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Events that changed America in the eighteenth century / edited by John E. Findling & Frank W. Thackeray.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Greenwood Press "Events that changed America" series.
- The Greenwood Press "Events that changed America" series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States--History--1783-1815.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This one-stop source offers students descriptions and analyses of 10 key events that affected 18th-century American history. It is designed to help students better understand these important historical events. Included are Jefferson's ""Revolution of 1800"", the Stamp Act, and the XYZ Affair.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Great Awakening c 1730's 1760; 2 The Era of Salutary Neglect c 1720's 1750; 3 The French and Indian War 1754 1763; 4 The Stamp Act 1765; 5 The Boston Tea Party 1773; 6 The Declaration of Independence, 1776; 7 The American Revolution 1775 1783; 8 The Constitutional Convention 1787; 9 The XYZ Affair 1798 1800; 10 The Revolution of 1800; Appendix A Glossary; Appendix B Timeline; Appendix C Population of Colonies and Selected Colonial Towns; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400648281
- 9786610869053
- 9781280869051
- 1280869054
- 9780313007873
- 031300787X
- OCLC:
- 55377115
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