A Companion to the American Revolution

A Companion to the American Revolution is a single guide to the themes, events, and concepts of this major turning point in early American history. Containing coverage before, during, and after the war, as well as the effect of the revolution on a global scale, this major reference to the period is ideal for any student, scholar, or general reader seeking a complete reference to the field.

• Contains 90 articles in all, including guides to further reading and a detailed chronological table.

• Explains all aspects of the revolution before, during, and after the war.

• Discusses the status and experiences of women, Native Americans, and African Americans, and aspects of social and daily life during this period.

• Describes the effects of the revolution abroad.

• Provides complete coverage of military history, including the home front.

• Concludes with a section on concepts to put the morality of early America in today's context.

Auteur
Jack P. Greene is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and the author and editor of many books and articles on early modern colonial British America and the American Revolution. Among his recent books are Imperatives, Behaviors, and Identities: Essays in Early American Cultural History (1992), Negotiated Authorities: Essays in Colonial Political and Constitutional History (1994), Understanding the American Revolution: Issues and Actors (1995), and Interpreting Early America: Historiographical Essays (1996).

J. R. Pole is Rhodes Professor Emeritus of American History and Institutions, St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. His books include Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic (1966), The Pursuit of Equality in American History (1978, second edition 1993), Paths to the American Past (1979), The Gift of Government: Political Responsibility from the English Restoration to American Independence (1983), and The American Constitution: For and Against (ed., 1987).

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• A Companion to the American Revolution is a single guide to the themes, events and concepts of this major turning point in early American history. Containing coverage before, during, and after the war, as well as the effect of the Revolution on a global scale, this major reference to the period is ideal for any student, scholar, or general reader seeking a complete reference to the field.

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List of maps and map acknowledgements x

List of contributors xi

Introduction xiii

PART I: CONTEXT 1

01 The structure of British politics in the mid-eighteenth century 3
W. A. Speck

02 Metropolitan administration of the colonies, 16961775 8
Ian K. Steele

03 Intra-imperial communications, 16891775 14
Richard R. Johnson

04 The changing socio-economic and strategic importance of the colonies to the empire 19
Alison G. Olson

05 The political development of the colonies after the Glorious Revolution 29
Alan Tully

06 Population and family in early America 39
Robert V. Wells

07 Socio-economic development of the colonies 51
Edwin J. Perkins

08 Religion before the Revolution 60
Edwin S. Gaustad

09 The cultural development of the colonies 65
Michal J. Rozbicki

10 The emergence of civic culture in the colonies to about 1770 82
David Shields

11 Ideological background 88
Isaac Kramnick

12 The Amerindian population in 1763 94
Eric Hinderaker

PART II: THEMES AND EVENTS, TO 1776 99

13 The origins of the new colonial policy, 17481763 101
Jack P. Greene

14 The Seven Years' War and its political legacy 112
Thomas L. Purvis

15 The Grenville program, 17631765 118
Peter D. G. Thomas

16 The Stamp Act crisis and its repercussions, including the Quartering Act controversy 123
Peter D. G. Thomas

17 The Townshend Acts crisis, 17671770 134
Robert J. Chaffin

18 The British Army in America, before 1775 151
Douglas Edward Leach

19 The West and the Amerindians, 17561776 157
Peter Marshall

20 Trade legislation and its enforcement, 17481776 165
R. C. Simmons

21 Ongoing disputes over the prerogative, 17631776 173
Jack P. Greene

22 Bishops and other ecclesiastical issues, to 1776 179
Frederick V. Mills, Sr.

23 Social protest and the revolutionary movement, 17651776 184
Edward Countryman

24 The tea crisis and its consequences, through 1775 195
David L. Ammerman

25 The crisis of Independence 206
David L. Ammerman

26 Development of a revolutionary organization, 17651775 216
David W. Conroy

27 Political mobilization, 17651776 222
Rebecca Starr

28 Identity and Independence 230
Jack P. Greene

29 Loyalism and neutrality 235
Robert M. Calhoon

30 Opposition in Britain 248
Colin Bonwick

31 Common Sense 254
Jack Fruchtman, Jr.

32 The Declaration of Independence 258
Ronald Hamowy

PART III: THEMES AND EVENTS, FROM 1776 263

33 Bills of rights and the first ten amendments to the Constitution 265
Robert A. Rutland

34 State constitution-making, through 1781 269
Donald S. Lutz

35 The Articles of Confederation, 17751783 281
Jack N. Rakove

36 The War for Independence, to Saratoga 287
Don Higginbotham

37 The War for Independence, after Saratoga 298
Don Higginbotham

38 The Continental Army 308
Holly A. Mayer

39 Militia, guerrilla warfare, tactics, and weaponry 314
Mark V. Kwasny

40 Naval operations during the War for Independence 320
Clark G. Reynolds ...