American Revolutions Taylor Alan University of Virginia Paperback
American Revolutions Taylor Alan University of Virginia Paperback The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the nation its…
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American Revolutions Taylor Alan University of Virginia Paperback
The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the nation its democratic framework. The American Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading Britain's colonies, fueled by local conditions and resistant to control. Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history.
When war erupted, Patriot crowds harassed Loyalists and nonpartisans into compliance with their cause. Emerging from the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, the revolution pivoted on western expansion as well as seaboard resistance to British taxes. The war exploded in set battles like Saratoga and Yorktown and spread through continuing frontier violence.The discord smoldering within the fragile new nation called forth a movement to concentrate power