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- ISBN: 9780415997126 | 0415997127
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- Copyright: 7/7/2010
Revolutionary America 1763-1815: A Sourcebook is a collection of dynamic primary sources intended to accompany the second edition of Revolutionary America 1763-1815: A Political History. While the structure of this collection parallels the textbook, it can be used independently as well to bring a more personal perspective to the revolutionary period of American history.
Francis D. Cogliano is Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh where he specializes in the history of revolutionary and early national America. He is the author of Revolutionary America 1763-1815: A Political History. Kirsten E. Phimister holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Edinburgh.
Figures | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Native Americans and the American Revolution | p. 7 |
Southern Indians during the Seven Years' War | p. 8 |
Petition from the Paxton Boys, 1764 | p. 10 |
Logan's Lament, 1775 | p. 12 |
Congress Appeals to the Six Nations, July 13, 1775 | p. 12 |
Joseph Brant Speaks to Lord George Germain, March 14, 1776 | p. 15 |
Joseph Brant, 1786 | p. 16 |
A Missionary Speaks on Behalf of the Oneidas and Onondagas, 1777 | p. 17 |
Treaty with the Delawares, 1778 | p. 18 |
Chickasaw Chiefs Appeal to Congress, 1783 | p. 20 |
The Eve of War, 1811 | p. 22 |
Aftermath of the War of 1812 | p. 24 |
British North America in 1763 | p. 27 |
Bill of Rights, 1689 | p. 28 |
Benjamin Franklin, Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, 1751 | p. 30 |
Servants and Slaves in Virginia, 1722 | p. 33 |
Advertisements for Runaways, 1752, 1766 | p. 36 |
Albany Plan of Union, 1754 | p. 36 |
Join, or Die, 1754 | p. 39 |
Treaty of Paris, 1763 | p. 40 |
Governing a New World | p. 43 |
The Imperial Crisis | p. 47 |
The Stump Act. March 22, 1765 | p. 48 |
Virginia Resolves. May 29, 1765 | p. 50 |
The Stamp Act Congress Asserts American Rights and Grievances, October 19, 1765 | p. 51 |
The Death of Liberty, October 31, 1765 | p. 53 |
New York Stamp Act Riot | p. 54 |
Examination of Benjamin Franklin Before the House of Commons, 1766 | p. 55 |
Parliament Repeals the Stamp Act. March 18, 1766 | p. 61 |
Parliament Declares Its Authority, March 18, 1766 | p. 61 |
The Boston Massacre | p. 62 |
Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre | p. 64 |
First Continental Congress. Declaration of Rights and Grievances, October 14, 1774 | p. 65 |
New Hampshire Non-Importation Agreement, 1774 | p. 69 |
Revolution, 1775-1776 | p. 73 |
Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, March 23, 1775 | p. 74 |
The Battles of Lexington and Concord. April 19, 1775 | p. 76 |
Battle of Lexington, 1775 | p. 77 |
General Gage's Proclamation, June 12, 1775 | p. 78 |
Bunker's Hill or America's Head Dress, 1776 | p. 80 |
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. July 6, 1775 | p. 81 |
Olive Branch Petition. July 8, 1775 | p. 85 |
George 111 Proclaims the Americans in a State of Rebellion, August 23, 1775 | p. 88 |
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 | p. 89 |
Jefferson's Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence | p. 94 |
Statue of George III Demolished, July 9, 1776 | p. 98 |
Winning Independence: The Wars of the American Revolution | p. 101 |
A British View of the Siege of Boston | p. 102 |
George Washington Reflects on His Appointment to Command the Continental Army | p. 102 |
Harassment of Loyalists in South Carolina | p. 104 |
Observations of a New Hampshire loyalist | p. 104 |
Congress Resolves to Protect Loyalists, June 18, 1776 | p. 107 |
Washington Reflects on the Challenges Facing the Continental Army | p. 108 |
Letters from a Rebel Prisoner | p. 112 |
William Russell to Benjamin Edes, July 1780 | p. 112 |
William Russell to Mary Richardson Russell, March 4, 1781 | p. 113 |
Treaty of Paris, 1783 | p. 113 |
A Loyalist Returns | p. 116 |
Samuel Curwen to William Pynchon, London, November 28, 1783 | p. 117 |
Samuel Curwen, Diary, September 25, 1784 | p. 118 |
African Americans in the Age of Revolution | p. 119 |
Virginia Revolutionaries Defend Slavery | p. 120 |
Lord Dunmore Promises Freedom to Virginia Slaves | p. 121 |
Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and African Americans | p. 122 |
Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, July 1, 1776 | p. 123 |
Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781-1782 | p. 123 |
Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson, Baltimore County, August 19, 1791 | p. 127 |
Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791 | p. 129 |
Massachusetts Slaves Petition for Freedom | p. 130 |
Rebel Soldiers | p. 131 |
Gradual Abolition in Pennsylvania | p. 131 |
Freedom Certificate, 1783 | p. 132 |
Pennsylvania Abolitionists Petition Congress, 1790 | p. 133 |
An Account of Toussaint L'Ouverture | p. 134 |
Revolution in Haiti | p. 136 |
Ben Woolfolk, Testimony in the Trial of Gabriel, October 6, 1800 | p. 137 |
Rebel's Statement from Gabriel's Conspiracy. September 25, 1804 | p. 138 |
The Confederation Era | p. 141 |
John Adams Calls for New Constitutions, 1775 | p. 142 |
Pennsylvania's New Constitution-A Critical View | p. 143 |
Massachusetts Voters Reject a Constitution | p. 144 |
Massachusetts Tries Again, 1780 | p. 145 |
The Articles of Confederation (1777) | p. 147 |
Alexander Hamilton Decries the Weakness of Congress | p. 149 |
Banknotes | p. 152 |
Shays's Rebellion | p. 154 |
The Shaysites Make Their Case | p. 155 |
Massachusetts Pursues a Contradictory Strategy in Response to the Rebels | p. 157 |
ôA Little Rebellion Now and Then Is a Good Thingö: Jefferson Reacts to Shays's Rebellion | p. 159 |
Creating the Constitution | p. 163 |
Madison on the Flaws of the Articles of Confederation | p. 164 |
The Virginia Plan | p. 168 |
The New Jersey Plan | p. 170 |
Franklin Addresses the Constitutional Convention | p. 173 |
Federalist Number 10 | p. 174 |
Political Creed of Every Federalist | p. 180 |
Opposition to the Constitution in Pennsylvania | p. 180 |
The Grand Federal Edifice | p. 184 |
Bill of Rights, 1789 | p. 185 |
American Women in the Age of Revolution | p. 189 |
Deborah Franklin Describes the Stamp Act Riots | p. 190 |
Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, London, April 6, 1766 | p. 192 |
Deborah Franklin: Power of Attorney, October 14, 1768 | p. 193 |
Boston Women Boycott Tea, 1770 | p. 194 |
The Edenton Tea Party, 1774 | p. 195 |
Abigail Adams to John Adams | p. 196 |
The Sentiments of an American Woman, 1780 | p. 198 |
The Deposition of a Female Spy, 1781 | p. 200 |
Petition of Rachel Wells to the Continental Congress, 1786 | p. 202 |
Benjamin Rush, Thoughts upon Female Education, 1787 | p. 204 |
Diary of Hannah Callender, July 4, 1788 | p. 207 |
Extracts from the New Jersey Constitution, 1776, 1844 | p. 207 |
Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 | p. 208 |
The Federalist Era | p. 211 |
A Federalist Vision of Economic Development | p. 212 |
The Report on Public Credit | p. 212 |
The Report on Manufactures | p. 215 |
ôThose Who Labor in the Earthö: Jefferson's Opposition to Manufacturing | p. 217 |
Opposition to Hamilton's Program | p. 218 |
The Whiskey Rebellion | p. 219 |
Washington's Farewell Address | p. 220 |
The Alien and Sedition Acts | p. 225 |
An Act Concerning Aliens, June 25, 1798 | p. 225 |
An Act Respecting Alien Enemies, July 6, 1798 | p. 226 |
An Act in Addition to the Act, Entitled ôAn Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United Statesö | p. 227 |
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | p. 228 |
Virginia Resolutions, December 21, 1798 | p. 228 |
Kentucky Resolutions, December 3, 1799 | p. 229 |
An Empire of Liberty, 1801-1815 | p. 233 |
The Ordinance of 1784 | p. 234 |
Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801 | p. 236 |
Mad Tom in a Rage, 1801 | p. 239 |
Instructions to Lewis and Clark | p. 240 |
The Constitutional Implications of the Louisiana Purchase | p. 245 |
Thomas Jefferson, Third Annual Message to Congress, October 17, 1803 | p. 246 |
ôOgrabmeö Cartoon, c. 1808 | p. 250 |
A Boxing Match, or Another Bloody Nose for John Bull, 1813 | p. 251 |
Francis Scott Key, ôStar-Spangled Bannerö September 14, 1814 | p. 252 |
The Hartford Convention, 1814 | p. 253 |
The Battle of New Orleans | p. 256 |
Appendix | p. 259 |
The Declaration of Independence | p. 259 |
The Constitution of the United States | p. 263 |
The Bill of Rights | p. 274 |
Permissions and Sources | p. 277 |
Index | p. 289 |
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