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The Eve of the Revolution; A Chronicle of the Breach with England

Chapter 43: Introduction:
By Carl L. Becker
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This work examines the intellectual and emotional landscape leading up to the American Revolution, focusing on the perspectives of individuals and groups during this transformative period. It explores the evolving relationship between the American colonies and Britain, highlighting the growing sense of identity and rights among colonists. Through a series of chapters, the narrative delves into key themes such as the burden of empire, the assertion of national rights, and the complexities of loyalty and dissent. The author employs a blend of historical analysis and imaginative reconstruction to convey the thoughts and feelings of the time, offering readers insight into the motivations behind the eventual breach with England.

Zubly, J. J., 237-239.




The Chronicles of America Series

  1. The Red Man's Continent
    by Ellsworth Huntington
  2. The Spanish Conquerors
    by Irving Berdine Richman
  3. Elizabethan Sea-Dogs
    by William Charles Henry Wood
  4. The Crusaders of New France
    by William Bennett Munro
  5. Pioneers of the Old South
    by Mary Johnson
  6. The Fathers of New England
    by Charles McLean Andrews
  7. Dutch and English on the Hudson
    by Maud Wilder Goodwin
  8. The Quaker Colonies
    by Sydney George Fisher
  9. Colonial Folkways
    by Charles McLean Andrews
  10. The Conquest of New France
    by George McKinnon Wrong
  11. The Eve of the Revolution
    by Carl Lotus Becker
  12. Washington and His Comrades in Arms
    by George McKinnon Wrong
  13. The Fathers of the Constitution
    by Max Farrand
  14. Washington and His Colleagues
    by Henry Jones Ford
  15. Jefferson and his Colleagues
    by Allen Johnson
  16. John Marshall and the Constitution
    by Edward Samuel Corwin
  17. The Fight for a Free Sea
    by Ralph Delahaye Paine
  18. Pioneers of the Old Southwest
    by Constance Lindsay Skinner
  19. The Old Northwest
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  20. The Reign of Andrew Jackson
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  22. Adventurers of Oregon
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  23. The Spanish Borderlands
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  24. Texas and the Mexican War
    by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
  25. The Forty-Niners
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  26. The Passing of the Frontier
    by Emerson Hough
  27. The Cotton Kingdom
    by William E. Dodd
  28. The Anti-Slavery Crusade
    by Jesse Macy
  29. Abraham Lincoln and the Union
    by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
  30. The Day of the Confederacy
    by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
  31. Captains of the Civil War
    by William Charles Henry Wood
  32. The Sequel of Appomattox
    by Walter Lynwood Fleming
  33. The American Spirit in Education
    by Edwin E. Slosson
  34. The American Spirit in Literature
    by Bliss Perry
  35. Our Foreigners
    by Samuel Peter Orth
  36. The Old Merchant Marine
    by Ralph Delahaye Paine
  37. The Age of Invention
    by Holland Thompson
  38. The Railroad Builders
    by John Moody
  39. The Age of Big Business
    by Burton Jesse Hendrick
  40. The Armies of Labor
    by Samuel Peter Orth
  41. The Masters of Capital
    by John Moody
  42. The New South
    by Holland Thompson
  43. The Boss and the Machine
    by Samuel Peter Orth
  44. The Cleveland Era
    by Henry Jones Ford
  45. The Agrarian Crusade
    by Solon Justus Buck
  46. The Path of Empire
    by Carl Russell Fish
  47. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times
    by Harold Howland
  48. Woodrow Wilson and the World War
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  50. The Hispanic Nations of the New World
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Transcriber's Notes


Introduction:

The Chronicles of America Series has two similar editions of each volume in the series. One version is the Abraham Lincoln edition of the series, a premium version which includes pictures. A textbook edition was also produced, which does not contain the pictures and captions associated with the pictures, but is otherwise the same book. This book was produced to match the textbook edition of the book.

We have retained the original punctuation and spelling in the book, but there are a few exceptions. Obvious errors were corrected--and all of these changes can be found in the Detailed Notes Section of these notes. The Detailed Notes Section also includes issues that have come up during the transcription process. One common issue is that words are sometimes split into two lines for spacing purposes. These words are hyphenated in the physical book, but there is a question sometimes as to whether the hyphen should be retained in transcription. The reasons behind some of these decisions are itemized.


Detailed Notes Section:


Chapter II

• Page 25: While "indico" should be spelled "indigo," the word is quoted from a budget and the spelling from the source document is retained.
• Page 25: While "herba" should be spelled "herbs," the word is quoted from a budget and the spelling from the source document is retained.
• Page 27: Hundred-weight is hyphenated and split between two lines for spacing. No other word of similar nature appears in the document. The hyphen was not used in transcription: "twenty-two shillings per hundredweight."


Chapter III

• Page 67 and Page 69: Back-country was hyphenated and split between two lines for spacing. On Page 67, the same word was used with a hyphen in the middle of a line in the clause: "there came from the back-country..." Therefore, the hyphen was retained in the two places in question: "as in all the back-country counties," (Page 67) and "followers in the back-country." (Page 69)
• Page 76: There appears to be missing quotes around the introductory clause attributed to Jonathan Sewell in page 76: [We read the resolutions, said Jonathan Sewell,...]. In the Preface, Becker cautioned that he would use an unorthodox method of telling the story to give "quality and texture of the state of mind and feeling of an individual or class." As transcribers, we will simply say that the quotation marks here match those in the printed book, and thus, we assume that Becker intended to leave the introductory clause of Sewell unquoted for subtle reasons implied in the Preface.


Chapter IV

• Page 124: coffee-house was hyphenated and split between two lines for spacing. On Page 93, "coffee house" was split into two words for "Mr. Howard’s coffee house." The hyphen was retained in the clause "for the coffee-house retailers."


Chapter V

• Page 159: firm-set is hyphenated and split between two lines for spacing. The hyphen was retained in the clause "eyes flashing and mouth firm-set."
• Page 163: worn-out is hyphenated and split between two lines for spacing. The hyphen was retained in the clause "or creaking of worn-out institutions."
• Page 182: changed double quotes to single quotes when transcribing: [of the ‘present disturbed and disordered state’ of government], because this clause is embedded within a quotation.
• Page 196: Placed a semi-colon after them; the punctuation mark is unclear in my copy of the book. "Samuel Adams probably preferred not to be forced to print them; knowing their contents, ..."