Title Political community in revolutionary Pennsylvania, 1774-1800 / Kenneth Owen

Edition First edition Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. Contents Introduction -- 1: The Making of the Radical Manifesto, 1774-1776 -- 2: Price Fixing and the Political Community, 1778-1779 -- 3: Old Principles, New Constitutions, 1783-1790 -- 4: Political Practices and Political Community in the Early Republic, 1790-1794 -- 5: The Persistence of Political Community, 1795-1799 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary sources Summary "Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania challenges the ways we understand popular sovereignty in the American Revolution. Whereas previous histories place undue focus on elite political thought or analysis based on class, this study argues that it was ordinary citizens that cared most about the establishment of a proper, representative, publicly legitimate political process. Popular activism constrained the options available to leaders and created a system through which the actions of government were made more representative of the will of the community. Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania analyzes political developments in Pennsylvania from 1774, when Americans united in opposition to Britain's Intolerable Acts, through to 1800 and the election of Thomas Jefferson. It looks at the animating philosophy of the Pennsylvania state constitution of 1776, a 'radical manifesto' which espoused a vision of popular sovereignty in which government was devolved from the people only where necessary. Even when governmental institutions were necessary, their legitimacy rested on being able to clearly demonstrate that they operated on popular consent, expressed in a variety of forms of popular mobilization."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 28, 2018) Subject Political participation -- Pennsylvania -- History Constitutional history -- Pennsylvania HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Constitutional history Political participation Politics and government SUBJECT Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099536 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139 United States -- History -- 1783-1815. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140185 Subject Pennsylvania United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192563026 0192563025 9780191866661 0191866660

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