152 Origins of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
Ben Franklin's World
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Introduction
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution was first published in 1967 and is now available in a 50th anniversary edition. Bernard Bailin, professor emeritus of history at Harvard, reveals how people understood the causes of the American revolution prior to 1967. He believes colonial Americans' ideas about governance and the powers governments should exercise cause the American Revolution. The logic that drove Americans to rebel against and seek their independence from Great Britain.
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