Matthew L. Harris and Thomas S. Kidd
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195326499
- eISBN:
- 9780199918188
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326499.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter presents documents on the religious views of the following: Thomas Jefferson, 1787, 1803; John Adams, 1810, 1813; Benjamin Franklin, 1771, 1790; Thomas Paine, 1776; Patrick Henry, 1796; ...
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This chapter presents documents on the religious views of the following: Thomas Jefferson, 1787, 1803; John Adams, 1810, 1813; Benjamin Franklin, 1771, 1790; Thomas Paine, 1776; Patrick Henry, 1796; Samuel Adams, 1780, 1802; Roger Sherman, 1789; William Livingston, 1786; and Elias Boudinot, 1815.Less
This chapter presents documents on the religious views of the following: Thomas Jefferson, 1787, 1803; John Adams, 1810, 1813; Benjamin Franklin, 1771, 1790; Thomas Paine, 1776; Patrick Henry, 1796; Samuel Adams, 1780, 1802; Roger Sherman, 1789; William Livingston, 1786; and Elias Boudinot, 1815.
William B. Warner
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780226061375
- eISBN:
- 9780226061405
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226061405.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
This chapter describes two innovations: the town of Boston’s institution, on November 2, 1772, of a standing committee of correspondence and that committee’s development of a new genre of political ...
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This chapter describes two innovations: the town of Boston’s institution, on November 2, 1772, of a standing committee of correspondence and that committee’s development of a new genre of political communication, the popular declaration. The chapter considers the Boston declaration in several different ways: 1) as replacing the traditional petition to authority, which was addressed upward with humility to a person or institution of authority, with the public declaration, which was addressed outward to the towns of Massachusetts and “the world”; 2) as articulating a neo-Roman theory of liberty (Quentin Skinner); and finally, 3) as a text that serves as political pamphlet, as script for oral performance, and as a letter that invites the towns of Massachusetts into correspondence with the Boston committee. This chapter makes the case that the distinctive communication dynamic set going by the committee’s publication marks the beginning of the American Revolution.Less
This chapter describes two innovations: the town of Boston’s institution, on November 2, 1772, of a standing committee of correspondence and that committee’s development of a new genre of political communication, the popular declaration. The chapter considers the Boston declaration in several different ways: 1) as replacing the traditional petition to authority, which was addressed upward with humility to a person or institution of authority, with the public declaration, which was addressed outward to the towns of Massachusetts and “the world”; 2) as articulating a neo-Roman theory of liberty (Quentin Skinner); and finally, 3) as a text that serves as political pamphlet, as script for oral performance, and as a letter that invites the towns of Massachusetts into correspondence with the Boston committee. This chapter makes the case that the distinctive communication dynamic set going by the committee’s publication marks the beginning of the American Revolution.
Karen Green (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- October 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190934453
- eISBN:
- 9780190934491
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190934453.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
This edition offers 217 letters to and from Catharine Macaulay’s correspondents. Each correspondent is given a brief biographical introduction, including a short account of Macaulay’s relationship ...
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This edition offers 217 letters to and from Catharine Macaulay’s correspondents. Each correspondent is given a brief biographical introduction, including a short account of Macaulay’s relationship with the correspondent, and the historical circumstances of the epistolary exchange. The letters provide a unique snapshot of the personal relationships and wider friendships of a woman who was at the center of radical London society during the second half of the eighteenth century. Her correspondents extend from London to America and France and reveal how, for a period of nearly thirty years, Macaulay was recognized as one of the foremost advocates of the universal rights of mankind and as an irrepressible voice defending the political liberties that the American and French revolutions attempted to secure.Less
This edition offers 217 letters to and from Catharine Macaulay’s correspondents. Each correspondent is given a brief biographical introduction, including a short account of Macaulay’s relationship with the correspondent, and the historical circumstances of the epistolary exchange. The letters provide a unique snapshot of the personal relationships and wider friendships of a woman who was at the center of radical London society during the second half of the eighteenth century. Her correspondents extend from London to America and France and reveal how, for a period of nearly thirty years, Macaulay was recognized as one of the foremost advocates of the universal rights of mankind and as an irrepressible voice defending the political liberties that the American and French revolutions attempted to secure.
