Revolutionary Period (1775 1800) category: 1601 books
The Federalist & The Anti-Federalist Papers: Complete Collection
Including the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Important Documents by the Founding Fathers & more
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2018
This carefully crafted ebook: "Federalist & The Anti-Federalist Papers" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This collection contains the crucial decisions and arguments of the Founding Fathers which shaped the America we know today. Along with...
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated,...
A Brilliant Solution
Inventing the American Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2003
We know--and love--the story of the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis's defeat. But our first government was a disaster and the country was in a terrible crisis. So when a group of men traveled to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to save a nation in danger of...
John Hancock
Merchant King and American Patriot
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
PRAISE FOR HARLOW GILES UNGER'S NOAH WEBSTER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN PATRIOT
"Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man; shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God-fearing and patriotic. Mr. Unger has done a fine job reintroducing him to a new generation of Americans."-Washington...
Plain, Honest Men
The Making of the American Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues...
Le marquis de Lafayette
L'ambassadeur des valeurs américaines en France
Language: French
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Lafayette en moins d’une heure !
Parti en Amérique contre la volonté de son entourage et même du roi, Lafayette, tout juste âgé de 20 ans, se lance à corps perdu dans la guerre d’indépendance. Son engagement précoce, son indéfectibilité...
No Turning Point
The Saratoga Campaign in Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne’s troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne’s defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on...
A Peculiar Mixture
German-Language Cultures and Identities in Eighteenth-Century North America
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
*Includes pictures of the Madisons and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. They seemed like an unusual couple from the outset. In 1794, Dolley Payne Todd was widely considered one of Philadelphia's most beautiful...
Benjamin Franklin
En el corazón de la Revolución estadounidense
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Benjamin Franklin, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:• Entender el contexto en el que se enmarca la vida de Benjamin Franklin, marcado por la llegada de los colonos...
by Allan McLane Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
The life of Alexander Hamilton is certainly one of great complexity and controversy and, as a result, has been of great interest to the general public for centuries. In the past two hundred years, there have been many accounts of Hamilton’s life-mostly commenting on his political personality rather...
Autumn of the Black Snake
The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
The forgotten story of how the U.S. Army was created to fight a crucial Indian war
In 1783, with the signing of the Peace of Paris, the American Revolution was complete. And yet even as the newly independent United States secured peace with Great Britain, it found itself losing an escalating...
Never Caught
The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly...
George Washington's Journey
The President Forges a New Nation
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
This is George Washington in the surprising role of political strategist.
T.H. Breen introduces us to a George Washington we rarely meet. During his first term as president, he decided that the only way to fulfill the Revolution was to take the new federal government directly to the people....