Title: The meaning of the American Revolution,
Authors: Lacy, Dan, 1914-2001.
Publisher: New American Library
Year: 1964
Subjects: United States History; United States History
Abstract: In-depth interpretation of Colonial problems during the 1760's, that precipitated crisis, and development of "the proposition that all men are created equal" which underlies the U.S. Constitution.
Contents: The eighteenth-century world -- The British empire in the mid-eighteenth century -- The American colonies in the mid-eighteenth century -- The end of isolation -- The colonial response -- End of empire -- Independence -- The War of Independence -- The creation of a new empire -- Liberty and equality -- The federal solution -- The meaning of the American Revolution -- Chronology.