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Titre(s) : The Declaration of Independence in historical context [Texte imprimé] : american state papers, petitions, proclamations and letters of the delegates to the first national congresses / compiled, edited, and introduced by Barry Alan Shain
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) : Yale University Press, 2014
Description matérielle : xxx, 750 pages ; 27 cm
Comprend : Document chronology ; Introduction: Three Congresses, Anglo-American constitutionalism,
and British imperialism and monarchy : in search of a new/old approach to understanding
American Revolutionary-Era history ; Act I: The Stamp Act crisis, 1764-1766. New
York petitions opposing the Sugar, Currency, and Stamp Acts, October 18, 1764 ; A
Massachusetts protest against the Sugar Act, November 3, 1764 ; Virginia petitions
to the King and Parliament, December 18, 1764 ; Colonial resolves opposing the Stamp
Act, June-December 1765 ; Statements of the Stamp Act Congress, October 1765 ; Statements
of the Sons of Liberty, December 1765-March 1766 ; Benjamin Franklin defends the Colonies
before Parliament, February 1766 ; Parliament's immediate resolution of the imperial
crisis, March 1766 ; Act II: Response to the Coercive Acts, 1774. Massachusetts
opposition to the Declaratory Act and the Coercive Acts, September 1774 ; A design
for unifying the Colonies within the Empire, September 1774 ; Colonial boycotts of
British goods, September-October 1774 ; Congress defends itself to metropolitan Britons
and Continental Colonists, October 21, 1774 ; A statement of principles and complaints,
October 1774 ; Messages to other British Colonies, October 1774 ; Congress pleads
with George III, October 1774 ; Act III: The fighting begins, 1775. Congress justifies
itself to Canadian and American Colonists, May 1775 ; Political recommendations for
Massachusetts and religious recommendations for the Colonies, June 1775 ; Congress
plans for war, July 1775 ; Congress issues a final plea for peace, July 1775 ; Congress
appeals to Britons, July 8, 1775 ; Congress appeals to Native Americans, July 13,
1775 ; Congress appeals to the Irish, July 28, 1775 ; Congress rejects Parliament's
peace overtures, July 1775 ; Plans for new Colonial governments, November-December
1775 ; Congress responds to the King's charge of insurgency, December 1775 ;
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-718) and index
"Political science professor Barry Shain has collected 174 letters, papers, petitions,
and proclamations from the years directly preceding the creation of the Declaration
of Independence that challenge many of the dominant narratives that shape contemporary
understanding of this all-important document. Rather than arising from strong philosophical
convictions and a clearly perceived vision of the future, the Declaration, as these
writings demonstrate, was more the result of chance occurrences and practical considerations,
and reflective of a society less rebellion-minded and far more monarchically inclined
than most Americans today have been taught to believe"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Shain, Barry Alan (1950-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : États-Unis. Declaration of Independence (1776)
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1775-1783 -- Sources
États-Unis -- 1775-1783 (Révolution) -- Causes -- Sources
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300158748 (hardback). - ISBN 0300158742 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb442541777
Notice n° :
FRBNF44254177
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