The Glorious Revolution In America

Author : Michael G. Hall,Lawrence H. Leder,Michael Kammen
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807838662

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The Glorious Revolution in America by Michael G. Hall,Lawrence H. Leder,Michael Kammen Pdf

England's Glorious Revolution of 1688 created a major crisis among the British colonies in America. Following news of the English Revolution, a series of rebellions and insurrections erupted in colonial America from Massachusetts to Carolina. Although the upheavals of 1689 were sparked by local grievances, there were also general causes for the repudiation of Stuart authority. Originally published in 1964. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : David S. Lovejoy
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780819572608

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The Glorious Revolution in America by David S. Lovejoy Pdf

An outstanding examination of the Crises that lead to the colonial rebellions of 1689.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:819693394

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The Glorious Revolution in America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Owen Stanwood
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812205480

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The Empire Reformed by Owen Stanwood Pdf

The Empire Reformed tells the story of a forgotten revolution in English America—a revolution that created not a new nation but a new kind of transatlantic empire. During the seventeenth century, England's American colonies were remote, disorganized outposts with reputations for political turmoil. Colonial subjects rebelled against authority with stunning regularity, culminating in uprisings that toppled colonial governments in the wake of England's "Glorious Revolution" in 1688-89. Nonetheless, after this crisis authorities in both England and the colonies successfully rebuilt the empire, providing the cornerstone of the great global power that would conquer much of the continent over the following century. In The Empire Reformed historian Owen Stanwood illustrates this transition in a narrative that moves from Boston to London to Barbados and Bermuda. He demonstrates not only how the colonies fit into the empire but how imperial politics reflected—and influenced—changing power dynamics in England and Europe during the late 1600s. In particular, Stanwood reveals how the language of Catholic conspiracies informed most colonists' understanding of politics, serving first as the catalyst of rebellions against authority, but later as an ideological glue that held the disparate empire together. In the wake of the Glorious Revolution imperial leaders and colonial subjects began to define the British empire as a potent Protestant union that would save America from the designs of French "papists" and their "savage" Indian allies. By the eighteenth century, British Americans had become proud imperialists, committed to the project of expanding British power in the Americas.

Author : Richard S. Kay
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813226873

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The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law by Richard S. Kay Pdf

The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law explores the relationship between law and revolution. Revolt - armed or not - is often viewed as the overthrow of legitimate rulers. Historical experience, however, shows that revolutions are frequently accompanied by the invocation rather than the repudiation of law. No example is clearer than that of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. At that time the unpopular but lawful Catholic king, James II, lost his throne and was replaced by his Protestant son-in-law and daughter, William of Orange and Mary, with James's attempt to recapture the throne thwarted at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. The revolutionaries had to negotiate two contradictory but intensely held convictions. The first was that the essential role of law in defining and regulating the activity of the state must be maintained. The second was that constitutional arrangements to limit the unilateral authority of the monarch and preserve an indispensable role for the houses of parliament in public decision-making had to be established. In the circumstances of 1688-89, the revolutionaries could not be faithful to the second without betraying the first. Their attempts to reconcile these conflicting objectives involved the frequent employment of legal rhetoric to justify their actions. In so doing, they necessarily used the word "law" in different ways. It could denote the specific rules of positive law; it could simply express devotion to the large political and social values that underlay the legal system; or it could do something in between. In 1688-89 it meant all those things to different participants at different times. This study adds a new dimension to the literature of the Glorious Revolution by describing, analyzing and elaborating this central paradox: the revolutionaries tried to break the rules of the constitution and, at the same time, be true to them.

Author : Steven C. A. Pincus
Publisher : Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0300171439

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1688 by Steven C. A. Pincus Pdf

Historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution--bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view. He demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place over a number of years, and that it had repercussions in India, North America, the West Indies, and throughout continental Europe. His rich narrative, based on new archival research, traces the transformation of English foreign policy, religious culture, and political economy that, he argues, was the intended consequence of the revolutionaries of 1688-1689. James II's modernization program emphasized centralized control, repression of dissidents, and territorial empire. The revolutionaries, by contrast, took advantage of the new economic possibilities to create a bureaucratic but participatory state, which emphasized its ideological break with the past and envisioned itself as continuing to evolve. All of this, argues Pincus, makes the Glorious Revolution--not the French Revolution--the first truly modern revolution.--From publisher description.

