Name: Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves & the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American. History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) (in English)
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Author: Woody Holton
ISBN: 9780807847848

portada Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves & the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American. History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Univ Of North Carolina Pr

Author

Woody Holton

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

231

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0807847844

ISBN13

9780807847848

Synopsis "Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves & the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American. History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) (in English)"

In this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other elite Virginians joined their peers from other colonies in declaring independence from Britain, they acted partly in response to grassroots rebellions against their own rule. The Virginia gentry's efforts to shape London's imperial policy were thwarted by British merchants and by a coalition of Indian nations. In 1774, elite Virginians suspended trade with Britain in order to pressure Parliament and, at the same time, to save restive Virginia debtors from a terrible recession. The boycott and the growing imperial conflict led to rebellions by enslaved Virginians, Indians, and tobacco farmers. By the spring of 1776 the gentry believed the only way to regain control of the common people was to take Virginia out of the British Empire. Forced Founders uses the new social history to shed light on a classic political question: why did the owners of vast plantations, viewed by many of their contemporaries as aristocrats, start a revolution? As Holton's fast-paced narrative unfolds, the old story of patriot versus loyalist becomes decidedly more complex. |Challenging traditional interpretations of the American Revolution, Woody Holton argues that the Virginia gentry were forced to rebel against Britain because of pressures exerted by Indians, farmers, and slaves.

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