Revolutionary Period (1775 1800) category: 1601 books

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1777

Tipping Point at Saratoga

by Dean Snow
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016

In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate...
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by Michael P. Gabriel
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012

On August 16, 1777, a motley militia won a resounding victory near Bennington, Vermont, against combined German, British and Loyalist forces. " This laid the foundation for the American victory at Saratoga two months later. Historian Michael P. Gabriel has collected over fifty firsthand accounts from...
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Essential Documents of American History, Volume II

From Reconstruction to the Twenty-first Century

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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016

This compact volume offers a broad selection of the most important documents in American history: the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which ratified women's right to vote; the Supreme Court's decision on Brown v. Board of Education; and the "Heroism and Horror" portion of the 9/11...
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Loyalists and Layabouts

The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 1783-1792

by Stephen Kimber
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010

Marking the 225th anniversary of loyalist landings in Canada, this important and comprehensive history is essential reading on the shaping of our country. The few hundred loyalists who gathered at Roubalet’s Tavern in New York on the night of Saturday, November 16, 1782, shared a vision of...
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by David F. Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008

In *The Political Theory of * “The Federalist,” David F. Epstein offers a guide to the fundamental principles of American government as they were understood by the framers of the Constitution. Epstein here demonstrates the remarkable depth and clarity of The Federalist’s argument, reveals its...
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Liberty and Equality

The American Conversation

by S. Adam Seagrave
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015

Alexis de Tocqueville, one of the greatest commentators on the American political tradition, viewed it through the lens of two related ideas: liberty and equality. These ideas, so eloquently framed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, have remained inextricably and uniquely conjoined...
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Vindicating the Commercial Republic

The Federalist on Union, Enterprise, and War

by Anthony A. Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018

Contrary to most academic commentary on The Federalist, this book contends thatthe most significant teachings of the work did not have to do with the institutions of government so much as with the non-institutional features of American constitutionalism, specifically its advocacy for greater union,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 1998

This landmark collection of eighty documents created by the American colonists—and not English officials—is the genesis of American fundamental law and constitutionalism. Included are all documents attempting to unite the colonies, beginning with the New England Confederation of 1643. Donald...
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by John Woolman
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2018

The Journal of John Woolman is an autobiography by American Quaker evangelist, John Woolman. Woolman's journal is one of the longest continually published books in North America since it has never been out of print. All Woolman's interests lay in the practice of piety, and in the uncompromising application...
Cover of Why Was There An American Revolution? History Non Fiction Books for Grade 3 | Children's History Books
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017

Every action has a reaction. In the case of the American Revolution, what were these actions that triggered a reaction of war? In this history book, your third grader is going to learn the facts of the events that led to war, and later on the freedom of the Americans. Learn about history the cool way. Use this book today!
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by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017

Who says history will always be boring? Well, the person clearly hasn't seen one of these interactive history books yet! Composed of bold colors that come to life in the imagination of a child, this history book is the best way of learning about what past events influence the present. With this book around, history will be a better experience from now on!
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What's Wrong in America?

A Look at Troublesome Issues in Our Country

by Arthur Siccan
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012

Whats Wrong in America is a challenging look at various issues in America that range from liberty to Big Brother, from sex to separation of church and state, from economics to guns and punishment. This is a book that will make you shake your head or make you blush as you reflect on how you fit into this picture.
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by Charlene Mires
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015

Independence Hall is a place Americans think they know well. Within its walls the Continental Congress declared independence in 1776, and in 1787 the Founding Fathers drafted the U.S. Constitution there. Painstakingly restored to evoke these momentous events, the building appears to have passed through...
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Town House

Architecture and Material Life in the Early American City, 1780-1830

by Bernard L. Herman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

In this abundantly illustrated volume, Bernard Herman provides a history of urban dwellings and the people who built and lived in them in early America. In the eighteenth century, cities were constant objects of idealization, often viewed as the outward manifestations of an organized, civil society....
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