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Author Is An Alumnus Of Evanston Township High School, Class Of 1964. Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part One, Resistance And Revolution. I. Resistance Without Union, 1770-1774. The Fallow Years ; The Idea Of A Congress ; The Structure Of Politics -- Ii. The Creation Of A Mandate. The Calling Of A Congress ; Mobilizing Popular Opinion ; Expectations -- Iii. The First Continental Congress. The Problem Of Massachusetts ; The Association ; Rights And Grievances -- Iv. War And Politics, 1775-1776. A Mandate Renewed ; Policies Reconsidered ; The Prospect Of Independence -- V. Independence. The Decision For Independence. Lessons -- Vi. A Lengthening War. Diplomacy On Two Fronts ; Changing Concerns. Part Two, Confederation. Vii. Confederation Considered. ; Confederation: An Early Chronology ; Initial Conceptions ; The Dickinson Plan ; Congress Debates -- Viii. Confederation Drafted. Thomas Burke And The Problem Of Sovereignty ; Confederation Completed ; The Limits Of Constitutional Thought -- Ix. The Beginnings Of National Government. Precedents ; Problems ; Representation Without Taxation -- X. Ambition And Responsibility: An Essay On Revolutionary Politics. Part Three Crises. Xl. Faction

Author

Rakove, Jack N., 1947-

Publisher

New York: Knopf: distributed by Random House

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780394423708

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

4.1 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14