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Author Jensen, Merrill.

Title The founding of a nation : a history of the American Revolution, 1763-1776 / Merrill Jensen
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1968

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 735 pages)
Series History e-book project
Contents The first crisis -- America in 1763 -- British politics, policies, and America, 1763-1765 -- The economics and politics of American protest, 1763-1764 -- The revolt against the Stamp Act -- The nullification of the Stamp Act -- The first British retreat: repeal of the Stamp Act and commercial reform -- The widening rift -- The aftermath of the Stamp Act in America -- The aftermath of the Stamp Act in Britain: the Townshend Program -- The Constitutional protest against the Townshend Program -- Politicians, merchants, customs officers, and non-importation in the North, 1767-1769 -- The British army, Boston, parliament, and non-importation in the South -- The second British retreat, 1769-1770 -- The climax of American resistance, 1769-1770 -- The collapse of American resistance, 1770 -- The final break -- Various roads to crisis: America south and west of New England -- The revival of popular power in New England -- From India to Boston Harbor: tea, tea parties, and the Intolerable Acts -- The beginnings of American Union: the creation of the first Continental Congress -- The first Continental Congress -- The road to Concord Bridge: the way of politics -- The road to Concord Bridge: the way of force -- The beginnings of a Civil War -- Revolution vs reconciliation: the American dilemma -- The dream of reconciliation and the drive for independence, 1775-1776 -- The founding of a nation: "the unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America."
Analysis United States History Causes Revolution, 1775-1783
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Compagnie Rêvolution gnd
Universidad Sergio Arboleda gnd
Subject War -- Causes
Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog.
Amerikanische Revolution
Revolution -- amerikanische -- 0 Gesamtdarstellung
1763-1776
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140131
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140149
Subject United States
Verenigde Staten.
États-Unis -- 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
États-Unis -- 1775-1783 (Révolution) -- Causes.
États-Unis -- Conditions économiques -- Jusqu'à 1865.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes
Etats-Unis
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book