The Royalist Revolution
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
| Author: | Eric Nelson | ISBN: | 9780674744639 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 6, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eric Nelson |
| ISBN: | 9780674744639 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | October 6, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
The founding fathers were rebels against the British Parliament, Eric Nelson argues, not the Crown. As a result of their labors, the 1787 Constitution assigned its new president far more power than any British monarch had wielded for 100 years. On one side of the Atlantic were kings without monarchy; on the other, monarchy without kings.
The founding fathers were rebels against the British Parliament, Eric Nelson argues, not the Crown. As a result of their labors, the 1787 Constitution assigned its new president far more power than any British monarch had wielded for 100 years. On one side of the Atlantic were kings without monarchy; on the other, monarchy without kings.
