The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution

(Part of the New Histories of American Law Series)

by Jack P. Greene

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Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the colonial era and that the failure to resolve it was the principal element in the decision of thirteen continental colonies to secede from the empire in 1776. Challenging those historians who have assumed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521132304

ISBN13:9780521132305

Release Date:October 2010

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"

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History Law Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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