William B. Warner
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780226061375
- eISBN:
- 9780226061405
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226061405.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
This book offers an account of how, in the midst of a chronic political crisis, American Whigs seized the political initiative through a set of interrelated innovations in communication. To ...
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This book offers an account of how, in the midst of a chronic political crisis, American Whigs seized the political initiative through a set of interrelated innovations in communication. To understand the power of these innovations, this book zooms into moments of political crisis in British America where events could have gone either way: the day after the Boston Massacre; the late December days that culminated in the destruction of the tea in Boston harbour; and the days of late May 1774 when the Virginia committee of correspondence responded to Parliament’s punitive bill closing Boston harbour. In the last of these crises, American Whigs gained leverage from their earlier invention of the standing committee of correspondence and the popular declaration, and their deployment of both to develop an intercolonial network of American Whigs. This Whig network could only emerge because of the character of two media institutions that had developed over the previous century: the postal system and the weekly newspaper. By being open, public, and free (of government control), the newspapers and the postal system served as robust supports for political communication. At the heart of revolutionary communication were certain generally observed protocols—of legal procedure, corporate action, public access, general address, and virtuous initiative—which this book traces through the full arc of the political crisis: from the Boston town meeting’s appointment of a Boston committee of correspondence to compose a pamphlet stating their rights and grievances to the Continental Congress’ drafting and publication of the Declaration of 1776.Less
This book offers an account of how, in the midst of a chronic political crisis, American Whigs seized the political initiative through a set of interrelated innovations in communication. To understand the power of these innovations, this book zooms into moments of political crisis in British America where events could have gone either way: the day after the Boston Massacre; the late December days that culminated in the destruction of the tea in Boston harbour; and the days of late May 1774 when the Virginia committee of correspondence responded to Parliament’s punitive bill closing Boston harbour. In the last of these crises, American Whigs gained leverage from their earlier invention of the standing committee of correspondence and the popular declaration, and their deployment of both to develop an intercolonial network of American Whigs. This Whig network could only emerge because of the character of two media institutions that had developed over the previous century: the postal system and the weekly newspaper. By being open, public, and free (of government control), the newspapers and the postal system served as robust supports for political communication. At the heart of revolutionary communication were certain generally observed protocols—of legal procedure, corporate action, public access, general address, and virtuous initiative—which this book traces through the full arc of the political crisis: from the Boston town meeting’s appointment of a Boston committee of correspondence to compose a pamphlet stating their rights and grievances to the Continental Congress’ drafting and publication of the Declaration of 1776.
Richard Archer
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199895779
- eISBN:
- 9780190254551
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199895779.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
In the dramatic period leading to the American Revolution, no event did more to foment patriotic sentiment among colonists than the armed occupation of Boston by British soldiers. This book presents ...
