The Early Beginnings of USA

The Early Beginnings of USA

The Beginnings of the American People, The Eve of the Revolution, The Declaration of Independence—A Study in the History of Political IdeasBy Carl Lotus Becker
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This meticulously edited collection is dedicated to the raw and at the same time visionary foundations on which present day United States stands on. Contents: The Beginnings of the American People The Discovery of the Old World and the New The Partition of the New World The English Migration in the Seventeenth Century England and her Colonies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries The American People in the Eighteenth Century The Winning of Independence The Eve of the Revolution A Patriot Of 1763 The Burden Of Empire The Rights Of A Nation Defining The Issue A Little Discreet Conduct Testing The Issue The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas Historical Antecedents of the Declaration: The Natural Rights Philosophy Historical Antecedents of the Declaration: Theory of the British Empire Drafting the Declaration The Literary Qualities of the Declaration The Philosophy of the Declaration in the Nineteenth Century

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GenreHistory, Politics and Government
Length21 hrs
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 12, 2019
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Early Beginnings of USA
27Chapter VI. The Winning of Independence
2The Riverside History of the United States: Editor's Introduction
28I
3Preface
29II
4Chapter I. The Discovery of the Old World and the New
30III
5I
31IV
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6II
32V
7III
33The Eve of the Revolution
8IV
34Preface
9Chapter II. The Partition of the New World
35Chapter I. A Patriot of 1763
10I
36Chapter II. The Burden of Empire
11II
37Chapter III. The Rights of a Nation
12III
38Chapter IV. Defining the Issue
13IV
39Chapter V. A Little Discreet Conduct
14Chapter III. The English Migration in the Seventeenth Century
40Chapter VI. Testing the Issue
15I
41The Declaration of Independence—A Study in the History of Political Ideas
16II
42Chapter I. The Declaration of Independence
17III
43Chapter II. Historical Antecedents of the Declaration: The Natural Rights Philosophy
18IV
44Chapter III. Historical Antecedents of the Declaration: Theory of the British Empire
19Chapter IV. England and Her Colonies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
45Chapter IV. Drafting the Declaration
20I
46THE ROUGH DRAFT (as it probably read when Jefferson first submitted it to Franklin.)1
21II
47THE ROUGH DRAFT as it probably read when Jefferson made the ‘fair copy’ which was presented to Congress as the report of the Committee of Five.
22III
48THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (as it reads in the Lee copy, which is probably the same as the report of the Committee of Five, with parts omitted by Congress crossed out and the parts added interlined in italics.)
23Chapter V. The American People in the Eighteenth Century
49THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (as it reads in the parchment copy.)
24I
50Chapter V. The Literary Qualities of the Declaration
25II
51Chapter VI. The Philosophy of the Declaration in the Nineteenth Century
26III

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