Revolution, and the documents tha
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monografia Rebiun38872622 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun38872622 m o d cr un ---uuuua 110603s2012 nyuab ob 001 0 eng d 2011021358 9786613319159 9781615306688 9781283319157 1283319152 9781615307166 1615307168 MiFhGG eng MiFhGG rda pn eng n-us--- 973.2 973.3 The American Revolution and the young Republic, 1763 to 1816 edited by Jeff Wallenfeldt 1st edition New York Britannica Educational Pub., in association with Rosen Educational Services 2012 New York New York Britannica Educational Pub., in association with Rosen Educational Services New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 2012 New York New York Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services 1 online resource (xiii, 142 pages) illustrations (some color), color maps 1 online resource (xiii, 142 pages) Text txt computer c online resource cr Documenting America : the primary source documents of a nation Description based on print version record Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Prelude to Revolution; North America After the Great War for the Empire; The Tax Controversy; Document: No Taxation Without Representation (1765); Constitutional Differences With Britain; Document: Soame Jenyns: The Objections to the Taxation of Our American ColoniesConsidered (1765); Chapter 2 The Continental Congress; Getting Started; Document: The Association of the Continental Congress (1774); Division and Dissent; Radical Action or Loyalism; Document: The Necessity for Taking Up Arms (1775) Document: Thomas Paine: Plain Arguments for Independence [from Common Sense] (1776)Document: The Declaration of Independence (1776); Chapter 3 The American Revolutionary War; Form Lexington to Yorktown; Document: George Washington: On the Organization of the Army (1778); Siege of Yorktown; Treaty of Paris; Chapter 4 Foundations of the American Republic; Sources of Strength; Problems Before the Second Continental Congress; Document: The Articles of Confederation (1781); State Politics; Document: The Constitution of Vermont (1777); Document: Daniel Gray: The Causes of Shays's Rebellion (1786) Chapter 5 The Constitutional ConventionThe Influence of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans; Balancing Power; Sidebar: The Founding Fathers and Slavery; The Response to Federalism; Document: The Federalist Papers (1787-88); Document: The Bill of Rights (1789); Chapter 6 The Social Revolution; Slavery; The Role of Women; Document: Petition by Free African Americans for Equality Under the Law (1791); Document: Abigail Adams: Doubts About Independence (1775); Legal Reform; Religious Revivalism; Document: A Plan of Union for Protestant Churches (1801); Chapter 7 Form 1789 to 1816 The Federalist Administration and the Formation of PartiesDocument: George Washington: Farewell Address (1796); The Jeffersonian Republicans in Power; Document: Thomas Jefferson: The Politics of the Louisiana Purchase ((1803); Madison as President and the War of 1812; The Indian-American Problem; Document: Red Jacket: Against White Mission Among the Indians (1805); Conclusion; Appendices (Documents); No Taxation Without Representation (1765); Soame Jenyns: The Objections to the Taxation of Our American Colonies Considered (1765); The Association of the continental Congress (1774) The Necessity for Taking up Arms (1775)Thomas Paine: Plain Arguments for Independence [From Common Sense] (1776); The Declaration of Independence (1776); George Washington: On the Organization of the Army (1778); A Half-Pay and Pensionary Establishment; Of Complenting the regiments and Altering Their Establishment; The Articles of Confederation (1781); The Constitution of Vermont (1777); A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont; The Federalist Papers (1787-88); Alexander Hamilton: The Federlist No. 1; James Madison: The Federalist No. 14 The Bill of Rights (1789) Struggling against unjust taxation and British intervention in colonial affairs, the colonies that would come to be part of the United States of America were ripe for revolution in the late eighteenth century. Led by impassioned individuals, Americans waged a series of protests against the British that eventually led to the Revolutionary War and effectively culminated with the War of 1812. In this compelling volume, readers are introduced to the architects of American independence and their most ardent arguments against British rule, the events of the American Revolution, and the documents tha English United States- History- Colonial period, 1600-1775- Sources United States- History- Revolution, 1775-1783- Sources United States- History- 1783-1815- Sources Wallenfeldt, Jeffrey H. editor 9781615306688 1615306684 Documenting America: The Primary Source Documents of a Nation