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In the dramatic period leading to the American Revolution, no event did more to foment patriotic sentiment among colonists than the armed occupation of Boston by British soldiers. This book presents a narrative of those critical months between October 1, 1768 and the winter of 1770 when Boston was an occupied town. The book moves between the governor's mansion and cobble-stoned back-alleys as it traces the origins of the colonists' conflict with Britain. The book reveals the maneuvering of colonial political leaders such as Governor Francis Bernard, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, and James Otis Jr. as they responded to London's new policies, and it evokes the outrage many Bostonians felt toward Parliament and its local representatives. The text also captures the popular mobilization under the leadership of John Hancock and Samuel Adams that met the oppressive imperial measures—most notably the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act—with demonstrations, Liberty Trees, violence, and non-importation agreements. When the British government responded with the decision to garrison Boston with troops, it was a deeply felt affront to the local population. Almost immediately, tempers flared and violent conflicts broke out. The book's narrative culminates in the swirling tragedy of the Boston Massacre and its aftermath, including the trial of the British troops involved—and sets the stage for what was to follow.Less
In the dramatic period leading to the American Revolution, no event did more to foment patriotic sentiment among colonists than the armed occupation of Boston by British soldiers. This book presents a narrative of those critical months between October 1, 1768 and the winter of 1770 when Boston was an occupied town. The book moves between the governor's mansion and cobble-stoned back-alleys as it traces the origins of the colonists' conflict with Britain. The book reveals the maneuvering of colonial political leaders such as Governor Francis Bernard, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, and James Otis Jr. as they responded to London's new policies, and it evokes the outrage many Bostonians felt toward Parliament and its local representatives. The text also captures the popular mobilization under the leadership of John Hancock and Samuel Adams that met the oppressive imperial measures—most notably the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act—with demonstrations, Liberty Trees, violence, and non-importation agreements. When the British government responded with the decision to garrison Boston with troops, it was a deeply felt affront to the local population. Almost immediately, tempers flared and violent conflicts broke out. The book's narrative culminates in the swirling tragedy of the Boston Massacre and its aftermath, including the trial of the British troops involved—and sets the stage for what was to follow.
Andrew Smith
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231151177
- eISBN:
- 9780231530996
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231151177.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations, controversies, and myriad events responsible for America’s diverse and complex beverage scene. It revisits the country’s major ...
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This volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations, controversies, and myriad events responsible for America’s diverse and complex beverage scene. It revisits the country’s major historical moments and tracks the growth of the American beverage industry throughout the world. Americans have invented, adopted, modified, and commercialized tens of thousands of beverages—whether alcoholic or nonalcoholic, carbonated or caffeinated, warm or frozen, watery or thick, spicy or sweet. These include uncommon cocktails, varieties of coffee and milk, and such iconic creations as Welch’s Grape Juice, Coca-Cola, root beer, and Kool-Aid. Involved in their creation and promotion were entrepreneurs and environmentalists, bartenders and bottlers, politicians and lobbyists, organized and unorganized criminals, teetotalers and drunks, German and Italian immigrants, savvy advertisers and gullible consumers, prohibitionists and medical professionals, and everyday Americans in love with their brew. The book weaves a history full of surprising stories and explanations for such classic slogans as “taxation with and without representation;” “the lips that touch wine will never touch mine;” and “rum, Romanism, and rebellion.” It reintroduces readers to Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the colorful John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), and rediscovers America’s vast literary and cultural engagement with beverages and their relationship to politics, identity, and health.Less
This volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations, controversies, and myriad events responsible for America’s diverse and complex beverage scene. It revisits the country’s major historical moments and tracks the growth of the American beverage industry throughout the world. Americans have invented, adopted, modified, and commercialized tens of thousands of beverages—whether alcoholic or nonalcoholic, carbonated or caffeinated, warm or frozen, watery or thick, spicy or sweet. These include uncommon cocktails, varieties of coffee and milk, and such iconic creations as Welch’s Grape Juice, Coca-Cola, root beer, and Kool-Aid. Involved in their creation and promotion were entrepreneurs and environmentalists, bartenders and bottlers, politicians and lobbyists, organized and unorganized criminals, teetotalers and drunks, German and Italian immigrants, savvy advertisers and gullible consumers, prohibitionists and medical professionals, and everyday Americans in love with their brew. The book weaves a history full of surprising stories and explanations for such classic slogans as “taxation with and without representation;” “the lips that touch wine will never touch mine;” and “rum, Romanism, and rebellion.” It reintroduces readers to Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the colorful John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), and rediscovers America’s vast literary and cultural engagement with beverages and their relationship to politics, identity, and health.
