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The freedoms we lost : consent and resistance in revolutionary America
Examines the freedoms enjoyed by colonial American followers of the British king in the years prior to the American Revolution.
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Beyond the “Economic”
Staughton Lynd and David Waldstreicher attempt to cut across old divisions in the historiography of the American Revolution between whigs and progressives (or neo-whigs and neo-progressives) to argue that the Revolution was a colonial independence movement and the reasons for it were fundamentally economic. Robert G. Parkinson, Jack Rakove, Barbara Clark Smith, and Michael A. McDonnell respond to the essay; the Forum concludes with Lynd and Waldstreicher’s reply.
Journal Article
Food Rioters and the American Revolution
During the American Revolution, there were more than 30 occasions of men and women gathering in crowds to confront merchants who were hoarding food. The reasoning behind these riots is discussed.
Journal Article
To American revolutionaries, patriotism meant fair dealing with one another
[...]the Continental Association forbade dealers from raising prices on English goods as they became scarce. From Dec. 1, 1774, the new rules of trade created a public panorama of economic and political actions in marketplaces, on seaport wharves and in meetings held in courthouses, meeting houses and taverns. Colonial readers learned such things as these: A public meeting in Gloucester County, Pennsylvania, called for enforcing the association as if it were “enacted into law.”
Newspaper Article
Becoming Americans: Our Struggle to Be Both Free and Equal
\"Becoming Americans: Our Struggle to Be Both Free and Equal\" edited by Cary Carson is reviewed.
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