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Title

Major problems in the era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791 : documents and essays / edited by Richard D. Brown.

Publication

Lexington, Mass. : D.C. Heath, c1992.

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Additional Authors

Brown, Richard D.

Description

xv, 620 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Major problems in American history series

Uniform Title

Major problems in American history series

Subject

• Confederation of the United States (1783-1789)
• 1775-1789
• Geschichte 1760-1791
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States > History > Sources. > Revolution, 1775-1783
• United States > History > Confederation, 1783-1789
• United States > History > Sources. > Confederation, 1783-1789

Genre/Form

• History
• Sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Ch. 1. Interpreting the American Revolution -- What Were the Key Issues in the Revolution? / Bernard Bailyn -- Revolution's Roots in Urban Radicalism and Social Change / Gary B. Nash -- Conflict and Consensus in the Revolution and Among Historians / Edmund S. Morgan -- Ch. 2. British Empire and the French and Indian War -- Navigation Act, 1696 -- Commission of the Board of Trade, 1696 -- Order in Council on the Reform of the Customs Service, 1763 -- Jonathan Mayhew Celebrates British Valor, 1759 -- Thomas Barnard Looks to Future Glories, 1763 -- British-American Tensions During the War / Alan Rogers -- Preconditions of the American Revolution / Jack P. Greene -- Ch. 3. British Reforms and Colonial Resistance, 1765-1770 -- Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions, 1765 -- Governor Francis Bernard Describes the Boston Riot, 1765 -- Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 -- "William Pym" Asserts Parliamentary Supremacy, 1765 -- Examination of Benjamin Franklin Before the House of Commons, 1766 -- Lord Camden (Charles Pratt) Exhorts Parliament to Change Direction, 1766 -- Parliament Repeals the Stamp Act but Declares Its Authority, 1766 -- John Dickinson Exhorts the Colonists to Opposition, 1767-1768 -- Charleston Merchants Outline a Plan of Nonimportation, 1769 -- Grenville's Assertion of Parliamentary Control: The Stamp Act / Edmund S. Morgan and Helen M. Morgan -- Significance of the Stamp Act Resistance / Edmund S. Morgan and Helen M. Morgan -- Townshend Acts and the Consolidation of Colonial Resistance, 1767-1770 / Pauline Maier -- Ch. 4. When Worlds Collide: From the Tea Act to the Declaration of Independence, 1773-1776 -- John Adams Reflects on the Boston Tea Party, 1773 -- Parliament Debates the Coercive Acts, 1774 -- Coercive Acts, 1774 -- Thomas Jefferson Asserts American Rights, 1774 -- Two Views of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 -- Official Patriot Account, April 26, 1775 -- Loyalist Lady's Account, April 1775 -- Britain Declares Commercial War on the Colonies: The American Prohibitory Act, 1775 -- Thomas Paine Calls for Common Sense, 1776 -- John Dickinson Opposes Independence, 1776 -- Declaration of Independence, 1776 -- John Adams Celebrates Independence, 1776 -- Mixed Motives of Merchant Revolutionaries / Thomas M. Doerflinger -- Causes of the Revolution In Virginia: Britain's Challenge to the Ruling Class / Thad W. Tate -- Ch. 5. Forging a National Army and Framing an International Alliance, 1776-1778 -- John Adams Discusses Military Preparations, 1776 -- General George Washington Asks Congress for an Effective Army, 1776 -- Congress Calls on the States to Support the Continental Army, 1776 -- British General John Burgoyne Tells Americans That His Cause Is Just and That the Patriots Are Vicious, 1777 -- Veteran Remembers the Battle of Saratoga, 1777 -- American Diplomats Press for a French Alliance, 1777 -- American Diplomats Report Success, 1777 -- Treaties of Alliance with France, 1778 -- Treaty of Amity and Commerce -- Treaty of Alliance, Eventual and Defensive -- Hearts and Minds: The Case of "Long Bill" Scott / John W. Shy -- Meaning of the French Alliance / Alexander DeConde -- Ch. 6. Struggling Toward Victory, 1779-1783 -- Soldier Views Mutiny Among American Troops, 1780 -- General George Washington Explains Army Problems and Calls for Help, 1780 -- Congressman Offers Encouragement, 1780 -- General Robert Howe Reports on the New Jersey Mutiny, 1781 -- General Washington Responds to Howe, 1781 -- Congress Reports Progress at Home and Abroad, 1781 -- Two Views of the Battle of Yorktown, 1781 -- Letters from an American Soldier (Benjamin Gilbert) -- Recollections of an Anny Cook and Washerwoman (Sarah Osborne) -- Provisions of the Peace Treaty of Paris, 1783 -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Militia / Don Higginbotham -- Franco-American Diplomary and the Treaty of Paris / Gregg L. Lint -- Ch. 7. Casualties of Revolution: The Native Americans and the Loyalists -- John Adams Reports on Congress's Strategy Toward the Native Americans, 1775 -- Congress Explains Patriot Reasoning and Calls for Native American Neutrality, 1775 -- Patriots Intimidate a New Jersey Loyalist, 1775 -- Patriot Urges Congress to Execute Loyalists, 1776 -- Thomas Paine Calls for Patriotism and Attacks the Loyalists, 1776 -- Newspaper Attack on Loyalists, 1779 -- Governor William Franklin Admonishes the New Jersey Legislature, 1776 -- Loyalists Plead Their Cause to King, Parliament, and the British People, 1782 -- Benjamin Rush Contrasts Loyalists and Patriots, 1777 -- Iroquois and the Revolution: The Neutrality Policy / Anthony