Author: William HeathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Heath Papers
Author: William HeathPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Alexander Hamilton's Famous Report on Manufactures
Author: United States. Department of the TreasuryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The New Map of Empire
Author: S. Max EdelsonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674978994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
After the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763, British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Florida Keys, from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River, and across new islands in the West Indies. To better rule these vast dominions, Britain set out to map its new territories with unprecedented rigor and precision. Max Edelson’s The New Map of Empire pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain’s imperial ambitions in the generation before the American Revolution. Under orders from King George III to reform the colonies, the Board of Trade dispatched surveyors to map far-flung frontiers, chart coastlines in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, sound Florida’s rivers, parcel tropical islands into plantation tracts, and mark boundaries with indigenous nations across the continental interior. Scaled to military standards of resolution, the maps they produced sought to capture the essential attributes of colonial spaces—their natural capacities for agriculture, navigation, and commerce—and give British officials the knowledge they needed to take command over colonization from across the Atlantic. Britain’s vision of imperial control threatened to displace colonists as meaningful agents of empire and diminished what they viewed as their greatest historical accomplishment: settling the New World. As London’s mapmakers published these images of order in breathtaking American atlases, Continental and British forces were already engaged in a violent contest over who would control the real spaces they represented. Accompanying Edelson’s innovative spatial history of British America are online visualizations of more than 250 original maps, plans, and charts.
The Younger Pitt: The years of acclaim
Author: John EhrmanPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Catalog of Manuscripts of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States
Author: Alexander HamiltonThe Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
Author: William Cooper NellPublisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781298490308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
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A Patriot's History of the United States
Author: Larry SchweikartPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101217782
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1373
Book Description
For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.” As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. A Patriot’s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true and proud history.
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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American Minute
Author: William J. FedererPublisher: Amerisearch, Inc.
ISBN: 9780965355780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This is an interesting and inspiring collection of history vignettes, one for each day of the year. Well-known national holidays and achievements are recalled in detail as well as facts of courage, sacrifice, and captivating American trivia.