The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil WarDavid Brion Davis, Steven Mintz Oxford University Press, 15.10.1998 - 608 Seiten Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles--The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do. Here is a panoramic look at early American history as captured in the words of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many other historical figures, both famous and obscure. In these pieces, the living voices of the past speak to us from opposing viewpoints--from the vantage point of loyalists as well as patriots, slaves as well as masters. The documents collected here provide a fuller understanding of such historical issues as Columbus's dealings with Native Americans, the Stamp Act Crisis, the Declaration of Independence, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Missouri Crisis, the Mexican War, and Harpers Ferry, to name but a few. Compiled by Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Brion Davis and Steven Mintz, and accompanied by extensive illustrations of original documents, The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the reader back in time, to meet the men and women who lived through the momentous events that shaped our nation. |
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... West Indies " 207 Edmund Pendleton , October 21 , 1782 The Articles of Confederation 208 48. " Twas high time the confederation was completed " 208 Edmund Pendleton , September 25 , 1780 PART 6. CREATING A NEW NATION 211 1. " The ...
... West Indies " 207 Edmund Pendleton , October 21 , 1782 The Articles of Confederation 208 48. " Twas high time the confederation was completed " 208 Edmund Pendleton , September 25 , 1780 PART 6. CREATING A NEW NATION 211 1. " The ...
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... West . A novel way to read the documents concerning the famous struggle over the nation- al debt and Alexander Hamilton's program for a strong economy that would balance agri- culture with manufacturing is to see Hamilton's economic ...
... West . A novel way to read the documents concerning the famous struggle over the nation- al debt and Alexander Hamilton's program for a strong economy that would balance agri- culture with manufacturing is to see Hamilton's economic ...
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... in 1819 ceding Florida and expanding U.S. claims to the Pacific . ' 7. West Florida , or the " Florida panhandle , " had been annexed in 1810 . The decline or disappearance of European power also opened the INTRODUCTION 17.
... in 1819 ceding Florida and expanding U.S. claims to the Pacific . ' 7. West Florida , or the " Florida panhandle , " had been annexed in 1810 . The decline or disappearance of European power also opened the INTRODUCTION 17.
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... west of the Mississippi . Even earli- er , thanks in part to the invention of the cotton gin and the explosive growth of the textile industry in Britain and New England , southern merchants and planters began marching hundreds of ...
... west of the Mississippi . Even earli- er , thanks in part to the invention of the cotton gin and the explosive growth of the textile industry in Britain and New England , southern merchants and planters began marching hundreds of ...
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... West Indies were quite disciplined , resulting in the loss of extremely few white lives . While these insurrections were brutally suppressed , the slaves did not alienate English public opinion . Turner's lack of any apparent plan or ...
... West Indies were quite disciplined , resulting in the loss of extremely few white lives . While these insurrections were brutally suppressed , the slaves did not alienate English public opinion . Turner's lack of any apparent plan or ...
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PART 2 EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO | 43 |
PART 3 A LAND OF CONTRASTS | 85 |
PART 4 THE SEVEN YEARS WAR | 123 |
PART 5 THE AGE OF REVOLUTION 17651825 | 139 |
PART 6 CREATING A NEW NATION | 211 |
PART 7 ANTEBELLUM AMERICA | 323 |
PART 8 CIVIL WAR | 501 |
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