Title page from History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution vol. 1

Part of: History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution 2 vols History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution vol. 1

Vol. 1 of a 2 volume work. Mercy Otis Warren has been described as perhaps the most formidable female intellectual in eighteenth-century America. This work (in the first new edition since 1805) is an exciting and comprehensive study of the events of the American Revolution, from the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765 through the ratification of the Constitution in 1788-1789.

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[T]here is a certain supineness which generally overspreads the multitude, and disposes mankind to submit quietly to any form of government, rather than to be at the expense and hazard of resistance. They become attached to ancient modes by habits of obedience, though the reins of authority are…

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