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From the First Partition of Poland to Yorktown
byIt is generally taken for granted that France was ready to jump into the war between Britain and the rebelling North American colonies on…
Glorious Revolution
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How America Declared its Rights
byDuring the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth century the political philosophers of Europe were writing and discussing some new and radical ideas on…
Review: Two Revolutions and the Constitution
byBOOK REVIEW: Two Revolutions and the Constitution: How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution by James D. R. Philips (Lanham, MD: Hamilton…
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Massachusettensis and Novanglus: The Last Great Debate Prior to the American Revolution
byWhen John Adams returned to Massachusetts after the session of the First Continental Congress, he was surprised to find that there was growing opposition…
The Board of Trade and Plantations, 1688–1761
byThere were four bodies that directly influenced England’s relationship with her American colonies; they were the King (a body of one), the Privy Council…