The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution is a landmark historical study by Bernard Bailyn that examines the political and intellectual ideas that shaped the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
scholarly monograph ⓘ
academicDiscipline history ⓘ
political science ⓘ
argues American Revolution was deeply rooted in ideas and ideology ⓘ
colonial leaders feared a conspiracy against liberty within the British Empire ⓘ
republican ideas were central to American revolutionary thought ⓘ
author Bernard Bailyn ⓘ
awarded Bancroft Prize ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for History ⓘ
awardYear 1968 ⓘ
basedOn analysis of political pamphlets from 1760s and 1770s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
enlargedEditionPublicationYear 1970s ⓘ
examines influence of Whig ideology on American colonists ⓘ
role of pamphlets in shaping revolutionary ideas ⓘ
sources of revolutionary ideology in British political thought ⓘ
focusesOn colonial pamphleteers ⓘ
eighteenth-century American political pamphlets ⓘ
genre intellectual history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasEdition enlarged edition ⓘ
hasInfluenced interpretations of American political culture ⓘ
subsequent studies of Atlantic republicanism ⓘ
influenced historiography of the American Revolution ⓘ
study of republicanism in early America ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject American Revolution ⓘ
colonial American political ideology ⓘ
political thought ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
notableFor emphasis on ideological and intellectual causes of the American Revolution ⓘ
use of pamphlet literature as primary sources ⓘ
partOf scholarly debate on causes of the American Revolution ⓘ
placeOfPublication Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
publicationYear 1967 ⓘ
publisher Harvard University Press ⓘ
targetAudience scholars ⓘ
students of American history ⓘ
timePeriodCovered American Revolutionary era ⓘ
eighteenth century ⓘ
pre-Revolutionary America ⓘ

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Pulitzer Prize for History → notableWinningWork → The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution ⓘ
Bernard Bailyn → notableWork → The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution ⓘ
Letter XII → associatedWithEvent → American Revolution (intellectual origins) ⓘ
linked to: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution