Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson

Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson

Morgan, Edmund S.

Paperback

Series: Richard Lectures

Historical FiguresPresidents & Heads of State19th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0813922658
ISBN13: 9780813922652
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: Aug 15 2005
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.12 Depth: 7.50
Language: English

Americans did not at first cherish the idea of political severance from their mother country. In just a few years, however, they came to desire indepen-dence above all else. What brought about this change of feeling and how did it affect the lives of their citizens? To answer these questions, Edmund S. Morgan looks at three men who may fairly be called the architects of independence, the first presidents of the United States. Anecdotes from their letters and diaries recapture the sense of close identity many early Americans felt with their country's political struggles. Through this perspective, Morgan examines the growth of independence from its initial declaration and discovers something of its meaning, for three men who responded to its challenge and for the nation that they helped create.

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

Historical Figures

View All