Title: The creation of America
Description: Presents a realistic picture of a privileged elite who are dreaming of empires, who clone their own empire from the British. Shows that the colonists from the first intended to conquer American Indians. Some colonists bought African as slaves and rigidly ruled over them. Interprets the revolutionary rhetoric about liberty and virtue as war propaganda.
Subjects: Causes, History, Politics and government, United states, politics and government, 1775-1783, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, causes, New York Times reviewed
Places: United States
Time periods: 1775-1783, Revolution, 1775-1783