The American RevolutionThis book traces the development of the United States from the 1760s to consolidation of the federal government during the 1790s. Its prime focus is on those internal processes that gave the American republic its distinctive character, though the Revolutionary War is also discussed. The book opens with a description of colonial America, and continues by examining the winning of independence. It then discusses two interwoven central themes. One is the establishment of republican governments and social developments within individual states. The second is the growth of national union from before the war to implementation of the federal constitution. |
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Page 27
... slavery expanded . On the eve of the Revolution , white settle- ment , staple crop agriculture and with them black slavery had extended well into the Piedmont in Virginia and South Carolina and to a lesser extent in North Carolina . Yet ...
... slavery expanded . On the eve of the Revolution , white settle- ment , staple crop agriculture and with them black slavery had extended well into the Piedmont in Virginia and South Carolina and to a lesser extent in North Carolina . Yet ...
Page 169
... slavery in its constitution when it organised itself in 1777 , but no other state took such a drastic step . The first state to abolish slavery by statute was Pennsylvania in 1780. Massa- chusetts took a more complicated path . One ...
... slavery in its constitution when it organised itself in 1777 , but no other state took such a drastic step . The first state to abolish slavery by statute was Pennsylvania in 1780. Massa- chusetts took a more complicated path . One ...
Page 170
... slavery would therefore decay of its own inutility , just as white indentured servitude had expired by the 1790s . This hope proved too optimistic . Instead slavery spread further into the Piedmont and the upper South exported surplus ...
... slavery would therefore decay of its own inutility , just as white indentured servitude had expired by the 1790s . This hope proved too optimistic . Instead slavery spread further into the Piedmont and the upper South exported surplus ...
Contents
Land Peoples and the Economy 22 | 12 |
Social Political and Intellectual Patterns | 31 |
The Coming of the Revolution | 56 |
Copyright | |
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