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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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Description
An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. Ellis focuses...
Author
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
This dual biography with documents is the first book to explore the political conflict between Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay, two dynamic personalities whose contrasting visions of America's future shaped a generation of power struggle in the early Republic. In a narrative that outlines the fascinating economic, social, technological, and political dynamics of the early nineteenth century, the author examines how Jackson and Clay came to personify...
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Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Although both revolutions professed similar Enlightenment ideals of freedom, equality, and justice, there were dramatic differences. The Americans were content to preserve many aspects of their English heritage; the French sought a complete break with a thousand years of history. The Americans accepted nonviolent political conflict; the French valued unity above all. The Americans emphasized individual rights, while the French stressed public order...
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