This meticulously edited collection is dedicated to the raw and at the same time visionary foundations on which present day United States stands on.
Contents:
The Beginnings of the American People
The Discovery of the Old World and the New
The Partition of the New World
The English Migration in the Seventeenth Century
England and her Colonies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
The American People in the Eighteenth Century
The Winning of Independence
The Eve of the Revolution
A Patriot Of 1763
The Burden Of Empire
The Rights Of A Nation
Defining The Issue
A Little Discreet Conduct
Testing The Issue
The Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas
Historical Antecedents of the Declaration: The Natural Rights Philosophy
Historical Antecedents of the Declaration: Theory of the British Empire
Drafting the Declaration
The Literary Qualities of the Declaration
The Philosophy of the Declaration in the Nineteenth Century
