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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... Puritan political theory and on the historical fact of oligarchy in Massachusetts , some historians have insisted , to the distress of proud New England , that American democracy has drawn nothing from Puritanism , rather that certain ...
... Puritan political theory and on the historical fact of oligarchy in Massachusetts , some historians have insisted , to the distress of proud New England , that American democracy has drawn nothing from Puritanism , rather that certain ...
Page 53
... Puritan political theory and on the historical fact of oligarchy in Massachusetts , some historians have insisted , to the distress of proud New England , that American democracy has drawn nothing from Puritanism , rather that certain ...
... Puritan political theory and on the historical fact of oligarchy in Massachusetts , some historians have insisted , to the distress of proud New England , that American democracy has drawn nothing from Puritanism , rather that certain ...
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... Puritan to believe that he was predestined to eternal torment . The virtuous life was , if not the means , certainly the sign of sal- vation , and the practice of the Puritan virtues became in itself a consuming purpose . 88 Both as ...
... Puritan to believe that he was predestined to eternal torment . The virtuous life was , if not the means , certainly the sign of sal- vation , and the practice of the Puritan virtues became in itself a consuming purpose . 88 Both as ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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