The settling of British America was a unique event in modern
history. For the first time, an entire continent was available to
those from many cultures and religions who wished for new
opportunities free from the feudal remnants and rigid class
distinctions of Europe that still existed in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. Enlightenment ideas and new challenges
combined to create documents of government that allowed a degree of
freedom and social mobility that led to a proto-democratic society,
despite the differences between the thirteen colonies. A group of
radical politicians and writers, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry,
Thomas Paine, Richard Henry Lee, George Mason, and young Thomas
Jefferson by the mid 1700's increasingly spoke out against the
actions of the London Government and the king. The British
attempted to reassert control of the semi-independent and proud
colonial governments and then send troops to enforce a series of
arbitrary taxes decided by Parliament without input from the
colonists. This book weaves into the story the events of the
pre-revolutionary period, the lives of six radicals-and after the
war- the conflicts in writing new state and federal constitutions.
Our radicals persuaded most ordinary citizens that despite their
long held loyalty and pride of being part of the British Empire,
independence-whether peacefully or requiring force-was necessary to
maintain their prosperity and freedom. However, after the
Revolution, a new generation of leaders was required. Our radicals
remained supporters of their states and the Articles of
Confederation and were hostile to giving many powers including
taxation to a strong central government under the 1787
Constitution.Only Jefferson born a generation later would
contribute to the new nation despite early reservations while in
France. The reputations of the others have been diminished by their
resistance to forming the government we live under. Never
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