The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil WarDavid Brion Davis, Steven Mintz Oxford University Press, 1998 M10 15 - 608 páginas Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles--The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do. Here is a panoramic look at early American history as captured in the words of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many other historical figures, both famous and obscure. In these pieces, the living voices of the past speak to us from opposing viewpoints--from the vantage point of loyalists as well as patriots, slaves as well as masters. The documents collected here provide a fuller understanding of such historical issues as Columbus's dealings with Native Americans, the Stamp Act Crisis, the Declaration of Independence, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Missouri Crisis, the Mexican War, and Harpers Ferry, to name but a few. Compiled by Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Brion Davis and Steven Mintz, and accompanied by extensive illustrations of original documents, The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the reader back in time, to meet the men and women who lived through the momentous events that shaped our nation. |
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... votes in toto ! " 279 George Washington , July 21 , 1799 54. " If Jefferson and Burr come with equal votes ... the former ought to be preferred " 281 Alexander Hamilton , December 23 , 1800 55. " The votes are even between Jefferson ...
... votes in toto ! " 279 George Washington , July 21 , 1799 54. " If Jefferson and Burr come with equal votes ... the former ought to be preferred " 281 Alexander Hamilton , December 23 , 1800 55. " The votes are even between Jefferson ...
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... voting to men of considerable property , distracted atten- tion from the denial of suffrage to women and from the fact that the gap between rich and poor in America was rapidly widening ; moreover , as John C. Calhoun candidly admit ...
... voting to men of considerable property , distracted atten- tion from the denial of suffrage to women and from the fact that the gap between rich and poor in America was rapidly widening ; moreover , as John C. Calhoun candidly admit ...
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... vote for Jefferson : " Mr. Jefferson , though too revolutionary in his notions , is yet a lover of liberty and will be desirous of something like orderly Government - Mr . Burr loves nothing but himself — Thinks of nothing but his own ...
... vote for Jefferson : " Mr. Jefferson , though too revolutionary in his notions , is yet a lover of liberty and will be desirous of something like orderly Government - Mr . Burr loves nothing but himself — Thinks of nothing but his own ...
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... vote of 231 to 1 ! ) . In 1817 many New Englanders felt guilty over the " treasonous " moves toward secession some ... votes . Yet no document better expresses the nationalist view of the Union than Jackson's proclamation of December 10 ...
... vote of 231 to 1 ! ) . In 1817 many New Englanders felt guilty over the " treasonous " moves toward secession some ... votes . Yet no document better expresses the nationalist view of the Union than Jackson's proclamation of December 10 ...
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... vote of 3,277 to 93 , John Quincy Adams and many other northern lead- ers were adamant against adding more slave states and thus increasing southern domi- nance , or what was becoming known as " the Slave Power . " As one northern ...
... vote of 3,277 to 93 , John Quincy Adams and many other northern lead- ers were adamant against adding more slave states and thus increasing southern domi- nance , or what was becoming known as " the Slave Power . " As one northern ...
Contenido
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PART 2 EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO | 43 |
PART 3 A LAND OF CONTRASTS | 85 |
PART 4 THE SEVEN YEARS WAR | 123 |
PART 5 THE AGE OF REVOLUTION 17651825 | 139 |
PART 6 CREATING A NEW NATION | 211 |
PART 7 ANTEBELLUM AMERICA | 323 |
PART 8 CIVIL WAR | 501 |
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