The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.

Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution

History

MORGAN, Edmund S.

Morgan, Helen M.

Americas

Univ of North Carolina Pr

The Puritans came to New England not merely to save their souls but to establish a "visible" kingdom of God, a society where outward conduct would be according to God's laws. This book discusses the desire of the Puritans to be socially virtuous and their wish to force social virtue upon others.

The Puritan Family: Religion and Domestic Relations in Seventeenth-Century New England

Harper Row Publishers

A history of the United States with an emphasis on public policy. Includes maps, photos, charts, and suggestions for further reading.

The National Experience: A History of the United States

Stampp, Kenneth M.

McFeely, William S.

Blum, John M.

Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur M.

Wadsworth Publishing

The National experience: A history of the United States

John M.

Rose, Willie Lee

Schlesinger

Arthur M. Jr. Et.al. Blum, John M.

Morgan Willie Lee

Schlesinger Arthur M. Jr. Et.al. Blum

Harcourt, Brace. Jovanovich

The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 (The Chicago History of American Civilization)

In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome colonies were transformed into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's classic account of the Revolutionary period shows how the challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom and eventually led to the Revolution. Morgan demonstrates that these principles were not abstract doctrines of political theory but grew instead out of the immediate needs and experiences of the colonists. They were held with passionate conviction, and incorporated, finally, into the constitutions of the new American states and of the United States. Though the basic theme of the book and his assessment of what the Revolution achieved remain the same, Morgan has updated the revised edition of The Birth of the Republic (1977) to include some textual and stylistic changes as well as a substantial revision of the Bibliographic Note.

University of Chicago Press

From the back:In 1765 John Dickinson of Philadelphia thought that American independence from Great Britain would bring a "multitude of Commonwealths, Crimes and Calamities. Centuries of Mutual Jealousies, Hatreds, Wars of Depression" 24 years later he saw the US adopt its present constitution which he had helped draft,Here are the events of that remarkable quarter-century which transformed 13 quarrelsome colonies into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's account of the Revolutionary period shows how the challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom." by 0226537595

The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 (Chicago History of American Civilization)

In The Birth of the Republic, 1763–89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and eventually led to the Revolution. By demonstrating that the founding fathers’ political philosophy was not grounded in theory, but rather grew out of their own immediate needs, Morgan paints a vivid portrait of how the founders’ own experiences shaped their passionate convictions, and these in turn were incorporated into the Constitution and other governmental documents. The Birth of the Republic is the classic account of the beginnings of the American government, and in this fourth edition the original text is supplemented with a new foreword by Joseph J. Ellis and a historiographic essay by Rosemarie Zagarri.

The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, Fourth Edition (The Chicago History of American Civilization)

Draws on Franklin's extensive writings to provide a portrait of the statesman, inventor, and Founding Father.

Benjamin Franklin

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Yale University Press

In 1630, along with hundreds of other settlers, John Winthrop left England for the New World. Because of his ardent Puritan beliefs and natural talent for government and politics, he was appointed governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. He became the foremost political leader in the colony for nearly 20 years, including twelve nonconsecutive terms as governor. When Winthrop and these new settlers arrived in the New World, they were aiming to create their own utopia, but they encountered difficulty and dissent. 
In The Puritan Dilemma: John Winthrop, biographer Edmund Morgan helps us understand the motivations behind Puritan migration to America and the ideological and political difficulties they faced once they arrived. What does freedom mean? What is the proper role of the individual in society? Alongside the unfolding drama of a developing country, Morgan explores the life of John Winthrop and the core question of what level of responsibility people owe to their community and society.

The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop

Scott, Foresman Co.

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