In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome
colonies were transformed into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's
classic account of the Revolutionary period shows how the
challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a
search for constitutional principles to protect their
freedom and eventually led to the Revolution.
Morgan demonstrates that these principles were not
abstract doctrines of political theory but grew instead out
of the immediate needs and experiences of the colonists.
They were held with passionate conviction, and incorporated,
finally, into the constitutions of the new American states
and of the United States.
Though the basic theme of the book and his assessment
of what the Revolution achieved remain the same, Morgan has
updated the revised edition of The Birth of the
Republic (1977) to include some textual and stylistic
changes as well as a substantial revision of the
Bibliographic Note.
Edmund S. Morgan is Sterling Professor of History emeritus
at Yale University. His many books include The Gentle
Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles; The Challenge of the
American Revolution; and Inventing the People: The
Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America. More Reviews and Recommendations Biography
Edward S. Morgan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and past president of the Organization of American Historians. His many books include The Puritan Family: Religion and Domestic Relations in Seventeenth-Century New England; The Gentle Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles; The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop; American Slavery—American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia; The Challenge of the American Revolution; Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America; and, with Helen M. Morgan, The Stamp Act Crisis.
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In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome
colonies were transformed into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's
classic account of the Revolutionary period shows how the
challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a
search for constitutional principles to protect their
freedom and eventually led to the Revolution.
Morgan demonstrates that these principles were not
abstract doctrines of political theory but grew instead out
of the immediate needs and experiences of the colonists.
They were held with passionate conviction, and incorporated,
finally, into the constitutions of the new American states
and of the United States.
Though the basic theme of the book and his assessment
of what the Revolution achieved remain the same, Morgan has
updated the revised edition of The Birth of the
Republic (1977) to include some textual and stylistic
changes as well as a substantial revision of the
Bibliographic Note.
Edmund S. Morgan is Sterling Professor of History emeritus
at Yale University. His many books include The Gentle
Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles; The Challenge of the
American Revolution; and Inventing the People: The
Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America. Loading... Features - The Birth of the Republic, 1763-1789 Table of Contents Table of Contents Editor's Foreword to the Third EditionEditor's Foreword to the Second EditionPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second EditionLexington Green11The Americans and the Empire52Sugar and Stamps, 1764-66153Peace without Honor, 1766-68294Troops and Tea, 1768-74435Equal Rights, 1774-76616War and Peace, 1776-83777The Independent States888The Independent Nation, 1776-811019"The Critical Period"11310The Constitutional Convention12911Ratification145Appendix: Basic Documents of the RevolutionThe Declaration of Independence159The Articles of Confederation163The Constitution of the United States171The Bill of Rights183Bibliographical Note185Important Dates193Index197 All Marketplace (--)
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