Rebels and democrats
Subtitle: the struggle for equal political rights and majority rule during the American Revolution
By: by Elisha P. Douglass
Series: Quadrangle paperbacks; Quadrangle paperbacks
Publisher: Quadrangle Books
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Copyright date: 1955
Subjects: State governments; Politics and government; Gouvernements d'États fédérés; Politique et gouvernement; POLITICA Y GOBIERNO, 1775-1783
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: Conservatism and radicalism in the Revolution; title: The conflict of ideologies; title: The transition from colonies to conservative commonwealths : South Carolina; title: The conservative transition : Maryland; title: The conservative transition : New York; title: Protest and rebellion in North Carolina, 1765-1771; title: Democratic forces in the revolutionary movement of North Carolina; title: The North Carolina constitution of 1776; title: Revolution aned internal conflict in Massachusetts, 1774-1776; title: The search for a principle of authority : the general court; title: The search concluded : the Constitutional Convention; title: The attempts to transform Pennsylvania into a royal colony; title: The rise of the Whig party in Pennsylvania; title: The creation of a Democratic Party, 1776; title: Thomas Jefferson and revolutionary democracy; title: Democracy and liberalism in the Revolution; title: Note on constitutional struggles in New Hampshire, 1776-1783; title: Note of a democratic revolution in Georgia, 1775-1777.