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Taylor, Alan, 1955-
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Taylor, Alan, 1955-
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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American revolutions : a continental history, 1750-1804 / Alan Taylor.
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Taylor, Alan, 1955-
W. W. Norton & Company, c2016.
Call #:
973
.3
T238a
Subjects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
ISBN:
9780393082814 (hc.)
0393082814 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii, 681 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-663) and index.
Contents:
Colonies -- Land -- Slaves -- Rebels -- Allies -- Loyalties -- Wests -- Oceans -- Shocks -- Republics -- Partisans -- Legacies.
Summary:
Rising out of the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, Taylor's Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading Britain's mainland colonies, fueled by local conditions, destructive, hard to quell. Conflict ignited on the frontier, where settlers clamored to push west into Indian lands against British restrictions, and in the seaboard cities, where commercial elites mobilized riots and boycotts to resist British tax policies. When war erupted, Patriot crowds harassed Loyalists and nonpartisans into compliance with their cause. Brutal guerrilla violence flared all along the frontier from New York to the Carolinas, fed by internal divisions as well as the clash with Britain. Taylor skillfully draws France, Spain, and native powers into a comprehensive narrative of the war that delivers the major battles, generals, and common soldiers with insight and power. With discord smoldering in the fragile new nation through the 1780s, nationalist leaders such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton sought to restrain unruly state democracies and consolidate power in a Federal Constitution.
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