Author : John Fiske
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0364064447
The War of Independence (Classic Reprint) by John Fiske Pdf
Excerpt from The War of Independence Government to which they had hitherto owed allegiance, and it was not until Washington's in auguration in 1789 that the supreme government to which we owe allegiance today was actually put in operation. The period of thirteen years included between these two dates was strictly a revolutionary period, during which it was more or less doubtful where the supreme authority over the United States belonged. First, it took the fighting and the diplomacy of the revolutionary war to decide that this supreme authority be longed in the United States themselves, and not in the government of Great Britain; and then after the war was ended, more than five years of sore distress and anxious discussion had elapsed before the American people succeeded in setting up a new government that was strong enough to make itself obeyed at home and respected abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.