Unnatural Rebellion
Title | Unnatural Rebellion PDF eBook |
Author | Ruma Chopra |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2011-05-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813931169 |
Thousands of British American mainland colonists rejected the War for American Independence. Shunning rebel violence as unnecessary, unlawful, and unnatural, they emphasized the natural ties of blood, kinship, language, and religion that united the colonies to Britain. They hoped that British military strength would crush the minority rebellion and free the colonies to renegotiate their return to the empire. Of course the loyalists were too American to be of one mind. This is a story of how a cross-section of colonists flocked to the British headquarters of New York City to support their ideal of reunion. Despised by the rebels as enemies or as British appendages, New York’s refugees hoped to partner with the British to restore peaceful government in the colonies. The British confounded their expectations by instituting martial law in the city and marginalizing loyalist leaders. Still, the loyal Americans did not surrender their vision but creatively adapted their rhetoric and accommodated military governance to protect their long-standing bond with the mother country. They never imagined that allegiance to Britain would mean a permanent exile from their homes.
An abstract of the unnatural rebellion
Title | An abstract of the unnatural rebellion PDF eBook |
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Release | 1689 |
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The Disaffected
Title | The Disaffected PDF eBook |
Author | Aaron Sullivan |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2019-03-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812251261 |
Elizabeth and Henry Drinker of Philadelphia were no friends of the American Revolution. Yet neither were they its enemies. The Drinkers were a merchant family who, being Quakers and pacifists, shunned commitments to both the Revolutionaries and the British. They strove to endure the war uninvolved and unscathed. They failed. In 1777, the war came to Philadelphia when the city was taken and occupied by the British army. Aaron Sullivan explores the British occupation of Philadelphia, chronicling the experiences of a group of people who were pursued, pressured, and at times persecuted, not because they chose the wrong side of the Revolution but because they tried not to choose a side at all. For these people, the war was neither a glorious cause to be won nor an unnatural rebellion to be suppressed, but a dangerous and costly calamity to be navigated with care. Both the Patriots and the British referred to this group as "the disaffected," perceiving correctly that their defining feature was less loyalty to than a lack of support for either side in the dispute, and denounced them as opportunistic, apathetic, or even treasonous. Sullivan shows how Revolutionary authorities embraced desperate measures in their quest to secure their own legitimacy, suppressing speech, controlling commerce, and mandating military service. In 1778, without the Patriots firing a shot, the king's army abandoned Philadelphia and the perceived threat from neutrals began to decline—as did the coercive and intolerant practices of the Revolutionary regime. By highlighting the perspectives of those wearied by and withdrawn from the conflict, The Disaffected reveals the consequences of a Revolutionary ideology that assumed the nation's people to be a united and homogenous front.
A Full, Particular, and True Account of the Cruel and Unnatural Rebellion in the Year 1745 and 46.
Title | A Full, Particular, and True Account of the Cruel and Unnatural Rebellion in the Year 1745 and 46. PDF eBook |
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Release | 174? |
Genre | Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 |
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The Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland
Title | The Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Brumby Johnston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1873 |
Genre | Clans |
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Journals of the House of Commons
Title | Journals of the House of Commons PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
Publisher | |
Pages | 826 |
Release | 1803 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Popular Politics and the American Revolution in England
Title | Popular Politics and the American Revolution in England PDF eBook |
Author | James E. Bradley |
Publisher | Mercer University Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9780865541818 |