Seven Virginians : the men who shaped our republic / John B. Boles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boles, John B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865.

Virginia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The culmination of a lifetime of erudition by one of America's leading historians, Seven Virginians is a narrative history and synthesis of the major scholarship on the period between 1750 and 1830 that examines the place of seven major Virginians before, during, and after the American Revolution: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, George Mason, Patrick Henry, and John Marshall. With refreshing candor regarding the problems of the Revolutionary generation, the author charts Virginia's central role in the nation's early years and the beginnings of the commonwealth's political decline in the early nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The First Rumblings

2. The Fateful Step

3. Winning Independence

4. Unresolved Problems

5. Creating a New Government

6. The Virginia Ratification Debate

7. Launching the New Nation

8. Political Fissures

9. Political Crisis

10. A Political Turning Point

11. Jefferson, Madison, and John Bull

12. Mr. Madison's War

13. A Maturing Nation

14. Institution Builders

15. Legacy Deferred and the End of a Dynasty

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Boles, John B. Seven Virginians

ISBN:

9780813949109