F. C. Wallace -- Forgotten Experience: Indians, Blacks, and the American Revolution / Gary B. Nash -- Tory Rank and File / William H. Nelson -- Loyalists' Conservatism / Janice Potter -- Ch. 8. Defining the Boundaries of Liberty for Women and African-Americans -- Abigail and John Adams Debate Women's Rights, 1776 -- Sentiments of an American Woman, 1780 -- Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 -- Massachusetts Slaves Argue for Freedom, 1773 -- Worcester County, Massachusetts, Calls for the Abolition of Slavery, 1775 -- New England Mulatto Attacks Slavery, 1776 -- Lord Dunmore Promises Freedom to Slaves Who Fight for Britain, 1775 -- Revolutionary Advances for Women / Mary Beth Norton -- Illusion of Change: Women and the American Revolution / Joan Hoff Wilson -- Revolution in Black Life / Ira Berlin -- Founding Fathers and Slavery / William W. Freehling -- Ch. 9. Challenge of Religious Freedom in a Christian Republic -- Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, 1780 -- Boston's View of Religious Freedom, 1780 -- Ashby, Massachusetts, Opposes Religious Establishment, 1780 -- Rev. Ezra Stiles on the Place of Religion in the United States, 1783 -- Philadelphia Jews Seek Equality Before the Law, 1783 -- James Madison Protests Religious Taxes, 1785 -- George Washington Accepts Religious Taxes, 1785 -- Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty, 1786 -- First Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1791 -- Was There a Revolutionary Millennium? / Jon Butler -- Role of Religion in the Revolution / William G. McLoughlin -- First Amendment and Religious Freedom / Thomas J. Curry -- Ch. 10. Articles of Confederation and the Achievements of National Union, 1781-1787 -- Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, 1781 -- Virginia Congressman Reports on the Western Land Ordinance, 1785 -- New Hampshire's Congressional Delegates Report on the Western Land Ordinance, 1785 -- Congress Passes an Ordinance on Western Lands, 1785 -- Virginia Representative Complains of General Congressional Inertia, 1787 -- Massachusetts Representative Reports Progress in Drafting the Northwest Ordinance, 1787 -- Northwest Ordinance, 1787 -- Achievements of the Confederation / Merrill Jensen -- Confederation: A Union Without Power / Jack N. Rakove -- Ch. 11. Political Unrest and the Movement for Constitutional Reform, 1786-1787 -- Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Farmers Call for Help, 1786 -- Fifty Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Towns Demand Reform, 1786 -- Massachusetts Legislature Advises Thrift, Virtue, and Patience, 1786 -- Regulators Call for Popular Support, 1786 -- Congregational Pastor Counsels Moderation in a Town with Many Shaysites, 1786 -- Reverend Bezaleel Howard on Shays's Rebellion and Its Aftermath, 1787 -- Congressman Charles Pinckney Admonishes the New Jersey Legislature, 1786 -- Delegates Report from a Demoralized Congress, 1787 -- Shays's Rebellion and the Problem of Opposition Politics / J. R. Pole -- Crisis of the 1780s / Gordon S. Wood -- Ch.
• 12. Creation of the Constitution of 1787 -- James Madison on the Vices of the Political System of the United States, 1787 -- John Randolph Presents the Virginia Plan, 1787 -- William Patterson Proposes the New Jersey Plan, 1787
• Congress Debates the New Jersey and Virginia Plans, 1787 -- Congress Debates the Issues, 1787 -- Democracy and the Lower House -- Sectional Interests and Legislative Apportionment -- Qualifications for Voters -- Slavery and the Importation of Slaves -- Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 -- Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action / John P. Roche -- What Happened at the Constitutional Convention / Lance G. Banning -- Ch. 13. Ratification Politics and the Bill of Rights -- Federalist Expounds the Advantages of the Constitution, 1787-1788 -- Factions and Their Remedy (James Madison, No. 10) -- Constitution Is National and Federal (James Madison, No. 39) -- System of Checks and Balances (Alexander Hamilton or James Madison, No. 51) -- No Bill of Rights Is Needed (Alexander Hamilton, No. 84) -- Antifederalists Attack the Constitution, 1787-1788 -- Richard Henry Lee on Why a National Government Will Be Unrepresentative and Despotic -- James Winthrop Explains Why a Large Republic Cannot Work -- Mercy Otis Warren Offers Eighteen Reasons to Reject the Constitution -- Proceedings in the State Ratifying Conventions, 1788 -- Massachusetts Proposes Amendments to the Constitution -- Patrick Henry of Virginia Denounces the Constitution -- Virginia's Declaration of Rights and Proposed Amendments to the Constitution -- Constitutional Amendments, 1791 (The Bill of Rights) -- Main Themes of Constitutional Discussion / Isaac Kramnick -- Politics of the Bill of Rights / Leonard W. Levy -- Ch. 14. Leadership and Heroism in the Revolutionary Era -- Abigail Adams on Her First Impressions of George Washington, 1775 -- John Adams on the Qualities Required for Military Leaders, 1776 -- Thomas Paine Calls for Sacrifice, 1776 -- George Washington's Farewell Address to Americans, 1796 -- Politicizing the Politically Inert / Linda Grant De Pauw -- Why Men Fought in the American Revolution / Robert L. Middlefauff -- George Washington's Grasp of Leadership and Power / Edmund S. Morgan -- Where Have All the Great Men Gone? / Richard D. Brown.

ISBN

0669197556 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^91070711^

OCLC

• 25025852
• SCSB-11451160

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library