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"Now in its 4th edition, Revolutionary America explains the crucial events in the history of the United States between 1763 and 1815, when settlers in North America rebelled against British rule, won their independence in a long and bloody struggle, and created an enduring republic. Centering the narrative on the politics of the early republic, Revolutionary America presents a concise history of the War of Independence and lays a distinctive foundation for students and scholars of the early American republic. Francis D. Cogliano pays particular attention to the experiences of those who were excluded from the immediate benefits and rights secured by the creation of the American republic including women, Native Americans and Black Americans. This fourth edition contains fully revised chapters to incorporate the insights of the latest scholarship. It also includes: A new introduction that engages the 1619 vs. 1776 debate; An updated and revised bibliography to reflect the most recent literature; Consideration of the degree to which the Revolution transformed American society; Further discussion on the role of religion in the rise of the Revolution and the separation of church and state when discussing the constitution. This book is essential reading for undergraduate classes in American History and the history of the Revolutionary War"--

Introduction: three emperors -- "According to the judgment of a good man" -- "To compel the pyratical states to perpetual peace" -- "Mr. Jefferson is a decided Republican" -- The reign of the witches -- "Chastise their insolence" -- Empire of liberty -- "They expect the president to act" -- Conclusion: "ne plus ultra

"Cogliano and Phimister's outstanding collection of primary sources on the eras of the American Revolution and Early Republic will be a tremendous asset for students of American history. The sources they have included in this collection are not only important, but also, in many cases, quite unexpected-shedding new light on an important subject."ùRichard R. Beeman, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ireland and America: Empire and Revolution -- Part One: Ireland and America -- How the Local Can Be Global and the Global Local: Ireland, Irish Catholics, and European Overseas Empires, 1500-1900 -- The American Revolution and the Uses and Abuses of Ireland -- Empire and Resistance: Reflections on the American and Irish Revolutions -- The Path Not Taken: American Independence and the Irish Counterpoint -- Peasants, Soldiers, and Revolutionaries: Interpreting Irish Manpower in the Age of Revolutions -- Dominant Minorities: Irish and Jamaican White Protestants in the British Empire in the 1780s -- Part Two: Empire and Revolution -- An Empire of Tracts: Mapping Landscapes of Property in the British Atlantic World -- The Reformation in the Age of Jefferson -- The Ideology of Imperial Reform: Enlightened Absolutism and the American Colonies -- A Comparison of the Responses of the Loyal British Colonies to the American Revolution -- The Strange Afterlife of the Declaration of Independence: The State of Franklin, 1784-c. 1789 -- The Contract for America -- Becoming Co-Imperialists: Anglo-Americans and the First Opium War -- Epilogue: Imperial Peoples: America, Ireland, and the Making of the Modern World -- Contributors -- Index -- The Revolutionary Age.