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Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
Woody Holton
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| #130988 in Books | The University of North Carolina Press | 1999-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.54 x6.14l,.80 | File type: PDF | 231 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Great Re-Examination of the Founders!|By RDD|In Forced Founders, Woody Holton argues “that the Independence movement was…powerfully influenced by British merchants and by three groups that today would be called grassroots: Indians, farmers, and slaves.” Holton argues against the tendency to transpose the New England narrative of the American Revolution onto||Its lively style and wealth of anecdotes will make it an enjoyable read for anyone.|"Journal of American Studies"
[He] portrays the coming of the Revolution in Virginia as deeply bound up with competing social groups.|"American Historical "
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 Indi...
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