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The Tra7isition, hi General The American Revolution presents two significant and clearly defined series of events. The earlier and not less important includes successive attempts to terminate certain administrative relations and constituent connections, attempts which resulted not simply in the temporary cessation of governmental relations, but also in the severance of a part of the American dependencies from the English empire. Almost contemporaneously with these events appeared great activity in that work of establishing governments which made the earlier effort of the revolutionists effective and its results permanent. In what was logically the earlier of these two movements, successful revolt annihilated all imperial relations. Those who were one day colonists of England, and who the next were by their own sweeping and comforting philosophy relegated to a state of nature, began to act, 1T his theory appears prominently in 17S0. Cf. Oration by Jonathan Mason, Jr., at Boston, March 6, 1780: As a reward for our exertions in the great cause of freedom, we are now in the possession of those rights and privileges attendant upon the original state of nature, with the opportunity of establishing a government for ourselves, independent upon any nation or people upon earth. Niles, Principles arid A cts, 46. 6O ration by Thomas Dawes, Jr., at Boston, March 5, 1781: And yet the people of Massachusetts have reduced to practice the wonderful theory. A numerous people have convened in a state of nature, and, like our ideas of the patriarchs, have deputed a few fathers of the land to draw up for them a glorious covenant. I bid., 52. Johannes in Eremo published a letter to General Gage, June 17, 1775, in which he said: You also know that those acts of the 7 .
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This revolutionary period of political turmoil in Massachusetts, 1774-1780, from the end of the provincial government to the adoption of the state's first constitution, is the focus of this volume. The author analyzes the province's shift from colonial to commonwealth status, utilizing a trove of provincial and state documents, including constitutional conventions, debates, public orations, and other sources, to highlight the dramatic ideological and political transformation that took place during this pivotal historical era. This volume is a commanding examination of the principles and ideas that informed the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330970744_0
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