Author: William Clift

William Clift is currently pursuing a master’s degree at Florida State University. He holds his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He focuses on the early American Republic with an emphasis on the politics of slavery and the Missouri Controversy.

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The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding

Book Review: The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding, by Eric Nelson (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2014) The Royalist Revolution, by Eric Nelson, provides a fresh take on the American Revolution by examining motives behind the rebellion. The book explains that the war distinguishes itself from any other revolution, in that the colonists’ revolted against […]

by William Clift