Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political LibertyHarcourt, Brace, 1953 - 558 pages Interpretive account of; the colonial experiences and political philosophny which gave use to the American Revolution. |
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... called Quakers " merely called attention to the democracy ingrained in their doctrine and practice.46 BAPTISTS AND LIBERTY . Baptists were in the colonies almost from the begin- ning . " Until well into the eighteenth century , however ...
... called Quakers " merely called attention to the democracy ingrained in their doctrine and practice.46 BAPTISTS AND LIBERTY . Baptists were in the colonies almost from the begin- ning . " Until well into the eighteenth century , however ...
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... called for elaborate regulation of production and labor . Externally , it called for a fantastic apparatus of law and policy designed to achieve a favorable balance of trade , " to sell more to strangers yearly than wee consume of ...
... called for elaborate regulation of production and labor . Externally , it called for a fantastic apparatus of law and policy designed to achieve a favorable balance of trade , " to sell more to strangers yearly than wee consume of ...
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... called by a free people , when , in the year 1719 , our an- cestors in this country , finding that the government of the lords proprietors operated to their ruin , exercised the rights transmitted to them by their forefathers of England ...
... called by a free people , when , in the year 1719 , our an- cestors in this country , finding that the government of the lords proprietors operated to their ruin , exercised the rights transmitted to them by their forefathers of England ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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