{"product_id":"2940013468993","title":"AMERICAN FOUNDERS","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRELIMINARY CHAPTER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AMERICAN IDEA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasis of American institutions\u003cbr\u003eTheir origin\u003cbr\u003eThe Declaration of Independence\u003cbr\u003eDuties rather than rights enjoined in Hebrew Scriptures\u003cbr\u003eRoman laws in reference to rights\u003cbr\u003eRousseau and the \"Contrat Social\"\u003cbr\u003eCalvinism and liberty\u003cbr\u003eHolland and the Puritans\u003cbr\u003eThe English Constitution\u003cbr\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Laws\u003cbr\u003eThe Guild system\u003cbr\u003eTeutonic passion for personal independence\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Puritans\u003cbr\u003ePuritan settlers in New England\u003cbr\u003ePuritans and Dutch settlers compared\u003cbr\u003eTraits of the Pilgrim Fathers\u003cbr\u003eNew England town-meetings\u003cbr\u003eLove of learning among the Puritan colonists\u003cbr\u003eConfederation of towns\u003cbr\u003eColonial governors\u003cbr\u003eSelf-government; use of fire-arms\u003cbr\u003eParish ministers\u003cbr\u003eReligious freedom\u003cbr\u003eGrowth of the colonies\u003cbr\u003eThe conquest of Canada\u003cbr\u003eColonial discontents\u003cbr\u003eDesire for political independence\u003cbr\u003eOppressive English legislation\u003cbr\u003eDenial of the right of taxation\u003cbr\u003eJames Otis and Samuel Adams\u003cbr\u003eThe Stamp Act\u003cbr\u003eBoston Port Bill\u003cbr\u003eBritish troops in Boston\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Lexington\u003cbr\u003eLiberty under law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBENJAMIN FRANKLIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIPLOMACY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirth of Franklin\u003cbr\u003eHis early days\u003cbr\u003eLeaves the printer's trade\u003cbr\u003eGoes to Philadelphia\u003cbr\u003eVisit to England\u003cbr\u003eReturns to Philadelphia\u003cbr\u003ePrints a newspaper\u003cbr\u003eEstablishes the \"Junto\"\u003cbr\u003eMarries Deborah Reid\u003cbr\u003eEstablishes a library\u003cbr\u003e\"Poor Richard\"\u003cbr\u003eClerk of the General Assembly\u003cbr\u003eBusiness prosperity\u003cbr\u003eRetirement from business\u003cbr\u003eScientific investigations\u003cbr\u003eFounds the University of Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003eScientific inventions\u003cbr\u003eFranklin's materialism\u003cbr\u003eAppointed postmaster-general\u003cbr\u003eThe Penns\u003cbr\u003eThe Quakers\u003cbr\u003eFranklin sent as colonial agent to London\u003cbr\u003eDifficulties and annoyances\u003cbr\u003eAcquaintances and friends\u003cbr\u003eReturns to America\u003cbr\u003eElected member of the Assembly\u003cbr\u003eEnglish taxation of the colonies\u003cbr\u003eEnglish coercion\u003cbr\u003eFranklin again sent to England\u003cbr\u003eAt the bar of the House of Commons\u003cbr\u003eRepeal of the Stamp Act\u003cbr\u003eFranklin appointed agent for Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003eThe Hutchinson letters\u003cbr\u003eFranklin a member of the Continental Congress\u003cbr\u003eSent as envoy to France\u003cbr\u003eHis tact and wisdom\u003cbr\u003eUnbounded popularity in France\u003cbr\u003eEmbarrassments in raising money\u003cbr\u003eThe recall of Silas Deane\u003cbr\u003eFranklin's useful career as diplomatist\u003cbr\u003eAssociated with John Jay and John Adams\u003cbr\u003eThe treaty of peace\u003cbr\u003eFranklin returns to America\u003cbr\u003eHis bodily infirmities\u003cbr\u003eHappy domestic life\u003cbr\u003eChosen member of the Constitutional Convention\u003cbr\u003eSickness; death; services\u003cbr\u003eDeeds and fame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE WASHINGTON.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWashington's origin and family\u003cbr\u003eHis early life\u003cbr\u003ePersonal traits\u003cbr\u003eFriendship with Lord Fairfax\u003cbr\u003eWashington as surveyor\u003cbr\u003eAide to General Braddock\u003cbr\u003eMember of the House of Burgesses\u003cbr\u003eMarriage, and life at Mount Vernon\u003cbr\u003eMember of the Continental Congress\u003cbr\u003eGeneral-in-chief of the American armies\u003cbr\u003eHis peculiarities as general\u003cbr\u003eAt Cambridge\u003cbr\u003eOrganization of the army\u003cbr\u003eDefence of Boston\u003cbr\u003eBritish evacuation of Boston\u003cbr\u003eWashington in New York\u003cbr\u003eRetreat from New York\u003cbr\u003eIn New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eForlorn condition of the army\u003cbr\u003eArrival at the Delaware\u003cbr\u003eFabian Policy\u003cbr\u003eThe battle of Trenton\u003cbr\u003eIntrenchment at Morristown\u003cbr\u003eExpulsion of the British from New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eThe gloomy winter of 1777\u003cbr\u003eWashington defends Philadelphia\u003cbr\u003eBattle of Germantown\u003cbr\u003eSurrender of Burgoyne\u003cbr\u003eIntrigues of Gates\u003cbr\u003eBaron Steuben\u003cbr\u003eWinter at Valley Forge\u003cbr\u003eBritish evacuation of Philadelphia\u003cbr\u003eBattle of Monmouth\u003cbr\u003eWashington at White Plains\u003cbr\u003eBenedict Arnold\u003cbr\u003eMilitary operations at the South\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Greene\u003cbr\u003eLord Cornwallis\u003cbr\u003eHis surrender at Yorktown\u003cbr\u003eClose of the war\u003cbr\u003eWashington at Mount Vernon\u003cbr\u003eElected president\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003cbr\u003eJohn Jay\u003cbr\u003eWashington as president\u003cbr\u003eEstablishment of United States Bank\u003cbr\u003eRivalries and dissensions between Hamilton and Jefferson\u003cbr\u003eFrench intrigues\u003cbr\u003eJay treaty\u003cbr\u003eCitizen Genet\u003cbr\u003eWashington's administrations\u003cbr\u003eRetirement of Washington\u003cbr\u003eDeath, character, and services\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER HAMILTON.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMERICAN CONSTITUTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHamilton's youth\u003cbr\u003eEducation\u003cbr\u003ePrecocity of intellect\u003cbr\u003eState of political parties on the breaking out of the Revolutionary War\u003cbr\u003eTheir principles\u003cbr\u003eTheir great men\u003cbr\u003eHamilton leaves college for the army\u003cbr\u003eSelected by Washington as his aide-de-camp at the age of nineteen\u003cbr\u003eHis early services to Washington\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions to members of Congress\u003cbr\u003eTrials and difficulties of the patriots\u003cbr\u003eDemoralization of the country\u003cbr\u003eHamilton in active military service\u003cbr\u003eLeaves the army; marries; studies law\u003cbr\u003eOpening of his legal career\u003cbr\u003eHis peculiarities as a lawyer\u003cbr\u003eContrasted with Aaron Burr\u003cbr\u003eHamilton enters political life","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145647276272,"sku":"2940013468993","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013468993","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}