Author: Joseph MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Letters from Joseph Martin to Patrick Henry
Author: Joseph MartinWritings on American History
Author: Patrick Henry
Author: John RagostaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317691326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Often referred to as "the voice of the Revolution," Patrick Henry played a vital role in helping to launch the revolt of the American colonies against British rule. An early and compelling Revolutionary orator, Henry played an active part in the debates over the founding of the United States. As a leading anti-federalist, he argued against the ratification of the Constitution, and at the state level, he opposed Thomas Jefferson’s Statute of Religious Freedom in Virginia. In both his political triumphs and defeats, Henry was influential in establishing the nature of public discourse for a generation of new Americans. In this concise biography, John A. Ragosta explores Henry’s life and his contributions to shaping the character of the new nation, placing his ideas in the context of his times. Supported by primary documents and a supplementary companion website, Patrick Henry: Proclaiming a Revolution gives students of the American Revolution and early Republic an insightful and balanced understanding of this often misunderstood American founder.
Publications of the Southern History Association
Author: Southern History AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Includes reports of the annual meetings.
Writings on American History, 1902
Author: Ernest Cushing RichardsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Patrick Henry
Author: Thomas S. KiddPublisher:
ISBN: 046500928X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Historian Thomas S. Kidd shows how the fiery Patrick Henry cherished a vision of America as a virtuous republic with a clearly circumscribed central government. These ideals brought him into bitter conflict with other Founders and were crystallized in his vociferous opposition to the U.S. Constitution.
The South in the New Nation, 1789–1819
Author: Thomas P. AbernethyPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807100042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The first thirty years under the Federal Constitution encompass the most obscure period of Southern history. Thomas P. Abernethy brings this turbulent era into full focus for the first time in this book, Volume IV of A History of the South. With Spain in possession of Florida and Louisiana, claiming and partially occupying everything west of the Alleghenies and south of the Tennessee River, and with England and France attempting to exploit Spain's weakness to strengthen their own positions in the New World, the Southern frontier was beset by active or potential enemies during most of the three decades under consideration. Thus the protection of our Southern and Western borders is one of the main themes of this volume.The South, of course, was not all frontier country, and the history of the well-established civilization of the South Atlantic states has not been neglected. Among the significant political and social developments which the author has reviewed at length are the transition form Washingtonian Federalism to Jeffersonian Republicanism; the unprecedented vast speculation in Western lands and their political repercussions; the separatist intrigues in the early West; such episodes of the Jefferson administration as the Louisiana Purchase, the Burr Conspiracy and the Embargo; and the events leading up to the War of 1812 and the Southern phase of the conflict.The product of many years of sustained effort on the part of a major Southern historian, The South in the New Nation adds significantly to our knowledge of American history.
Bulletin of the Virginia State Library
Author: Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789: October 1, 1783-October 31, 1784
Author: Circulars
Author: Johns Hopkins UniversityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
Book Description