Author: George StubblefieldPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Orderly Book of the Company of Captain George Stubblefield, Fifth Virginia Regiment, from March 3, 1776, to July 19, 1776, Inclusive
Author: George StubblefieldPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Forced Founders
Author: Woody HoltonPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807899860
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
In this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellions against their own rule. The Virginia gentry's efforts to shape London's imperial policy were thwarted by British merchants and by a coalition of Indian nations. In 1774, elite Virginians suspended trade with Britain in order to pressure Parliament and, at the same time, to save restive Virginia debtors from a terrible recession. The boycott and the growing imperial conflict led to rebellions by enslaved Virginians, Indians, and tobacco farmers. By the spring of 1776 the gentry believed the only way to regain control of the common people was to take Virginia out of the British Empire. Forced Founders uses the new social history to shed light on a classic political question: why did the owners of vast plantations, viewed by many of their contemporaries as aristocrats, start a revolution? As Holton's fast-paced narrative unfolds, the old story of patriot versus loyalist becomes decidedly more complex.
Revolutionary America, 1763-1789
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Ill. on lining papers. Includes index.
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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"A Proper Sense of Honor"
Author: Caroline Helen CoxPublisher:
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Category : Military discipline
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Author index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Place index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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