Somersett Or Why And How Benjamin Franklin Orchestrated The American Revolution
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Somersett Or Why And How Benjamin Franklin Orchestrated The American Revolution
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Author : Phillip Goodrich
language : en
Publisher: Phillip Goodrich
Release Date : 2020-06-24
Somersett Or Why And How Benjamin Franklin Orchestrated The American Revolution written by Phillip Goodrich and has been published by Phillip Goodrich this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-24 with History categories.
Everyone knows about the Revolutionary War, but few know the true story of Benjamin Franklin's secret plan to turn the northern and southern colonies against their oppressors, and how the freeing of one slave, Somersett, was the catalyst for the colonies to come together against the crown.In 1757, Benjamin Franklin cared most about the security and prosperity of his beloved adopted home of Philadelphia. Threatened by the French during King George's War and with little help from the proprietor of Pennsylvania, the Penn family, Franklin sought assistance in London to force Thomas Penn's hand. However, at every turn he found no encouragement, leading Franklin to develop a secret plan to free Pennsylvania and ultimately all thirteen colonies.Launching this secret plan required politically motivating all the colonies, each with vastly different individual interests. Ultimately, it was two very different historical events that provided the motivation and the eventual success of Franklin's plan.Meticulously detailed and with supporting notes, Somersett tells the real story behind the origins of the Revolutionary War and explains how several well-known but random events during the war culminated in the creation of the United States of America.
Somersett
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Author : Phillip Goodrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-09-21
Somersett written by Phillip Goodrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-21 with categories.
Two years in the making, the script book for the audiobook Somersett-Benjamin Franklin and the Masterminding of American Independence is finally available in print format. Whether you have enjoyed the audiobook, or not yet learned about it, this new edition provides yet another bonus. For the first time ever, Benjamin Franklin can be tied directly to the now-famous court decision of Sommersett v. Steuart, the event that precipitated the American Revolution. In a series of appendices added to this edition after the release of the audiobook, the author outlines how Benjamin Franklin stumbled into the first "test case" in the history of the British courts, and subsequently contributed to the decision to liberate James Sommersett, an enslaved American of African origin. While abolitionist Granville Smith and Chief Justice William Murray desired this outcome for personal interests, Franklin interpreted the decision as the initiation of general abolition in the British Empire and encouraged American enslavers to separate from the empire to preserve the institution in the American colonies. The Virginia enslavers, including Washington, Mason, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Madison, Monroe, and the Lee brothers entered thereafter into the Revolution, changing forever the course of American history.
Benjamin Franklin And The American Revolution
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Author : Jonathan R. Dull
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2010-12-01
Benjamin Franklin And The American Revolution written by Jonathan R. Dull and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with History categories.
The inventor, the ladies’ man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance of Franklin’s part in the American Revolution: except for Washington he was its most irreplaceable leader. Although aged and in ill health, Franklin served the cause with unsurpassed zeal and dedication. Jonathan R. Dull, whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin’s role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, and what motivated him. The Franklin presented here, a man immersed in the violence, danger, and suffering of the Revolution, is a tougher person than the Franklin of legend. Dull’s portrait captures Franklin’s confidence and self-righteousness about himself and the American cause. It shows his fanatical zeal, his hatred of King George III and George’s American supporters (particularly Franklin’s own son), and his disdain for hardship and danger. It also shows a side of Franklin that he tried to hide: his vanity, pride, and ambition. Though not as lovable and avuncular as the person of legend, this Franklin is more interesting, more complex, and in many ways more impressive.
Road To Revolution
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Author : Cecil B. Currey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Road To Revolution written by Cecil B. Currey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Philosophers categories.
Franklin And The War Of American Independence
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Author : Audrey Cammiade
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-12-06
Franklin And The War Of American Independence written by Audrey Cammiade and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-06 with History categories.
Originally published in 1967 this book tells the full story of the breach between the United States and Great Britain and the pivotal role played by Benjamin Franklin in both the declaration of independence and the American Treaty. Accessibly written, and richly illustrated with half-tones and maps, this is an introductory text which will be of use to both A Level students and as an introductory text for under-graduates.
The Creation Of America
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Author : Francis Jennings
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-07-31
The Creation Of America written by Francis Jennings and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-31 with History categories.
This alternative history of the American Revolution, first published in 2000, shows the colonists as empire-building conquerors rather than democratic revolutionaries.
Forgotten Founders
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Author : Bruce Elliott Johansen
language : en
Publisher: Ipswich, Mass. : Gambit
Release Date : 1982
Forgotten Founders written by Bruce Elliott Johansen and has been published by Ipswich, Mass. : Gambit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
How Native Americans contributed to the early American Republic and its Constitution.
The American Revolution 1763 1783
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Author : Herbert Aptheker
language : en
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO
Release Date : 1960
The American Revolution 1763 1783 written by Herbert Aptheker and has been published by INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with History categories.
The causes of the Revolution, popular participation, the cancer of slavery; military and world aspects.
The Americanization Of Benjamin Franklin
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Author : Gordon S. Wood
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2004
The Americanization Of Benjamin Franklin written by Gordon S. Wood and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Wood scrutinizes the less typically American traits possessed by Franklin--such as his longtime loyalty to the Crown--and why he still became one of the Revolution's necessary men.
British Supporters Of The American Revolution 1775 1783
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Author : Sheldon Samuel Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2004
British Supporters Of The American Revolution 1775 1783 written by Sheldon Samuel Cohen and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
America's Declaration of Independence, while endeavouring to justify a break with Great Britain, simultaneously proclaimed that the colonists had not been `wanting in attention to our British brethren', but that they had `been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity'. This overstatement has since been modified in comprehensive histories of the American Revolution. Gradually a more balanced portrait of British attitudes towards the conflict has emerged. In particular, studies of pro-American Britons have exemplified this fact by concentrating on only a small upper-class minority. In contrast, this work focuses on five unrenowned men of Britain's `middling orders'. These individuals actively endeavoured to aid the American cause. Their efforts, often unlawful, brought them into contact with Benjamin Franklin, for whom they befriended rebel seamen confined in British gaols. Their stories - rendered here - open up new areas for study of the American War on this middling segment of Britain's social structure.