Forced founders
Subtitle: Indians, debtors, slaves, and the making of the American Revolution in Virginia
By: Woody Holton.
Contributors: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Publisher: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press; Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780807847848; 9780807825013
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Gentry -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.; Social classes -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.; Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; Virginia -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Description: "In this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellions against their own rule."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
2000 Merle Curti Award in American Social History, Organization of American Historians.
2000 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : Grievances, 1763-1774.; title: Land speculators versus Indians and the Privy Council; title: Tobacco growers versus merchants and Parliament; title: Part two : Boycotts, 1769-1774.; title: Nonimportation; title: Nonexportation; title: Part three : Unintended consequences, 1775-1776.; title: Free Virginians versus slaves and Governor Dunmore; title: Gentlemen versus farmers; title: Part four : Independence, 1776.; title: Spirit of the people; title: Epilogue