"How Did American Slavery Begin?": A Review of the Book By Edward Countryman
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A 5 page overview of the historical provided in the five separate essays which comprise this book. Comments on the injustice of one reviewers comments and provides a review which is targeted toward illuminating the common ideas and themes in the essays contained in "How Did American Slavery Begin". Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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"Remember the Ladies!" Abigail Adams, Author.
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(5pp) As the wife of the second president, and the mother of the sixth, Abigail Adams was in a historic "front-row seat" to record America's early times and political history. She did this through active correspondence, and has provided a valuable and often humorous insight into the times. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBaadams.doc

"Rise to Rebellion" by Jeff Shaara
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A 5 page paper review which also examines various points of interest and argument in Jeff Shaara's "Rise to Rebellion." No additional sources cited.
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"The American Privateers"
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This 5 page report discusses Donald Chidsey's 1962 book about the ways in which acts of war were committed by privately owned and operated ships during the earliest wars of the United States. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWampriv.rtf

"The Deal" at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention
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This 3 page paper discusses the three-fifths compromise reached at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVThDeal.rtf

"The Many-Headed Hydra": Globalism and Economics in the Revolutionary Atlantic
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A 5 page overview of the book by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker. Emphasizes that history is replete with examples of various forms of forays designed with the idea of economic profit. In the United States one of the most interesting periods in this regard was during the Revolutionary era. In "The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic" authors Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker detail how our shores were viewed as great economic opportunity by a variety of foreign interests. Their attempts as a monopoly would be foiled, however, by the collective efforts of some of Americas most destitute classes. No additional sources are listed.
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"The Puritan Dilemma" by Edmund Sears Morgan
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the book "The Puritan Dilemma" by Edmund Sears Morgan, a book that details much of the life of John Winthrop. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmorgnpur.wps