In a Rebellious Spirit: The Argument of Facts, the Liberty Riot, and the Coming of the American Revolution 0271072938, 9780271072937

In a Rebellious Spirit: The Argument of Facts, the Liberty Riot, and the Coming of the American Revolution 9780271072951

A fresh view of the legal arguments leading to the American Revolution, this book argues that rebellious acts called &qu

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Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York City 9781501769115

In Unfriendly to Liberty, Christopher F. Minty explores the origins of loyalism in New York City between 1768 and 1776,

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Toward Lexington: the role of the British Army in the coming of the American Revolution 9780608185699

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The Concept of Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution 9796959493, 0226708969

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Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution 9781501736612

McCurdy shows that the Quartering Act had significant ramifications, codified in the Third Amendment, for contemporary i

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The Concept of Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution 9796959493, 0226708969

Liberty was the most cherished right possessed by English-speaking people in the eighteenth century. It was both an idea

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The Revolution of ’28: Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal 9781501714191

Chiles sets the record straight in The Revolution of ’28 by paying close attention to how Smith identified and activated

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The Coming of the French Revolution 9780691206936

The Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning

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Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution 0197546919, 9780197546918

New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates over the founding docu

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Sweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania 9780271031088

It is often said that the American Revolution was a conservative revolution, but in many parts of the British colonies t

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