The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution

by Jack P. Greene

Book Overview

Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the colonial era and that the failure to resolve it was the principal element in the decision of thirteen continental colonies to secede from the empire in 1776. Challenging those historians who have assumed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521132304
• ISBN13: 9780521132305
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"