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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... duty for one year " 148 Benjamin Franklin , “ The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin , ” 1766 The Townshend Acts 151 4. " Taxes ... are imposed upon the People , without their consent " 151 John Hancock and four other Boston ...
... duty for one year " 148 Benjamin Franklin , “ The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin , ” 1766 The Townshend Acts 151 4. " Taxes ... are imposed upon the People , without their consent " 151 John Hancock and four other Boston ...
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... duty , by reason of their being barefoot and otherwise naked " 198 George Washington , December 29 , 1777 40. " The benevolent overtures of Great - Britain towards a re - union and coalition with her colonies " 199 Sir Henry Clinton ...
... duty , by reason of their being barefoot and otherwise naked " 198 George Washington , December 29 , 1777 40. " The benevolent overtures of Great - Britain towards a re - union and coalition with her colonies " 199 Sir Henry Clinton ...
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... October 1 , 1785 Relations with Britain 223 8. “ I have done nothing in the late contest , but what I thought myself ... bound to do by ... Duty " 223 John Adams , June 2 , 1785 9. " That nation hates us " 224 Thomas Jefferson CONTENTS ...
... October 1 , 1785 Relations with Britain 223 8. “ I have done nothing in the late contest , but what I thought myself ... bound to do by ... Duty " 223 John Adams , June 2 , 1785 9. " That nation hates us " 224 Thomas Jefferson CONTENTS ...
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... duty of getting possession of the Forts now held within our limits " 498 Jefferson Davis , February 22 , 1861 PART 8. CIVIL WAR 501 1. " Terrible News ! " 503 Marietta ( Ohio ) Home News Extra , April 13 , 1861 2. " Invasion of our soil ...
... duty of getting possession of the Forts now held within our limits " 498 Jefferson Davis , February 22 , 1861 PART 8. CIVIL WAR 501 1. " Terrible News ! " 503 Marietta ( Ohio ) Home News Extra , April 13 , 1861 2. " Invasion of our soil ...
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... duty , far from declining as the Revolutionary generation passed away , took on added power with the approach of the Civil War . Each section claimed to be the legitimate and faithful Revolutionary heir . An early act of this drama can ...
... duty , far from declining as the Revolutionary generation passed away , took on added power with the approach of the Civil War . Each section claimed to be the legitimate and faithful Revolutionary heir . An early act of this drama can ...
Inhalt
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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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