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The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding

by Eric Nelson

Generations of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account, Eric Nelson argues that a great many of our “founding fathers” saw themselves as rebels against the British Parliament, not the Crown. The Royalist Revolution interprets the patriot campaign of the 1770s as an insurrection in

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

400

ISBN

9780674979772