
152 Origins of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Professor Bailin's book The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution was published in 1967. It aimed to answer why the American Revolution took place and how Americans came by their ideas about constitutional and political struggle that they were witnessing. Professor Bailin: We know an enormous amount, so much so that we can see the revolution in its full context as we never did before.
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