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In Resisting Independence, Brad A. Jones maps the loyal British Atlantic's reaction to the American Revolution. Through close study of four important British Atlantic port cities-New York City; Kingston, Jamaica; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Glasgow, Scotland-Jones argues that the revolution helped trigger a new understanding of loyalty to the Crown and empire. This compelling account reimagines Loyalism as a shared transatlantic ideology, no less committed to ideas of liberty and freedom than the American cause and not limited to the inhabitants of the thirteen American colonies.Jones reminds readers that the American Revolution was as much a story of loyalty as it was of rebellion. Loyal Britons faced a daunting task-to refute an American Patriot cause that sought to dismantle their nation's claim to a free and prosperous Protestant empire. For the inhabitants of these four cities, rejecting American independence thus required a rethinking of the beliefs and ideals that framed their loyalty to the Crown and previously drew together Britain's vast Atlantic empire. Resisting Independence describes the formation and spread of this new transatlantic ideology of Loyalism. Loyal subjects in North America and across the Atlantic viewed the American Revolution as a dangerous and violent social rebellion and emerged from twenty years of conflict more devoted to a balanced, representative British monarchy and, crucially, more determined to defend their rights as British subjects. In the closing years of the eighteenth century, as their former countrymen struggled to build a new nation, these loyal Britons remained convinced of the strength and resilience of their nation and empire and their place within it.

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Histoire

USA

United States of America

América del Norte

North America

History of the Americas

États-Unis

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 mars 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781501754029
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	14 Mo

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POPUL AR LOYAL I SM I N T HE RE VOLUT I ONARY BRI T I SH AT L ANT I C

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Names: Jones, Brad A., author. Tîte: Resîstîng ïndependence : Popuar oyaîsm în the Revoutîonary Brîtîsh Atantîc / Brad A. Jones. Descrîptîon: ïthaca, [New York] : Corne Unîversîty Press, 2021. | ïncudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. ïdentîIers: CCN 2020035173 (prînt) | CCN 2020035174 (ebook) | ïSBN 9781501754012 (hardcover) | ïSBN 9781501754029 (pd ) | ïSBN 9781501754036 (epub) Subjects: CSH: Unîted States—Hîstory —Revoutîon, 1775–1783. | Great Brîtaîn—Coonîes—Hîstory. | Great Brîtaîn—Coonîes—Amerîca. CassîIcatîon: CC E277 . J75 2021 (prînt) | CC E277 (ebook) | DDC 973.3/41—dc23 C record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/2020035173 C ebook record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov /2020035174

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ïntroductîon: A Revoutîon în Brîtîsh oyaîsm 1. A Body Poîtîc: Newspapers, Networks, and the Makîng o a Natîon 2. îberty Trîumphant: The Stamp Act Crîsîs în the Brîtîsh Atantîc 3. ïn Search o Common Happîness: A Dîvîded Brîtîsh Atantîc on the Eve o Rebeîon 4. Kîng-Kîîng Repubîcans: Rebeîon and the Makîng o a Brîtîsh Common Cause 5. The Madness o these Deuded Peope: ïndependence and the AmerîcanEnemy 6. The Brîtîsh îon ïs Rouzed: The Franco-Amerîcan Aîance and a New Brîtîsh Common Cause 7. ïn Deence o the Protestant Reîgîon: Fîghtîng Cathoîcîsm across the Brîtîsh Atantîc Concusîon: Reîmagînîng oyaîsm în a Postwar Brîtîsh Atantîc

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