Colonial Period (1600-1775) 6

"A wise, humane and beautifully written book." ーBret Stephens, Wall Street Journal From the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin comes this remarkable work that will help redefine our notion of……続きを見る

"A fascinating study not only of the work of the 18th-century American artisan but of his place in pre-Revolutionary society." ー The New Yorker In colonial America, craftsmen comprised the largest ……続きを見る

At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or……続きを見る

On the eve of the Revolution, the Carolina lowcountry was the wealthiest and unhealthiest region in British North America. Slavery, Disease, and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry argues that the ……続きを見る

* Contains thousands of pages of Hamiltons writings, including classic American documents such as the Federalist Papers, the Constitution, and the Articles of Confederation. *Includes all of Hamilto……続きを見る

In 1782, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur wrote, “What then, is the American, this new man? He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new……続きを見る

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 March 22, 1758) was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosop……続きを見る

Excerpt ...The 1232 persons living in Virginia, January, 1625, dwelt at twenty-five locations. Several of these were large plantations, such as Peirsey's Hundred, Mr. Treasurer's (George Sandys'), M……続きを見る

New Netherland was the 17th-century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the East Coast of North America. The claimed territories were the lands from the Delmarva Pe……続きを見る

The sermon as crafted by the early New England preachers was the most prominent literary form of its day, yet the earliest Puritan texts have as a rule been available only in rare-book collections. ……続きを見る

Four journeys by early Americans Mary Rowlandson, Sarah Kemble Knight, William Byrd II, and Dr. Alexander Hamilton recount the vivid physical and psychological challenges of colonial life. Essential……続きを見る

A portrait of the priest and colonialist who is one of the most important figures in California's history In the 1770s, just as Britain's American subjects were freeing themselves from the burdens o……続きを見る

Excerpt For a long time the Indians had been disaffected, but no one was energetic enough among them to combine them in taking measures for their rights. Every time they had petitioned the Legislatu……続きを見る

Florida's Old King's Road ran from Georgia south of Jacksonville (the called Cow Ford), to St. Augustine, thru what is now Flagler County Florida and ended in New Symrna on Florida's Atlantic Coast.……続きを見る

In the late-seventeenth century, Quakers originated a unique strain of constitutionalism, based on their theology and ecclesiology, which emphasized constitutional perpetuity and radical change thro……続きを見る

THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. COMPILED FROM FAMILY LETTERS AND REMINISCENCES, BY HIS GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, SARAH N. RANDOLPH. PREFACE. I do not in this volume write of Jefferson either as of……続きを見る

Mortal Remains introduces new methods of analyzing death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to 1860, untangling its influence on other forms of cultural expression, from reli……続きを見る

Unfortunately, one of the best known aspects of Alexander Hamiltons (1755-1804) life is the manner in which he died, being shot and killed in a famous duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. But Hamilton beca……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS I. Upon the Tavern as an Institution II. The Earlier Ordinaries III. In Revolutionary Times IV. Signboard Hu……続きを見る

The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors’ behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too muc……続きを見る

African slaves, if taken together, were the largest single group of non-English-speaking migrants to enter the North American colonies in the pre-Revolutionary era. . . . And yet . . . most American……続きを見る

One of the most famous revolutions in history, the American Revolution (1775-1783) was the political upheaval in which 13 distinct colonies in North America banded together to cast off British rule,……続きを見る

REA’s Interactive Flashcard books represent a novel approach which combines the merits of flash cards with the ease of using a book. One side of each page includes questions to be answered, with spa……続きを見る

Historians often rely on a handful of unusual cases to illustrate the absence of free speech in the coloniesーsuch as that of Richard Barnes, who had his arms broken and a hole bored through his ton……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming brings his extraordinary biographical talents to bear upon Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the least understood of America's revolutionary giants. For ……続きを見る

This file includes: Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV, The Discovery of the Great West, Half-Century of Conflict, The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century, Montcalm and W……続きを見る

Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the single best book written in recent years on the sweep of American political history," this groundbreaking work divides our nation's history into thre……続きを見る

This short piece describes the city and life in the city during the evacuation and occupations of the American Revolution.続きを見る

An illuminating portrait of the nation's earliestーand most passionateーadvocate for the total separation of church and state. A classic of its kind, Edmund S. Morgan's Roger Williams skillfully dep……続きを見る