The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774-1781
by Merrill Jensen
University of Wisconsin Press, 1959 eISBN: 978-0-299-00203-9 | Paper: 978-0-299-00204-6 Library of Congress Classification KF4541.J4 1970 Dewey Decimal Classification 342.73
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“Here is a book which deals with clashes between economic and political factors in the American Revolution as realistically as if its author were dealing with a presidential election.”—Social Studies
“An admirable analysis. It presents, in succinct form, the results of a generation of study of this chapter of our history and summarizes fairly the conclusions of that study.”—Henry Steele Commager, New York Times Book Review
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Author's Foreword
Prefaces
THE REVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND
I
The Problem of Interpretation
II
The Internal Revolution
III
Independence and Internal Revolution, 1774–1776
THE WRITING AND RATIFICATION OF THE ARTICLES
IV
The Problem of Union
V
The Dickinson Draft of the Confederation
VI
The Solution of the Major Issues
VII
The Problem of Sovereignty
VIII
The Completion of the Articles
IX
Early Reaction and Ratification
X
Virginia and the Western Problem, 1778–1770
XI
Congress and the Western Problem: Land Speculation and the Spanish Alliance
XII
The Completion of the Confederation
XIII
Conclusions
APPENDIX
Progress of the Articles through Congress
The Dickinson Draft of the Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
Index
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The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution, 1774-1781
by Merrill Jensen
University of Wisconsin Press, 1959 eISBN: 978-0-299-00203-9 Paper: 978-0-299-00204-6
REVIEWS
“Here is a book which deals with clashes between economic and political factors in the American Revolution as realistically as if its author were dealing with a presidential election.”—Social Studies
“An admirable analysis. It presents, in succinct form, the results of a generation of study of this chapter of our history and summarizes fairly the conclusions of that study.”—Henry Steele Commager, New York Times Book Review
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Author's Foreword
Prefaces
THE REVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND
I
The Problem of Interpretation
II
The Internal Revolution
III
Independence and Internal Revolution, 1774–1776
THE WRITING AND RATIFICATION OF THE ARTICLES
IV
The Problem of Union
V
The Dickinson Draft of the Confederation
VI
The Solution of the Major Issues
VII
The Problem of Sovereignty
VIII
The Completion of the Articles
IX
Early Reaction and Ratification
X
Virginia and the Western Problem, 1778–1770
XI
Congress and the Western Problem: Land Speculation and the Spanish Alliance
XII
The Completion of the Confederation
XIII
Conclusions
APPENDIX
Progress of the Articles through Congress
The Dickinson Draft of the Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
Index
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