Author : Jeff Shaara
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345458681

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The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara Pdf

In Rise to Rebellion, bestselling author Jeff Shaara captured the origins of the American Revolution as brilliantly as he depicted the Civil War in Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure. Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody battlefields of war. It was never a war in which the outcome was obvious. Despite their spirit and stamina, the colonists were outmanned and outfought by the brazen British army. General George Washington found his troops trounced in the battles of Brooklyn and Manhattan and retreated toward Pennsylvania. With the future of the colonies at its lowest ebb, Washington made his most fateful decision: to cross the Delaware River and attack the enemy. The stunning victory at Trenton began a saga of victory and defeat that concluded with the British surrender at Yorktown, a moment that changed the history of the world. The despair and triumph of America’s first great army is conveyed in scenes as powerful as any Shaara has written, a story told from the points of view of some of the most memorable characters in American history. There is George Washington, the charismatic leader who held his army together to achieve an unlikely victory; Charles Cornwallis, the no-nonsense British general, more than a match for his colonial counterpart; Nathaniel Greene, who rose from obscurity to become the finest battlefield commander in Washington’s army; The Marquis de Lafayette, the young Frenchman who brought a soldier’s passion to America; and Benjamin Franklin, a brilliant man of science and philosophy who became the finest statesman of his day. From Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, William Howe to “Light Horse” Harry Lee, from Trenton and Valley Forge, Brandywine and Yorktown, the American Revolution’s most immortal characters and poignant moments are brought to life in remarkable Shaara style. Yet, The Glorious Cause is more than just a story of the legendary six-year struggle. It is a tribute to an amazing people who turned ideas into action and fought to declare themselves free. Above all, it is a riveting novel that both expands and surpasses its beloved author’s best work.

Author : Matthew Glozier
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781837642250

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Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 by Matthew Glozier Pdf

Provides an analysis of the political, religious, and social rationale, which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688. In the context of the Huguenot exodus from France and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the role of the Huguenot soldiers within an international Protestant political context is also explained.

Author : Michael Garibaldi Hall,Lawrence H. Leder,Michael G. Kammen
Publisher : Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Maryland
ISBN : 0807809128

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The Glorious Revolution in America by Michael Garibaldi Hall,Lawrence H. Leder,Michael G. Kammen Pdf

England's Glorious Revolution of 1688 created a major crisis among the British colonies in America. Following news of the English Revolution, a series of rebellions and insurrections erupted in colonial America from Massachusetts to Carolina. Although the upheavals of 1689 were sparked by local grievances, there were also general causes for the repudiation of Stuart authority. Originally published in 1964. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Gerald Horne
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479808724

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The Counter-Revolution of 1776 by Gerald Horne Pdf

Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. But the Africans then living in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with the British. In this trailblazing book, Gerald Horne shows that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders, and sparking the colonial revolt. Prior to 1776, anti-slavery sentiments were deepening throughout Britain and in the Caribbean, rebellious Africans were in revolt. For European colonists in America, the major threat to their security was a foreign invasion combined with an insurrection of the enslaved. It was a real and threatening possibility that London would impose abolition throughout the colonies—a possibility the founding fathers feared would bring slave rebellions to their shores. To forestall it, they went to war. The so-called Revolutionary War, Horne writes, was in part a counter-revolution, a conservative movement that the founding fathers fought in order to preserve their right to enslave others. The Counter-Revolution of 1776 brings us to a radical new understanding of the traditional heroic creation myth of the United States.

Author : Michael Barone
Publisher : Crown Forum
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400097937

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Our First Revolution by Michael Barone Pdf

Describes the influence of Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688 and 1689 on America's founding fathers, detailing the impact of the era on the evolution of representative government and the concept of individual liberty.

Author : Brendan McConville
Publisher : University of North Carolina Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0807830658

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The King's Three Faces by Brendan McConville Pdf

King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776

Author : Eveline Cruickshanks
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0312230095

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The Glorious Revolution by Eveline Cruickshanks Pdf

This radical reassessment of the origins, circumstances and impact of the Revolution of 1688-89 takes a fresh look at the Glorious Revolution in its parliamentary, religious, and economic context and places it in its European setting. Eveline Cruickshanks argues that James II was a revolutionary king and that the Revolution eventually enabled Britain to become a world power.

Author : Edward Vallance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405527767

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The Glorious Revolution by Edward Vallance Pdf

In 1688, a group of leading politicians invited the Dutch prince William of Orange over to England to challenge the rule of the catholic James II. When James's army deserted him he fled to France, leaving the throne open to William and Mary. During the following year a series of bills were passed which many believe marked the triumph of constitutional monarchy as a system of government. In this radical new interpretation of the Glorious Revolution, Edward Vallance challenges the view that it was a bloodless coup in the name of progress and wonders whether in fact it created as many problems as it addressed. Certainly in Scotland and Ireland the Revolution was characterised by warfare and massacre. Beautifully written, full of lively pen portraits of contemporary characters and evocative of the increasing climate of fear at the threat of popery, this new book fills a gap in the popular history market and sets to elevate Edward Vallance to the highest league of popular historians.

Author : Jack P. Greene,Craig Yirush
Publisher : Liberty Fund
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 0865978999

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Exploring the Bounds of Liberty by Jack P. Greene,Craig Yirush Pdf

Exploring the Bounds of Liberty is an ideal introduction to the rich, hitherto only lightly examined literature produced in and about the British colonies between 1680 and 1770. It provides easy access to key but little-discussed political writings, illuminating important political debates in the early-modern British empire and giving crucial context for much better-known tracts of the American Revolution.