42 pages 1 hour read

Bernard Bailyn

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

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Essay Topics

1.

Explain the American colonists’ most significant objection to the Stamp Act.

2.

Evaluate the declaration of John Adams in 1818: “The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people”

3.

Explain how the Revolutionary writers’ self-conception differed from the British government’s view of them.