John Gilbert McCurdy
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781501736605
- eISBN:
- 9781501736612
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501736605.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter enters the cities and towns where British soldiers quartered and asks how the presence of the army affected urban locales. It posits that before 1768, soldiers and civilians learned to ...
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This chapter enters the cities and towns where British soldiers quartered and asks how the presence of the army affected urban locales. It posits that before 1768, soldiers and civilians learned to live together in the American colonies through the careful division of urban places and the joint police efforts of civilian and military officials; however, the army dominated cities in Canada and Florida. The sharing of urban spaces ended with the garrisoning of Boston in 1768 as Bostonians refused to quarter troops. Disputes over quartering in Boston helped to discredit the Quartering Act throughout the colonies, while the violence of the Battle of Golden Hill and the Boston Massacre helped usher in a new ideal of the city as a place without military geography.Less
This chapter enters the cities and towns where British soldiers quartered and asks how the presence of the army affected urban locales. It posits that before 1768, soldiers and civilians learned to live together in the American colonies through the careful division of urban places and the joint police efforts of civilian and military officials; however, the army dominated cities in Canada and Florida. The sharing of urban spaces ended with the garrisoning of Boston in 1768 as Bostonians refused to quarter troops. Disputes over quartering in Boston helped to discredit the Quartering Act throughout the colonies, while the violence of the Battle of Golden Hill and the Boston Massacre helped usher in a new ideal of the city as a place without military geography.
Mark A. Noll
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190263980
- eISBN:
- 9780190456849
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190263980.003.0012
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter provides different revolutionary orations to demonstrate the profuse rhetorical deployment of the Scripture for the evocation of political sanctions. The phrase, ‘give me liberty or give ...
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This chapter provides different revolutionary orations to demonstrate the profuse rhetorical deployment of the Scripture for the evocation of political sanctions. The phrase, ‘give me liberty or give me death’ became the most memorable conclusion in Patrick Henry's oration to the Virginia delegates gathered at St. John's Church. Author Daniel Dreisbsbach identified at least ten distinct biblical echoes in the twenty clipped sentences that preceded Henry's declaration. These included a direct quotation from Ecclesiastes 9:11 — ‘the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone’ — and a form of words drawn from Genesis 17:4 and Joshua 24:15 to frame the oration's stirring climax: ‘I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!’ In the same way, when Samuel Adams addressed the Continental Congress in late September 1777, his oratory, like Henry's, bore the stamp of biblical scriptures.Less
This chapter provides different revolutionary orations to demonstrate the profuse rhetorical deployment of the Scripture for the evocation of political sanctions. The phrase, ‘give me liberty or give me death’ became the most memorable conclusion in Patrick Henry's oration to the Virginia delegates gathered at St. John's Church. Author Daniel Dreisbsbach identified at least ten distinct biblical echoes in the twenty clipped sentences that preceded Henry's declaration. These included a direct quotation from Ecclesiastes 9:11 — ‘the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone’ — and a form of words drawn from Genesis 17:4 and Joshua 24:15 to frame the oration's stirring climax: ‘I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!’ In the same way, when Samuel Adams addressed the Continental Congress in late September 1777, his oratory, like Henry's, bore the stamp of biblical scriptures.
Donald L Drakeman
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199843336
- eISBN:
- 9780199362417
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199843336.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter considers the religious affiliations and interests of those who opposed the ratification of the US Constitution and the extent to which their opposition was motivated by religious ...
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This chapter considers the religious affiliations and interests of those who opposed the ratification of the US Constitution and the extent to which their opposition was motivated by religious concerns. It also explores the Antifederalists’ views of religious liberty and their understanding of religion’s role in the political order and the proper relationship between church and state.Less
This chapter considers the religious affiliations and interests of those who opposed the ratification of the US Constitution and the extent to which their opposition was motivated by religious concerns. It also explores the Antifederalists’ views of religious liberty and their understanding of religion’s role in the political order and the proper relationship between church and state.