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The Great American Documents: Volume 1: 1620-1830
Ruth Ashby
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Volume 1 introduces as the series narrator none other than Uncle Sam, who walks readers through twenty major documents bookended by the Mayflower Compact in 1620 and the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Each document gets its own chapter, in which Uncle Sam explains not only its key passages but its origins, how it came to be written, and its impact. In the chapter "The Maryland Toleration Act" we learn that the document was one of the first blueprints for modern religious tolerance. "Common Sense" depicts the Boston Tea Party and the British response as the prelude to Paine's stirring ... Read more
Volume 1 introduces as the series narrator none other than Uncle Sam, who walks readers through twenty major documents bookended by the Mayflower Compact in 1620 and the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Each document gets its own chapter, in which Uncle Sam explains not only its key passages but its origins, how it came to be written, and its impact. In the chapter "The Maryland Toleration Act" we learn that the document was one of the first blueprints for modern religious tolerance. "Common Sense" depicts the Boston Tea Party and the British response as the prelude to Paine's stirring ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780374534530
SKU
9780374534530
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99-1
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