The Lost State of Franklin (New Directions in Southern History)
by Kevin T. Barksdale
Amid the economic turmoil, Native American warfare, and political unrest following the Revolutionary War, the leadership of the Tennessee Valley declared their region independent from North Carolina and formed the state of Franklin. In The Lost State of Franklin: America's First Secession, Kevin T. Barksdale chronicles the rise and fall of the ill-fated Franklin statehood movement. Barksdale describes the dramatic four years in which the Franklinites crafted a backcountry bureaucracy, expanded t...
Thomas Jefferson Versus Alexander Hamilton (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Hardcover))
by University Noble E Cunningham, Jr.
Papers of John Adams (Adams Papers) (General Correspondence and Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen)
by John Adams
On September 3, 1783, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay signed the definitive Anglo-American peace treaty. Adams and his colleagues strived to establish a viable relationship between the new nation and its largest trading partner but were stymied by rising British anti-Americanism. Adams’ diplomatic efforts were also complicated by domestic turmoil. Americans, in a rehearsal for the later Federalist-Antifederalist conflict over the United States Constitution, were debating the proper r...
The temporary rapprochement of Maryland and France growing out of a mutual desire for commercial advantages, as promoted by agents of the two states during the Revolution.
Diary of Colonel Israel Angell, Commanding the Second Rhode Island Continental Regiment During the a
by Israel Angell and Edward Field
The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and personal liberty as George Mason, Patrick Henry, and Melancton Smith; pro-Constitution writings by James Wilson and Noah Webster; and thirty-three of the best-known and most crucial Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The texts of the chief constitutional documents of the early Republic are included as well. David Wootto...
British Supporters of the American Revolution, 1775-1783
by Sheldon S. Cohen
Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio 1778-1783 (First American Frontier)
by William Hayden English
The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne's troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne's defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonies, thus ensuring American victory. But that traditional view of Saratoga overlooks the complexity of the situation on the ground. Setting the battle in its social and political contex...
Battle of Kings Mountain 1780, with Fire and Sword
by Wilma Dykeman
First Independence Day Celebration (Our American Story)
by Kathy Allen
History of Twiggs County, Georgia
by J Faulk and Billy Walker Jones
The Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) (Sparknotes History Note) (Sparknotes History Notes)
by Sparknotes