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Patriots, loyalists, and revolution in New York City, 1775-1776 / Bill Offutt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Offutt, William M. (William McEnery), 1956-
- Series:
- Reacting to the past.
- Reacting to the past
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Book Committee.
- History.
- Social aspects.
- American loyalists.
- Revolutionaries.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Study and teaching--Activity programs.
- New York (N.Y.).
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Study and teaching--Activity programs.
- United States.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Revolutionaries--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- American loyalists--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 196 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
- Summary:
- In this Reacting to the Past game, the classroom is transformed into New York City in 1775, where Patriot and Loyalist forces fight for advantage among a divided populace. Confronted with issues like bribery, the loss of privacy, and collapsing economic opportunity along with ideological concerns like natural rights, the philosophical foundations of government, and differing definitions of tyranny, students witness how discontent can lead to outright revolt.
- Contents:
- Historical background. Chronology
- Crisis in the Colonies, 1763-1775
- Social discontent, the fertile soil of the revolutionary crisis
- The economic crisis facing the colonies
- Political ideologies in the revolutionary crisis
- New York, spring 1775
- The game. Major issues for debate
- Rules and procedures
- Victory objectives : outline of game sessions
- Roles and factions. The provincial congress
- The crowd
- Core texts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194).
- ISBN:
- 9780393938890
- 0393938891
- OCLC:
- 900158170
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