A Dissertation On The Canon And The Feudal Law By John Adams But Here Attributed To Jeremy Gridley

Author : John Adams
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Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465608052
Total Pages : 1194 pages
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Download or read book Narrative and Critical History of America: The United States of North America, Part I written by Various Authors and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE American Revolution was no unrelated event, but formed a part of the history of the British race on both continents, and was not without influence on the history of mankind. As an event in British history, it wrought with other forces in effecting that change in the Constitution of the mother country which transferred the prerogatives of the crown to the Parliament, and led to the more beneficent interpretation of its provisions in the light of natural rights. As an event in American history, it marks the period, recognized by the great powers of Europe, when a people, essentially free by birth and by the circumstances of their situation, became entitled, because justified by valor and endurance, to take their place among independent nations. Finally, as an event common to the history of both nations, it stands midway between the Great Rebellion and the Revolution of 1688, on the one hand, and the Reform Bill of 1832 and the extension of suffrage in 1884, on the other, and belongs to a race which had adopted the principles of the Reformation and of the Petition of Right. The American Revolution was not a quarrel between two peoples,—the British people and the American people,—but, like all those events which mark the progress of the British race, it was a strife between two parties, the conservatives in both countries as one party, and the liberals in both countries as the other party; and some of its fiercest battles were fought in the British Parliament. Nor did it proceed in one country alone, but in both countries at the same time, with nearly equal step, and was essentially the same in each, so that at the close of the French War, if all the people of Great Britain had been transported to America and put in control of American affairs, and all the people of America had been transported to Great Britain and put in control of British affairs, the American Revolution and the contemporaneous British Revolution—for there was a contemporaneous British Revolution—might have gone on just the same, and with the same final results. But the British Revolution was to regain liberty; the American Revolution was to preserve liberty. Both peoples had a common history in the events which led to the Great Rebellion; but in the reaction which followed the Restoration, that part of the British race which awaited the conflict in the old home passed again under the power of the prerogative, and, after the accession of William III., came under the domination of the great Whig families. The British Revolution, therefore, was to recover what had been lost. But those who emigrated to the colonies left behind them institutions which were monarchical, in church and state, and set up institutions which were democratic. And it was to preserve, not to acquire, these democratic institutions that the liberal party carried the country through a long and costly war.

Author : Justin Winsor
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Total Pages : 800 pages
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Download or read book Narrative and Critical History of America written by Justin Winsor and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Justin Winsor
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Total Pages : 396 pages
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Download or read book Narrative and Critical History of America: The United States of North America. 1888 written by Justin Winsor and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Justin Winsor
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Total Pages : 802 pages
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Author : George Brinley
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Total Pages : 762 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley written by George Brinley and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Adams
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503031234
Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law written by John Adams and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Adams (October 30 1735 - July 4, 1826) was the second president of the United States (1797-1801), having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States (1789-1797). An American Founding Father, Adams was a statesman, diplomat, and a leading advocate of American independence from Great Britain. Well educated, he was an Enlightenment political theorist who promoted republicanism, as well as a strong central government, and wrote prolifically about his often seminal ideas-both in published works and in letters to his wife and key adviser Abigail Adams. Adams was a lifelong opponent of slavery, having never bought a slave. In 1770 he provided a principled, controversial, and successful legal defense to the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre, because he believed in the right to counsel and the "protect[ion] of innocence." Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. A lawyer and public figure in Boston, as a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he played a leading role in persuading Congress to declare independence. He assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and was its primary advocate in the Congress. Later, as a diplomat in Europe, he helped negotiate the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain, and was responsible for obtaining vital governmental loans from Amsterdam bankers. A political theorist and historian, Adams largely wrote the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which together with his earlier Thoughts on Government, influenced American political thought. One of his greatest roles was as a judge of character: in 1775, he nominated George Washington to be commander-in-chief, and 25 years later nominated John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the United States. Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as George Washington's vice president and his own election in 1796 as the second president. During his one term as president, he encountered ferocious attacks by the Jeffersonian Republicans, as well as the dominant faction in his own Federalist Party led by his bitter enemy Alexander Hamilton. Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, and built up the army and navy especially in the face of an undeclared naval war (called the "Quasi-War") with France, 1798-1800. The major accomplishment of his presidency was his peaceful resolution of the conflict in the face of Hamilton's opposition. In 1800, Adams was defeated for re-election by Thomas Jefferson and retired to Massachusetts. He later resumed his friendship with Jefferson. He and his wife founded an accomplished family line of politicians, diplomats, and historians now referred to as the Adams political family. Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States. His achievements have received greater recognition in modern times, though his contributions were not initially as celebrated as those of other Founders. Adams was the first U.S. president to reside in the executive mansion that eventually became known as the White House.

Author : James Hammond Trumbull
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Total Pages : 444 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the American library of ... George Brinley [by J.H. Trumbull]. (Special ed.). written by James Hammond Trumbull and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The United States of North America written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Adams
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674011366
Total Pages : 580 pages
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Download or read book Papers of John Adams written by John Adams and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: