The Founding of a Nation: A History of the American Revolution, 1763-1776

Merrill Jensen

Hackett Publishing, Mar 1, 2004 - History - 735 pages

A reprint of the 1968 Oxford University Press edition.

Contents

• THE FIRST CRISIS: 3
• America in 1763: 7
• British Politics Policies and America 17631765: 36
• The Economics and Politics of American Protest 17631764: 70
• The Revolt Against the Stamp Act: 98
• The Nullification of the Stamp Act: 126
• Repeal of the Stamp Act and Commercial Reform: 155
• THE WIDENING RIFT: 183
• The Aftermath of the Stamp Act in America: 186
• The Townshend Program: 215
• The Constitutional Protest Against the Townshend Program: 239
• Politicians Merchants Customs Officers and Nonimportation in the North 17671769: 265
• The British Army Boston Parliament and Nonimportation in the South: 288
• The Second British Retreat 17691770: 314
• The Climax of American Resistance 17691770: 334
• The Collapse of American Resistance 1770: 354
• THE FINAL BREAK: 373
• America South and West of New England: 377
• The Revival of Popular Powe1 in New England: 403
• Tea Tea Parties and the Intolerable Acts: 434
• The Creation of the First Continental Congress: 461
• The First Continental Congress: 483
• The Way of Politics: 508
• The Way of Force: 535
• The Beginnings of a Civil War: 568
• The American Dilemma: 602
• The Dream of Reconciliation and the Drive for Independence 17751776: 632
• The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America: 667
• Table of Symbols: 705
• Index: 709

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Founding of a Nation: A History of the American Revolution, 1763-1776
• Author: Merrill Jensen
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing, 2004
• ISBN: 0872207056, 9780872207059
• Length: 735 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)